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Pittsburgh children’s author writes a ‘Banned Book’
Tuesday, September 26th, 2023
via WESA Studios (Pennsylvania)Pittsburgh-based children's author Jonah Winter, himself the victims of book bans, has written a picture book on the subject.
Parent Involvement, Book Bans
COLUMN: We’re No. 1!
Tuesday, September 26th, 2023
via Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Inc. (Arkansas)Florida's extremism has come home to roost. The Sunshine State has the distinction of championing misinformation on covid-19 vaccines and intolerance on book bans.
Book Bans
Newsom bars school book bans: LGBTQ+ textbook bill signed into …
Tuesday, September 26th, 2023
via The Lawton Constitution (Oklahoma)SACRAMENTO — School districts that seek to ban textbooks that portray LGBTQ+ people and other historically marginalized groups could face hefty fines under a new California law signed by Gov.
Book Bans
Newsom bars school book bans: LGBTQ+ textbook bill signed into law amid growing culture wars
Tuesday, September 26th, 2023
via Miami Herald (Florida)SACRAMENTO — School districts that seek to ban textbooks that portray LGBTQ+ people and other historically marginalized groups could face hefty fines under a new California law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday.
Parent Involvement, Book Bans, School Board – General
Newsom to fine schools that ban books over race, sexual orientation
Tuesday, September 26th, 2023
via POLITICO (New York)Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration helped craft the proposal, which he signed into law Monday.
Book Bans, School Board – General
DeSantis’ redistricting plan on trial in federal court
Tuesday, September 26th, 2023
via POLITICO (New York)Good morning and welcome to Tuesday. A challenge to Gov. Ron DeSantis' redistricting map heads to federal court in Tallahassee this morning, in a trial that could determine control of the U.S. House…
Book Bans
Readers are concerned about attacks on free speech. Here’s why.
Monday, September 25th, 2023
via Boston.com (Massachusetts)School is in session for students across Massachusetts. But many readers are worried about attacks on free speech, particularly in schools.
Book Bans
Where do GOP candidates stand on the issues? See for yourself.
Monday, September 25th, 2023
via POLITICO (New York)The Republican presidential candidates have spent months carving out their viewpoints.
Parent Involvement, Book Bans
Cracking down on Florida schools — with an eye toward China
Monday, September 25th, 2023
via POLITICO (New York)DRIVING THE WEEK — Tuesday: Federal redistricting trial starts at 8:30 a.m.Wednesday: The second GOP debate is set for the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif. Gov. Ron DeSantis…
Book Bans
Book bans surged across the US in 2023. Florida was the blueprint.
Sunday, September 24th, 2023
via The Courant (Connecticut)The number of books banned in school districts across the U.S reached a peak this year, a new report says, with Florida leading the way in more ways than one. The state topped the country in the number of books banned alone, representing 40% of the country's total cases with over 1,400 books removed from libraries in the 2022-23 school year, according to a report issued by PEN America.
Parent Involvement, Book Bans, School Board – General
Seminole parents are right to fight book bans
Sunday, September 24th, 2023
via Orlando Sentinel (Florida)As Seminole County's retired assistant superintendent writes, the idea that 'parental rights' is a new thing is ludicrous. But no one individual should make decisions about what another person, including students, should read.
Parent Involvement, Book Bans, School Board – General
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3 questions for Patricia McCormick, whose book ‘Sold’ has been banned in 6 states
Sunday, September 24th, 2023
via WPXI-TV (Pennsylvania)When author Patricia McCormick published her book Sold in 2006, about a young Nepalese girl who struggles to survive after being sold into sexual slavery, she had no idea the award-winning novel would…
Parent Involvement, Book Bans, School Board – General
CCSD’s Jara pledges to stand up for children of all backgrounds
Sunday, September 24th, 2023
via Las Vegas Sun (Nevada)Clark County School District Superintendent Jesus Jara has pledged to stand up for the civil rights of students and families in the face of extremism ...
Parent Involvement, Book Bans, School Board – General
Uncertain and afraid: Florida’s immigrants grapple with a disrupted reality under new law
Saturday, September 23rd, 2023
via Rapid City Journal (South Dakota)In the months since Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed one of the strictest immigration laws in the country, daily life for Florida's immigrant community has become fraught and governed by fear.
Parent Involvement, Book Bans, School Board – General
Book bans surged across the US in 2023. Florida was the blueprint
Friday, September 22nd, 2023
via Sun Sentinel (Florida)The number of books banned in school districts across the U.S reached a peak this year, a new report says, with Florida leading the way in more ways than one.
Parent Involvement, Book Bans, School Board – General
Michael Harriot’s ‘Black AF History’ could hardly come at a better time
Friday, September 22nd, 2023
via Kunr (Nevada)This engaging, well-researched, and frequently laugh-out-loud funny history places the Black experience at center stage with stories that should have already been part of our collective memory.
Book Bans, Racism
Man sues Independence schools, says he was banned for criticizing LGBTQ, COVID policies
Friday, September 22nd, 2023
via The Kansas City Star (Kansas)A former Independence school board candidate raised concerns about the district removing a book with gender-neutral pronouns from the library. Then he was banned from school grounds.
Book Bans, School Board – General
Six weeks in, Florida families, schools have yet to see voucher money
Friday, September 22nd, 2023
via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)A roundup of Florida education news from around the state
School Safety, Book Bans, School Board – General
Ohio schools ban no books in past year; Florida bans over 1,400, study shows
Friday, September 22nd, 2023
via Cleveland.com (Ohio)Schools in Florida lead the nation in book bans, with Texas in second place.
Parent Involvement, Book Bans