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School librarians vilified as the 'arm of Satan' in book-banning wars

In her time as a Texas school librarian, Carolyn Foote watched the image of her profession veer from "shrinking violets behind spectacles" cataloging titles to "pedophiles and groomers" out to pollute the minds of the nation's youth.

Los Angeles Times

Progressives are organizing to monitor Pa. school boards in pushback to book bans, ‘harmful’ actions

PHILADELPHIA — Parent Stephanie Jamison feels like she’s playing defense anticipating the next accusations that will confront the Souderton Area School District:

The Philadelphia Inquirer

COUNTERPOINT: Beware of the so-called parents rights movement

I have been a local school board member since my daughters, now 11th-graders, were in second-grade. In that time, I have been involved in education policy discussions at the local, state and national levels on issues related to the rights of LGBTQ+ students, standardized testing and the privatization of public…

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Far-right school board candidates vow “We’ll be back”

The right scored just enough wins in school board elections to keep coming back. We who care about honest teaching and inclusive public schools should go to school board meetings and pay attention to these races.

Chicago Sun-Times

Which flags can be flown in a Miami-Dade classroom? School Board to address controversy

The Miami-Dade County School Board on Wednesday will consider a measure that would allow only the American flag and the official motto of the State of Florida be displayed in classrooms and on school district grounds — one month after a nearly identical item was withdrawn from the board’s agenda…

Miami Herald

DeSantis-backed school board takeovers

"Our kids' education cannot be left in the hand of extremists," advocate warns

Salon

Anti-transgender policies incite vitriolic debate at US school board meetings

Typically mundane, US school board meetings have become a platform for harsh rhetoric and partisan divides, particularly when it comes to LGBTQ issues and policies that inhibit freedoms for transgender students. From banning books that discuss gender and sexuality to requiring teachers to call students by their legal names, school…

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Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #36

Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance.

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Florida teachers could lose licenses for defying ‘don’t say gay,’ ‘anti-woke’ laws

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida adopted a trio of education rules Wednesday that carry out its new culture-war laws, including one that threatens public school teachers with the loss of state certification if they violate requirements of the state’s so-called “don’t say gay” and “anti-woke” legislation.

Orlando Sentinel

"Statewide book bans" coming to Florida

Florida Republicans were asked to promise that banned books would not literally be burned. They voted that down

Salon

Alarm over skyrocketing book bans

27 police reports filed accusing librarians of providing inappropriate or "pornographic" material to children

Salon

‘We’ve moved backwards’: US librarians face unprecedented attacks amid rightwing book bans

From active shooter trainings to cancelled bookmobiles, librarians are caught in the crossfire of a conservative censorship craze

The Guardian - US

When religion replaces real education

Here's the GOP endgame: Tax-funded schools that teach religion and propaganda, but not literacy, math or history

Salon

GOP's war on books: Only the beginning

Gutting public schools, targeting booksellers, shutting down libraries: Every censorship tactic is on the table

Salon

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The Independent UK

Florida Gov Ron DeSantis plans to fight ‘woke CEOs’ at financial services like Paypal and others

“Do we govern ourselves through our constitution and through our elections or do we have these masters of the universe occupying these commanding heights of society?” the Republican governor said during a press briefing

Los Angeles Times

Focus on the economy, not ‘critical race theory’ or sex ed: Inside Democrats’ plan to win back parents

WASHINGTON — The era of COVID-19 school closures appears to be over, but parents’ frustration with that difficult period is set to play a pivotal role in November’s midterm elections.

Salon

Moms 4 Liberty: Warriors with big plans

At the Moms for Liberty summit, they gave Ron DeSantis a sword. That wasn't the strangest or scariest part by far

Tribune News Service

At Moms for Liberty event in Tampa, a push to win school board elections

TAMPA, Fla. — Tia Bess carried a dog-eared copy of the graphic novel “Gender Queer” in her purse as she stood in line to hear Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speak Friday morning.

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Axios

DeSantis takes the fight to school boards with rare endorsements

Other GOP governors may follow as school board kingmakers in their states. For now, Florida is driving the trend.

The Independent UK

Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law and ‘critical race theory’ ban are in effect. Teachers brace for ‘straight-up indoctrination’

Parallel efforts from state programmes and activist groups to censor classrooms and rewrite history join a long-running campaign to undermine public schools, Alex Woodward reports

WEKU

Progressives take a leaf out of the conservative playbook to target school boards

There has been a groundswell of conservative enthusiasm around school politics in the last few years. Progressives are hoping to have their own source of organization to counter that enthusiasm.

Orlando Sentinel

Only one reviewer complained of ‘critical race theory’ in Florida math textbooks

ORLANDO, Fla. — Only one reviewer who dug into the math books publishers hoped to sell to Florida schools complained there was “critical race theory” embedded in the texts, and she was a member of the conservative Moms for Liberty group who looked at just two high school books, according…

Tribune News Service

Florida school district pulls 2 books about transgender kids, including ‘I Am Jazz’

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Two books about transgender kids, including Broward resident Jazz Jennings’ “I Am Jazz,” have been removed from Palm Beach County classrooms and libraries in response to a new Florida law.

Miami Herald

Florida’s feuding over education laws is in national spotlight. GOP seizes the moment

MIAMI — Amanda Silvestri, a mother of two elementary school children, traveled from Palm Beach County to Tallahassee in January to tell state lawmakers she was concerned about what her kids were being taught in school.

Salon

Where did the book bans come from?

The campaign to get LGBTQ-friendly books and authors of color off the shelves isn't "grassroots" or spontaneous

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