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What to expect when you’re expecting (to miss the first debate)
Monday, August 21st, 2023
via POLITICO (New York)At least ten candidates have qualified for the first GOP presidential primary debate this week. What about those who haven't?
Book Bans
Fight against book bans prompts Orchard Park teens to start national organization
Saturday, August 19th, 2023
via The Buffalo News (New York)'We're not fighting against something, we're fighting for (it)' Students Protecting Education co-founder Luke Lippitt said. 'We're fighting for our voices to be heard. And we're fighting for things that we think are important."
Book Bans, School Board – General
FIALA: Taking issue with Mason City schools’ book ban
Saturday, August 19th, 2023
via Globe Gazette (Iowa)I continue to value and praise the teachers who provided the quality education I received in Mason City public schools and the Mason City Library that offered a safe and
Book Bans
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An Iowa school district used ChatGPT to ban Buzz Bissinger’s ‘Friday Night Lights.’ He’s not happy.
Friday, August 18th, 2023
via The Philadelphia Inquirer (Pennsylvania)'If you're going to ban a book, you might as well read it,' Bissinger said.
Racism, Book Bans
Georgia teacher fired for teaching fifth graders about gender binary
Friday, August 18th, 2023
via azcentral.com (Arizona)A Georgia school board voted along party lines to fire a Georgia teacher who taught her fifth grade class about gender fluidity.
Book Bans, School Board – General
Students’ mental health struggles spill over into Ohio schools
Friday, August 18th, 2023
via Dayton Daily News (Ohio)Students are still struggling with mental health, years after the COVID-19 pandemic started.
Social Emotional Learning, Book Bans
Banning books like ‘Friday Night Lights’ is just wrong. Instead, we should expand access to reading.
Thursday, August 17th, 2023
via Houston Chronicle (Texas)There is nothing in the book that we should hide from teenagers. It is hard. It is...
Book Bans
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Fort Worth ISD libraries close for sweeping review as scrutiny of books in schools grows
Thursday, August 17th, 2023
via The Dallas Morning News, Inc. (Texas)Fort Worth public school libraries are closed pending a review of hundreds of thousands of books. The review comes as Texas public schools face heightened...
Book Bans, School Board – General
‘Friday Night Lights’ author slams ‘absolutely tragic’ Iowa book ban
Thursday, August 17th, 2023
via The Kansas City Star (Kansas)H.G. 'Buzz' Bissinger, the author of the bestselling nonfiction sports book 'Friday Night Lights,' expressed his frustration in a new interview with an Iowa city banning the title from school libraries, saying U.S. book bans have become worthy of comparison to Nazi Germany. 'America is a wonderful, great country. And one of the reasons it's...
Book Bans
DeSantis allies reveal debate strategy
Thursday, August 17th, 2023
via The Boston Globe (Massachusetts)The trove of documents provides an extraordinary glimpse into the thinking of the DeSantis operation about a debate the candidate's advisers see as crucial.
Book Bans
Defend Trump and ‘Hammer’ Ramaswamy: DeSantis Allies Reveal Debate Strategy
Thursday, August 17th, 2023
via The New York Times (New Hampshire)Hundreds of pages of blunt advice, memos and internal polling were posted online by the main super PAC backing the Florida governor, offering an extraordinary glimpse into his operation's thinking.
Book Bans
Black teachers are burning out of classrooms. Meet the people fighting to keep them there
Thursday, August 17th, 2023
via PENNLive (Pennsylvania)Here are a few programs offering professional development, community, and support to Black teachers in the summers and throughout the year
Book Bans
Banned-book library, book club pop up in Mason City
Thursday, August 17th, 2023
via Globe Gazette (Iowa)A local church and book club have responded to book bans at school libraries.
Book Bans
Florida social-studies curriculum threatens educators
Thursday, August 17th, 2023
via Orlando Sentinel (Florida)Book bans and the politicizing of gender and sexual orientation and African American history have made educators more afraid than ever that just by doing their jobs they could lose their jobs, or p…
Book Bans
Books banned in other states fuel Vermont lieutenant governor’s …
Thursday, August 17th, 2023
via Nashua Telegraph (New Hampshire)WATERBURY, Vt. (AP) — On a recent Sunday afternoon, Vermont's lieutenant governor was at a local library, reading a book about two male penguins to a crowd of nearly two dozen. This was not the first stop for Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman nor would it be the last. While officials in some other states are […]
Parent Involvement, Book Bans, School Board – General
Bettendorf library (inadvertently) hosts both sides on book-ban issue
Thursday, August 17th, 2023
via Quad City Times (Iowa)One attendee said the Iowa and Illinois Quad-Cities are "like a completely different world."
Book Bans, Racism
Convention center set to move forward in Lake County
Thursday, August 17th, 2023
via NWI Times (Indiana)The Lake County Board of Commissioners is preparing to hire a consultant to put together specifications for a potential Lake County convention center.
LGBTQ+, Book Bans, School Board – General
Lake County opts in to expanded state funding for local public health services
Wednesday, August 16th, 2023
via NWI Times (Indiana)Lake County is opting in to a new state program aimed at improving the health of Hoosiers by significantly increasing state funding for local public health services.
LGBTQ+, Book Bans, School Board – General
Books banned in other states fuel Vermont lieutenant governor’s reading tour
Wednesday, August 16th, 2023
via 8 News NOW (Nevada)WATERBURY, Vt. (AP) — On a recent Sunday afternoon, Vermont's lieutenant governor was at a local library, reading a book about two male penguins to a crowd of nearly two dozen. This was not the first stop for Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman nor would it be the last. While officials in some other states are […]
Parent Involvement, Book Bans, School Board – General