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Actually, it’s his Astroturfed “Moms for Liberty” that is rolling this out nationally at his direction. > #DeSantis inspires push to make book bans in Republican-controlled states easier livenowfox.com/news/desantis-…
1) Unmasking “Moms for Liberty” - a nonprofit claiming to advocate for “parental rights,” appears to be using parents as pawns to advance a far-right agenda. mediamatters.org/critical-race-…
2) We must emancipate U.S. kids from groups like Moms for Liberty
Some media outlets tend to give the ultraconservative, book-banning organization a pass for its links to #extremism. Here’s why that’s a mistake. msnbc.com/the-reidout/re…
Some media outlets tend to give the ultraconservative, book-banning organization a pass for its links to #extremism. Here’s why that’s a mistake. msnbc.com/the-reidout/re…
So they ban my book from young readers, confuse me with @Oprah , fail to specify what parts of my poetry they object to, refuse to read any reviews, and offer no alternatives…Unnecessary #bookbans like these are on the rise, and we must fight back 👊🏿 DONATE here:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 
If you’d like to help, donate to my fundraiser below to support @PENamerica as they protect literature, spread the word, and follow great grassroots orgs like @FLFreedomRead 📒📕💥✊🏿 instagram.com/linking/fundra…
In 10 minutes, @EthnicMediaSvc begins a discussion on the war against transgender people. Watch live here: ethnicmediaservices.org/media-briefing… @RepGeneWu @1NadineSmith @sailorjones @CommonCause @transyouthequality #transgender
@1NadineSmith of @equalityfl discusses a bill in the Florida state Legislature that would ban trans athletes from participating. "This was a result of focus group testing. Trans issues make people uncomfortable."
"In Florida, we have a governor trying to outflank Trump on the right, said Nadine Smith referring to @RonDeSantisFL "He has brought all the MAGA issues to the forefront. All the rhetoric is so dehumanizing." @1NadineSmith @equalityfl #transgender
The truth about students learning to #read in #Florida from a REAL #PublicSchool Parent in the wake of the recent #bookbans. A 🧵
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#Teachers in K-8 utilize what’s called the Accelerated
Reader Program. #TruthMatters
arbookfind.com
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#Teachers in K-8 utilize what’s called the Accelerated
Reader Program. #TruthMatters
arbookfind.com
K-8 Students search for books within their tested reading level that they are interested in reading. Books in the #library are divided up by Book Level so students can easily find a book within their reading level. 📚
Students can also utilize the AR Bookfind website to find books within their tested reading range. With each book they read, they take a test in order for that book to count as a book that they read for class. If they don’t pass the test, they have to take it again. 📚
NEW. An updated book ban report for the current school year from @PENamerica shows how new state laws are supercharging book suppression in schools, esp in Florida. 🧵 #FReadom #EdScare #BookBans
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As I told @nytimes: "This is much bigger than you can really count... People need to understand that it’s not a single book being removed in a single school district, it’s a set of ideas that are under threat just about everywhere.” /2
Read and share:
pen.org/report/banned-…
Read and share:
pen.org/report/banned-…
Critically, although the book ban movement began with individuals and groups acting locally, they're efforts have been enhanced by the passage of state laws, which have together created an unprecedented chilling effect on schools, which we @PENamerica call the #EdScare. /3
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) does a better job at protecting children from harmful material than Texas Public Schools.
Read this 🧵to understand how the FCC informs the issue of #BookBans (book boundaries) and how to use it in legislation and argument. @teainfo
Read this 🧵to understand how the FCC informs the issue of #BookBans (book boundaries) and how to use it in legislation and argument. @teainfo
Fundamentally, this is not a parental rights in education issue. It is a PROTECT KIDS FROM HARMFUL CONTENT issue & the state has a compelling interest to do so.
Parents have the best, natural instinct to protect their kids & they are sounding the alarms!
Parents have the best, natural instinct to protect their kids & they are sounding the alarms!
Currently, children are safer tuning into television and radio airwaves than perusing their school libraries.
This needs to change & we should use the guidance of the FCC to inform our legislation & our arguments.
We can also use this now, locally
This needs to change & we should use the guidance of the FCC to inform our legislation & our arguments.
We can also use this now, locally
Order to Remove Dozens of Challenged Books in Texas, Including the Bible, Is an Appalling Violation of Students Rights, says PEN America pen.org/press-release/… #BookBans #TheBible #StudentsRights
One day before the start of the start of the 2022 school year, the Keller Independent School District in #Texas has ordered school officials to remove all copies of previously challenged books—including #TheBible—from school shelves and from the districts’ online library catalog.
PEN America's Jonathan Friedman (@jonfreadom) described the action in #Texas as, "an appalling affront to students’ #FirstAmendment rights."
"It is virtually impossible to run a school or a library that purges books in response to any complaint from any corner," he added.
"It is virtually impossible to run a school or a library that purges books in response to any complaint from any corner," he added.
