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Education Dept. Ends Book Ban Investigations
Friday, January 24th, 2025
via The New York Times (Georgia)The department said it would relinquish its role investigating schools that had received civil rights complaints after removing books dealing with sexual and racial identity.
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Connecticut lawmaker receives threatening voicemail over legislation preventing book bans
Thursday, January 23rd, 2025
via Stamford Advocate (Connecticut)Police are investigating an expletive-filled voicemail left for Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff that criticized thim for supporting a bill aimed at preventing the banning of books in libraries.
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A peek at five Texas-related premieres coming to the Sundance Film Festival
Wednesday, January 22nd, 2025
via Texas Standard (Texas)Though the devastating California fires are expected to loom large over this year's festival, filmmakers are still hoping to create the buzz they need to reach broader audiences.
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Lawmakers to meet with school district leaders on Wednesday
Wednesday, January 22nd, 2025
via KSTP (Minnesota)Discussions are expected to include how new regulations are impacting schools, but they also come at a time when districts are dealing with budget shortfalls.
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‘The 57 Bus’ author on Knox County Schools book ban: ‘I never get used to it’
Tuesday, January 21st, 2025
via Knoxville News Sentinel (Tennessee)Her book is a true crime narrative that explores the intersection of race, gender, the juvenile justice system and income inequality.
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Book bans: the problem we all should be talking about
Tuesday, January 21st, 2025
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Banning cellphones in schools gains popularity in red and blue states
Friday, January 17th, 2025
via Orange County Register (California)At least eight states have enacted such bans over the past two years, and proposals are being considered in several more states this year.
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CT lawmaker’s attempt to prevent book banning goes viral and he gets attacked
Friday, January 17th, 2025
via New Haven Register (Connecticut)The bill aims to stop censorship in school and public libraries and give legal protections to librarians.
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Many colleges are settling antisemitism cases. Some Republicans blast ‘toothless’ agreements
Thursday, January 16th, 2025
via Orange County Register (California)Many colleges at the center of the highest-profile cases — including Columbia and Cornell — face investigations that remain unresolved and could run the risk of harsher penalties after Trump takes …
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Librarians gain protections in some states as book bans soar
Wednesday, January 15th, 2025
via Orange County Register (California)New Jersey joined at least five other states that have taken steps against school library censorship.
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I’m a Cyclist. Must I Wait for the Light When I Know I Can Safely Cross?
Wednesday, January 15th, 2025
via The New York Times (New York)The magazine's Ethicist columnist on the intersection of courteousness and lawfulness on city streets.
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Indy Education: New trustees take their place on Nevada school boards
Sunday, January 12th, 2025
via The Nevada Independent (Nevada)Last Monday, new trustees Emily Stevens, Lydia Dominguez, Tameka Henry and Lorena Biassotti took their seats on the Clark County School Board. It's higher than the turnover the school board saw four…
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If you can stomach watching the Iowa Legislature, I’m here to help
Sunday, January 12th, 2025
via The Gazette (Iowa)Subcommittee members listen to testimony during a meeting of the House Education Subcommittee to discus House Study Bill 542 at …
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Rochester Public Schools’ removal of library book was the first in at least the past 10 years
Saturday, January 11th, 2025
via Post Bulletin (Minnesota)The last known time that a book was challenged was in 2012. At the time, the district considered a complaint from a parent at Gibbs Elementary regarding the children's book 'And Tango Makes Three."
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On Our Radar: Port work stoppage averted by tentative contract with ILA, USMX
Saturday, January 11th, 2025
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Utah’s longtime schools leader to resign, seek ‘other opportunities’
Friday, January 10th, 2025
via The Salt Lake Tribune (Utah)Utah's state superintendent Sydnee Dickson told staffers in an email that she plans to leave her job overseeing public K-12 education after nearly a decade to seek 'other opportunities to support public education.'
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Librarians gain protections in some states as book bans soar • New Hampshire Bulletin
Friday, January 10th, 2025
via New Hampshire Bulletin (New Hampshire)Karen Grant and fellow school librarians throughout New Jersey have heard an increasingly loud chorus of parents and conservative activists demanding that certain books – often about race, gender, and…
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Josephine County commissioners terminate lease with Grants Pass Library
Thursday, January 9th, 2025
via Oregon Public Broadcasting (Oregon)In one of their first moves as a newly reconfigured board, the Josephine County commissioners unanimously decided to terminate the county's lease with the Grants Pass Library. This puts the library's…
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Katy ISD students denied access to more than 400 LGBTQ books that haven’t officially been banned.
Wednesday, January 8th, 2025
via Houston Chronicle (Texas)Katy ISD librarians have been instructed to steer students away from more than 400 books with LGBTQ+ themes, records show.
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