Florida is top of a controversial list: banning or challenging books?

Florida is at the top of a controversial list for 2024. The reading advocacy group “Pen America” ranked Florida number one in the nation as the state with the most books banned from local schools.....MORE

OFFENSIVE? The WORST censorship effort from Moms For Liberty EVER

 

What content could be inappropriate in an elementary school library? Moms For Liberty has scored some wins banning books in a few school districts, pushing a handful of books about LGBTQ rights and racial injustice out of schools. Now they’re broadening their net, targeting even books intended for the youngest readers.....Read More

Survey: Majority oppose book bans, back Bible electives classes

Nearly nine of 10 Americans oppose banning books that include depictions of slavery from being taught in public schools, but a majority feel public schools should offer Christian Bible courses as electives, a new survey finds.....Read More

School District Bans Any Book That Features An LBGTQ+ Character

Gov. Ron DeSantis' “Don't Say Gay” Bill is taken to the extreme that reasonable people would fear it would:  Books are now being banned for simply including an LBGTQ+ character.

Florida leads the country in book bans

Florida surpassed Texas as the state with the most books pulled from shelves in public schools this year, according to a report released yesterday from literary nonprofit PEN America.....MORE

Shakespeare Is Too RAUNCHY For Florida Schools

William Shakespeare is now being censored in Florida schools for being too graphic about sex. Ana Kasparian  and John Iadarola discuss on The Young Turks.

Judge backs Florida on school book scrutiny rules

An administrative law judge Thursday rejected a challenge to Florida Department of Education rules that are part of a move to increase scrutiny of books in schools.....MORE

Maxwell Frost adds star power to rally for ‘Freedom to Learn’

The nation’s largest teachers’ union is having its annual meeting in Orlando and a rally planned for Wednesday promises a rebuke to the message at last week’s Moms for Liberty convention in Philadelphia.

The National Education Association (NEA), led by Gen Z’s first member of Congress, Maxwell Frost, is rallying for “Freedom to Learn” as these moms have stormed onto the national stage demanding a say in limiting how sensitive issues can be discussed at school.

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School district bans Bible in elementary and middle schools ‘due to vulgarity or violence’

The Good Book is being treated like a bad book in Utah after a parent frustrated by efforts to ban materials from schools convinced a suburban district that some Bible verses were too vulgar or violent for younger children.....MORE

Florida Elementary School Pulls Amanda Gorman’s 2021 Inaugural Poem After Parent Complains

The poet who gained national attention after famously reciting her piece "The Hill We Climb" at President Joe Biden’s 2021 inauguration spoke out on social media Tuesday, after reports that a Florida school had banned elementary students from reading her poem.....MORE

Florida classroom bookshelves left empty as education reform law goes into effect

Jacksonville teacher Andrea Phillips spent Literacy Week packing up her classroom library. 

Phillips, who specializes in helping students who have trouble reading, was told that until all books could be vetted and verified to be in compliance with Florida's education laws, they would need to be put away.

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