Several new protections for LGBTQ students and families were unveiled on Thursday by the Biden administration, including establishing a coordinator to "lead the charge" against banning books in schools, administration officials said.The yet-to-be-named Education Department coordinator will train school d...
“We have works of art and books of literature that may have things that may be offensive to some, but taken as a whole would not necessarily be offensive,” Washington said. Brattin cited “Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic” as a book he wants to see removed from schools under the new ...
Reports that books by black authors Maya Angelou and Toni Morrison were banned from two Maryland school superintendents after white parents claimed they were anti-white. The decision to remo...
The club was created last fall by then-eighth grader Joslyn Diffenbaugh after she heard about the increasing efforts in Texas to remove books from public schools. "The original idea I had was when I first started seeing all the books being banned, especially in states like Texas, where they...
How Many Countries Are There in the World? Why Does Cilantro Taste Like Soap to Some People? What If the President Is Impeached? Timeline of the September 11 Attacks Book Bans: MediaShould Parents or Other Adults Be Able to Ban Books from Schools and Libraries?Share...
The government has ordered schools in England not to use resources from organisations which have expressed a desire to end capitalism. Department for Education (DfE) guidance issued on Thursday for school leaders and teachers involved in setting the relationship, sex and health c...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into effect on Sept. 25, 2023, thatfines schools that ban booksthat discuss race or gender identity. Assembly Bill 1078will also make districts pay for replacement textbooks when they don’t purchase books that agree with the state’s anti-discriminati...
Some books do come back. Officials at Florida’s Duval County Public Schools were widely criticized after they removed “Roberto Clemente: The Pride of the Pittsburgh Pirates,” a children’s biography of the late Puerto Rican baseball star. In February, they announced the book would again ...
Monica Brown’s campaign to rid schools of books that she considers obscene began late last year with a trip to the Granbury Middle School library, which sometimes hosts robotics competitions that her homeschooled children have competed in. ...
NotinTHISSchool!ThisdetailedhistoryofthecensorshipofTheCatcherintheRyecomesfromBannedBooks:SuppressedonSocialGroundsbyDawnB.Sova.vol.2.NewYork:FactsonFile,c.1998"Thenovelhaslongigniteddisapproval,anditwasthemostfrequentlybannedbookinschoolsbetween1966and1975.Evenbeforethattime,however,theworkwasafavoritetargetof...