Florida continues to lead the country in pulling books from school libraries, according to analyses by the American Library Association and the advocacy group PEN America. “A restriction of access is a restriction on one’s freedom to read,” said Kasey Meehan of PEN America. “Studen...
Multiple school districts in Florida have drawn legal challenges for restricting students’ access to books, including Escambia County, which is being sued by PEN America andPenguin Random House, the country’s largest publisher. In September, the Nassau County schoo...
A35-page listcompiled by the Florida Department of Education outlines hundreds of books banned across the state's 73 school districts during the 2023-2024 academic year. The report lists the titles and authors of the books, and what grade levels the book was removed from, but does not detail...
美国佛罗里达州去年推出的一项所谓“校园禁书”法律引发巨大争议,日前已遭书商、家长和作家起诉。 A group of major publishers, authors and parents have sued Florida education officials over a law that allows parents and local residents to limit what books are available in school libraries. 佛州该法律规定...
CBS News reached out to the Escambia school district for comment, but did not hear back prior to publication. In a statement toThe Messenger, a spokesperson for the district said that the books "have not been banned or removed from the school district." ...
Judy Blume also weighed in on the push to be "rewriting" Roald Dahl's classics and the homophobic rise of banned books in the modern era.
Florida has become the latest state to ban “critical race theory” from its public schools. The state Board of Education adopted new rules Thursday to shield schoolchildren from curricula that it says could “distort historical events.”
Theschool received an anonymous letterfrom another parent who discovered her "OnlyFans" page. Triece said she has yet to receive a formal notice of why she was banned. During a press conference with her attorney, Mark NeJame, the Florida mom, said she has loved volunteering bec...
The University of Florida has officially banned use of the social media app TikTok on university-owned devices and on devices connected to school Wi-Fi.
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