These books vary in content and narration, but share the fact that they are in peril. Many of the books targeted feature Black or LGBTQ characters. Examples includeGender Queerby Maia Kobabe, a memoir about adolescence and gender identity,banned and challengedin schools in Florida, Rhode Island...
The celebrity and Rhinebeck resident has offered to buy controversial books for kids in her latest video on social media. The State of Florida has made headlines consistently over the past few years. Schools in Florida have started to organize books in accordance with HR 1467. It's a bill th...
It's not the only issue upsetting LGBTQ+ people in Florida. Also Wednesday, the House passed a bill to make it a felony to provide gender-affirming health care to transgender minors, another DeSantis priority. "In the image of God, he created them. Male and female, he created them. Fol...
The proposal involves sexual content of books and is part of a broader drive by Republicans in many states to root out what they see as inappropriate material from schools and libraries. Feb 21, 2024 Florida school district's book ban extends to dictionaries The dictionaries and encyclopedias...
Between July and December 2022, instances of individual book bans occurred in 66 school districts in 21 states with bans most prevalent in Texas, Florida, Missouri, Utah and South Carolina. Reading and advocating for banned books is one of the ways you can resist the attacks on teaching truth...
June 2022 there were 2,532 instances of individual books being banned, affecting 1,648 unique book titles.Between July and December 2022, instances of individual book bans occurred in 66 school districts in 21 states with bans most prevalent in Texas, Florida, Missouri, Utah and South Carolina...
The public schools in Broward County, Florida, have banned running on playgrounds.(Brief Article)Oliver, Charles
According to Kasey Meehan, the Freedom to Read Program Director at PEN America and a lead author of the report: “This book ban movement erupted precisely as many schools had begun to diversify the literature they make available to young people. Now, those books are being ripped away from st...
Banned in the U.S.A.: A Reference Guide to Book Censorship in Schools and Public Libraries. This book focuses on book-banning in public schools and libraries, a practice that prohibits or restricts access to books already published, distributed, a... HN Foerstel - 《Library Journal》 被引...
The removal will be focused on elementary and middle school shelves, while high schools in Davis will retain the Bible. Florida last year became the first in a wave of Republican states to enact laws making it easier for parents to challenge books in school libraries they deem to be pornograp...