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Students Sue Missouri School District Over Banned Books
(WENTZVILLE, Mo.) — Two students have sued a suburban St. Louis school district over its decision to remove several books from school libraries. The American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri sued the Wentzville School District on Tuesday on behalf of the students, who aren’t named in the lawsuit because they are minors, KWMU-FM reported. The…
What Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” Bill Could Mean for LGBTQ Kids
On Tuesday night, President Joe Biden took to Twitter to condemn a controversial bill that’s swiftly moving through the Florida legislature. The proposed law, often referred to by critics as “Don’t Say Gay” legislation, bans public school districts from “encouraging” classroom discussion of sexual orientation or gender identity. State Rep. Joe Harding, a Republican who…
Oakland Is Closing Schools Due to Declining Enrollment. Other Cities Could Be Next
Public school enrollment dropped 3% in the 2020-21 academic year compared with 2019-20, in part because of upheavals arising from the COVID-19 pandemic
N.J. Governor Declares a ‘Huge Step Back to Normalcy’ as School Mask Mandates Are Set to End
The statewide mask rule will end March 7, but individual districts still will be able to require face coverings in school after that
Restricting Academic Ties With China Is a ‘Huge, Huge Mistake’ Warns Ivy League College President
Brown University president Christina Paxson calls for "academic freedom and openness and exchange of knowledge"
FBI Investigates Bomb Threats at Black Colleges as Potential Hate Crimes
(WOODSTOCK, Ga.) — A caller who threatened to blow up a historically Black university in Florida—one of numerous threats made against schools across the nation—described an elaborate plot involving seven bombs hidden in duffel bags and backpacks around the school’s perimeter, a Florida police chief said. In a 20-minute phone call, the caller said the…
Historically Black Universities Lock Down Over Series of Bomb Threats
The FBI and ATF are investigating the bomb scares, which came one day before the start of Black History Month
Why Toni Morrison’s Books Are So Often the Target of Book Bans
In Florida’s Polk County, Nobel Literature Prize-winner Toni Morrison’s novels The Bluest Eye and Morrison’s Beloved were among 16 books “quarantined”—taken off shelves in public school libraries “so a thorough, thoughtful review of their content can take place,” a spokesperson explained to The Ledger—on Jan. 25 after a complaint. Less than a week earlier, a…
How the Pandemic and Anti-Asian Violence Spurred 2 States to Change History Lessons
New Jersey and Illinois are the first states to require teaching of Asian American history in schools
The Reconstruction Period Reshaped Race Relations in the U.S. After the Civil War. A New Report Finds That 45 States Are ‘Failing’ to Teach Students About It
In the aftermath of the insurrection a year ago at the U.S. Capitol, many leading historians drew parallels between the violence and the Reconstruction era, the period of political revolution directly following the American Civil War. “The events we saw reminded me very much of the Reconstruction era and the overthrow of Reconstruction, which was…
Public Schools Are Struggling to Retain Black Teachers. These Ex-Teachers Explain Why
Black teachers are leaving the profession at faster rates than white teachers as they face pushback over efforts to discuss racism in the classroom and deal with pandemic-related stress
Cheugy, Murraya and Critical Race Theory: The Words That Defined 2021
Looking back at 2021, the year was characterized by the challenges and joys of the world opening up again after a year of uncertainty and social distancing. (And then, in recent weeks, locking back down again with the emergence of the Omicron variant.) One of the most cogent ways to see the reach of this…
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