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Florida removes book about Anne Frank from school libraries

A conservative Florida parent censorship group complained about the book titled “Anne Frank’s Diary: The Graphic Adaptation”

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Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #54

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

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Conservative groups that are behind book bans don’t speak for all moms

Moms for Liberty is one example of groups that are behind censorship efforts in many states. What they and other groups like them are claiming is their prerogative to decide what is right not just for their kids, but for your kids

Chicago Sun-Times

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Oklahoma voters to decide 137 school board elections on April 4

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5 DeSantis allies now control Disney World's special district. Here's what's next

A parents' rights activist, a Christian nationalist and three lawyer donors now have control over Walt Disney World's development capabilities, thanks to a bill signed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

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Governor Ron DeSantis releases list of 14 target school boards in 2024

On Feb. 21, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) released a list of school board incumbents he hopes to see defeated in the 2024 elections. DeSantis made the announcement following a meeting with state House of Representatives Speaker Paul Renner (R), Moms for Liberty co-founders Tina Descovich and Tiffany Justice, and…

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Ron DeSantis installs rightwing figures on board of former Disney district

Florida’s Republican governor offers insight into his potential 2024 run with Reedy Creek choices after taking control of district

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Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #50

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Florida asks schools for details about diversity, sex ed and other hot topics

The Florida Department of Education this week told school districts to produce detailed information about the programs and materials they use to address some of the state’s most hotly debated subjects.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: How the aesthetics of drag drive the bigots mad

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is a local politician with national aspirations. Like many MAGA Republicans, he learned from former President Donald Trump that jamming as many culture war hot buttons as possible is a surefire bet to draw the attention of tabloid-hungry press, plus the giant social media outrage machine.…

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: The pervasive threat of letting kids read the ‘wrong’ book

Florida hasn’t made reading a crime — not yet, anyway. But it’s doing the next worse thing by dangling threats of criminal charges against teachers and educators who share the “wrong” books with students.

Tribune News Service

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.

Miami Herald

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…

Salon

DeSantis-backed school board takeovers

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

France 24

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

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Orlando Sentinel

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.

Salon

"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

The Guardian - US

‘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

Salon

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

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