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Challenges to library books continue at record pace in 2023, American Library Association reports
Wednesday, September 20th, 2023
via The Seattle Times (Washington)The nationwide surge in book bannings continues.
Parent Involvement, Book Bans
LeVar Burton leads dozens of celebs in open letter against book bans
Wednesday, September 20th, 2023
via 8 News NOW (Nevada)The letter features signatures from Ariana Grande, Gabrielle Union, Ron Perlman, Constance Wu, Idina Menzel, Mark Ruffalo, Natasha Lyonne, Michael Ian Black and Patton Oswalt.
Book Bans
The Biden administration finally named a coordinator to combat book bans. That was the easy part.
Wednesday, September 20th, 2023
via The Boston Globe (Massachusetts)Even as they see a political opportunity to take on the conservative 'parents' rights' movement, the options for the federal government to engage are limited and themselves politically fraught.
Book Bans
Texas middle school teacher fired after ‘concerns’ of assigned Anne Frank adaptation
Wednesday, September 20th, 2023
via Texarkana Gazette (Arkansas)A southeast Texas middle school teacher was fired Wednesday after assigning a graphic adaptation of Anne Frank's diary to her eighth-grade reading class, officials said.
Book Bans
Carroll County Public School students take a stand against potential book bans
Tuesday, September 19th, 2023
via CBS News (Pennsylvania)Students are weighing in on potential book bans in Carroll County Schools.
Parent Involvement, Book Bans
Harris County libraries are now ‘book sanctuaries’ for banned books across Texas
Tuesday, September 19th, 2023
via Houston Chronicle (Texas)Harris County Commissioners unanimously approved a resolution Wednesday for the Harris...
Book Bans
Moms for Liberty: ‘Joyful warriors’ or anti-government conspiracists? The 2-year-old group could have a serious impact on the presidential race
Tuesday, September 19th, 2023
via Houston Chronicle (Texas)(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary...
School Board – General, Parent Involvement, Book Bans
New Horizon Media Research Reveals 2023 Back-to-School Season As Financially
Tuesday, September 19th, 2023
via WBRC (Alabama)- The "Pencils Ready" Survey Finds Safety, School System Failures, and Inflation among Parents' Top Concerns – NEW YORK, Sept. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- As the nation prepares for the 2023 school…
Racism, Book Bans
Kansas State Board of Education member laments ‘smut’ in libraries
Tuesday, September 19th, 2023
via LJWorld.com (Kansas)TOPEKA — Kansas State Board of Education member Danny Zeck quoted from the much-debated teen book 'The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian' as he turned a state meeting on book removal…
Book Bans, School Board – General
Howard Stern says being called ‘woke’ is a compliment: ‘I’m not for stupidity’
Monday, September 18th, 2023
via The Kansas City Star (Kansas)Howard Stern is embracing being called 'woke,' saying he wants 'to be awake.' 'I kind of take that as a compliment, that I'm ‘woke,'' the SiriusXM host told listeners of his eponymous show on Monday in response to a YouTube personality applying the term to him. 'To me, the opposite of woke is being asleep,'...
Book Bans
Who should decide what is taught in schools?
Monday, September 18th, 2023
via KHON2 (Hawaii)Q. Book banning has been around for a long time. As far back as the Civil War, there were attempts by the South to whitewash history. Eighty years ago, Catcher in the Rye was cond…
Parent Involvement, LGBTQ+, Racism, Book Bans
Braun endorses Trump in Republican presidential primary
Monday, September 18th, 2023
via NWI Times (Indiana)Braun believes Trump is the only presidential candidate who understands how the "Washington swamp works against Hoosiers, and works overtime to hamper our prosperity."
LGBTQ+, Book Bans, School Board – General
Indiana attorney general accused of professional misconduct
Monday, September 18th, 2023
via NWI Times (Indiana)Attorney General Todd Rokita was formally accused Monday of violating the professional conduct rules for Indiana attorneys, and may face discipline by the Supreme Court.
LGBTQ+, Book Bans, School Board – General
New NC parent activist group wants to focus on real issues and not ‘manufactured’ ones
Monday, September 18th, 2023
via The Charlotte Observer (North Carolina)With a focus on ‘the boogeymen of CRT' and hostility against LGBTQ+ students and staff real-world problems are being ignored, says Stacy Staggs of Public School Strong.
Parent Involvement, Racism, Book Bans, School Board – General
New NC parent activist group wants to focus on real issues — not ‘manufactured’ ones
Monday, September 18th, 2023
via The Charlotte Observer (North Carolina)Amid talk about ‘the boogeymen of CRT' and hostility against LGBTQ+ students and staff, real-world problems are being ignored, says Stacy Staggs of Public School Strong.
Parent Involvement, Racism, Book Bans, School Board – General
Gender comments ‘real flat-earth thinking’
Sunday, September 17th, 2023
via The Durango Herald (Colorado)Perhaps a small silver lining was created when Moms for Liberty visited Durango, sponsored by La Plata County Republican Secretary Hope Scheppelman. Our peaceful 'good commotion' protest advanced an o...
Parent Involvement, Book Bans
Davenport Public Library to hosts Iowa College Access Network presentation
Sunday, September 17th, 2023
via Quad City Times (Iowa)The Davenport Public Library will host, "ICAN Presents: Planning and Paying for College and Career," at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Eastern Avenue branch, 6000 Eastern Ave.
Book Bans
I’m gay, but I don’t support having these ‘LGBT’ books in schools
Saturday, September 16th, 2023
via Washington Examiner (District of Columbia)Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) went viral this week after he read some hardcore pornography aloud during a Senate hearing. That doesn't exactly happen every Tuesday.
LGBTQ+, Book Bans