Discover and read the best of Twitter Threads about #StudentsRights
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"WHAT'S AT STAKE when we talk about book bans is student learning and well-being," writes PEN America's @jonfreadom in @USATODAY. "Semantic gymnastics about what is or isn’t a ban is an effort to deny and distract from the problem." #BannedBooks #Reading usatoday.com/story/opinion/…
"To avoid charges of #censorship, school administrators, government officials and groups like Moms for Liberty have taken to calling the results of their efforts 'quarantine' or 'curation' – anything but 'ban.'
This debate is not new." (2/x)
This debate is not new." (2/x)
"Writing about book banning for The First Amendment Encyclopedia in 2009, Susan Webb explained, 'Opponents of publications sometimes use the tactic of restricting access rather than calling for the physical removal of books.'" (3/x)
NEW: State legislative proposals to restrict the freedom to learn and teach ⬆️ 250% in 2022, reports PEN America. Educational gag orders now law in 19 states home to 122M Americans, underscoring fast escalating threats to #StudentsRights.
More at pen.org/press-release/… #EdScare
More at pen.org/press-release/… #EdScare
New report expands on PEN America’s November 2021 report on educational gag orders & our April 2022 analysis of book bans.
"America’s Censored Classrooms" analyzes 137 educational gag orders in 36 states in 2022 vs. 54 in 22 states in FY 2021. pen.org/press-release/… #EdScare
"America’s Censored Classrooms" analyzes 137 educational gag orders in 36 states in 2022 vs. 54 in 22 states in FY 2021. pen.org/press-release/… #EdScare
Major findings from PEN America's new #AmericasCensoredClassrooms report on educational gag orders (1/2):
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.
