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New school year highlights book, curriculum bans facing America’s teachers
Wednesday, September 20th, 2023
via WPXI-TV (Pennsylvania)Two stories of teachers facing discipline and a gubernatorial candidate using a flamethrower underscore the difficulties facing educators as the new school year begins.
Parent Involvement, Book Bans, School Board – General, Racism
Texas teacher fired for assigning graphic book on Anne Frank’s diary
Wednesday, September 20th, 2023
via The Washington Post (Maryland)A teacher in Beaumont, Tex., assigned eighth graders to read from 'Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation,' in which Frank wrote about female and male genitalia.
Parent Involvement, Book Bans
Challenges to library books continue at record pace in 2023
Wednesday, September 20th, 2023
via PENNLive (Pennsylvania)The most sweeping challenges often originate with such conservative organizations as Moms for Liberty.
Parent Involvement, Book Bans
Las peticiones de vetos de libros en EEUU siguen batiendo récords, según grupo de bibliotecarios
Wednesday, September 20th, 2023
via The Associated Press (Iowa)NUEVA YORK (AP) — Las prohibiciones y solicitudes de prohibir libros siguen batiendo récords, según indicó la Asociación de Bibliotecas de los Estados Unidos (ALA, por sus siglas en inglés).
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This Florida college chose a president outside the DeSantis orbit
Wednesday, September 20th, 2023
via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)A roundup of Florida education news from around the state
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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
Mid-Missouri organization to show documentary on human trafficking
Wednesday, September 20th, 2023
via The News Tribune (Missouri)Human trafficking is not just something that happens to people overseas.
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Florida school district bans 5 books after hearing passages read aloud at meetings
Tuesday, September 19th, 2023
via Miami Herald (Florida)TAMPA, Fla. — The Pinellas County school district has pulled five books from its shelves amid concerns that their content, which includes graphic sex and violence, is inappropriate for minors.
Parent Involvement, School Board – General
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.
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GOP budget draft backs universal private school vouchers, delays Parents’ Bill of Rights
Tuesday, September 19th, 2023
via The Charlotte Observer (North Carolina)North Carolina is poised to join a small but growing number of states that offer universal access to private school vouchers.
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Nikki Haley’s Consensus Appeal
Tuesday, September 19th, 2023
via The New Yorker (New York)A canny establishment conservative may be Biden's greatest threat in 2024. But can she solve the Trump problem?
Parent Involvement, School Board – General
Florida ethics cases sit on DeSantis’ desk as he vows to ‘break the swamp’
Tuesday, September 19th, 2023
via Orlando Sentinel (Florida)As Gov. Ron DeSantis vows to clean up Washington if elected president, dozens of ethics orders seeking to punish the misdeeds of Florida politicians have been languishing on his desk in Tallahassee.…
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Pinellas schools ban 5 books after hearing passages read aloud at meetings
Tuesday, September 19th, 2023
via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)The district restricted another 11 titles to high school juniors and seniors who have parent permission.
Parent Involvement, School Board – General
Man arrested for strong-arm robbery
Tuesday, September 19th, 2023
via Waterloo Courier Inc (Iowa)The victim told police the defendant assaulted him and made him move funds to his online account.
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Republican states quit nation’s oldest library group amid culture war over books
Tuesday, September 19th, 2023
via A.D.N. & Co (Alaska)They are turning down money and training from a 150-year-old organization they believe is set on promulgating explicit texts to children
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Ken Paxton verdict heightens political tension ahead of education special session
Tuesday, September 19th, 2023
via Texas Tribune (Texas)The Texas House and Senate were already far apart on 'school choice.' Anger over the impeachment trial might make it even harder to find common ground.
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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...
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Oklahoma schools chief says teachers unions aim to convert students to ‘Democratic voters’
Tuesday, September 19th, 2023
via Washington Examiner (District of Columbia)EXCLUSIVE — If Ryan Walters, the Oklahoma state superintendent of public instruction, had his way, he'd get teachers unions and the federal Department of Education out of public schools.
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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