Students lose access to books amid 'state-sponsored purging of ideas'

[Nevilledog]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/08/17/book-ban-restriction-access-lgbtq/

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https://archive.ph/heSL1

In one Virginia school district this fall, parents will receive an email notification every time their child checks out a book. In a Florida school system, teachers are purging their classrooms of texts that mention racism, sexism, gender identity or oppression. And a Pennsylvania school district is convening a panel of adults to sign off on every title that school librarians propose buying.

The start of the 2022-2023 school year will usher in a new era of education in some parts of America — one in which school librarians have less freedom to choose books and schoolchildren less ability to read books they find intriguing, experts say.

In the past two years, six states have passed laws that mandate parental involvement in reviewing books, make it easier for parents to remove books or restrict the texts available at school, according to a tally kept by nonprofit EveryLibrary. Five states are considering similar legislation. Typical of these is an Arizona bill, signed by Gov. Doug Ducey (R) in April, that requires districts to send parents who ask lists of the books their children check out, as well as publish the titles of all library materials bought after Jan. 1. Policies are proliferating at the district level, too: One Nebraska system will require that parents sign permission slips for library books. A Texas system’s will divide its library into “juvenile,” “young adult” and “adult” sections, with parents choosing the “level” their child can access.

“This is a state-sponsored purging of ideas and identities that has no precedent in the United States of America,” said John Chrastka, EveryLibrary’s executive director. “We’re witnessing the silencing of stories and the suppressing of information [that will make] the next generation less able to function in society.”

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[The Unmitigated Gall]

1. Pukes...terrified of everything, even books.

Funny how they wave American flags while doing all the shit nazis did.

[Skittles]

2. GROOMING

IT'S ALL REPUKES DO

[Solly Mack]

3. K&R

[purr-rat beauty]

4. What a great lesson in...

...losing your FREEDOM. These kids won't forget this and will resent the powers that be.

[Demovictory9]

5. wow..just ...wow

[Heather MC]

6. Dear parents, don't let your child's public education be the only education they receive.

Set aside time to take your babies to the library, And guide them on how to seek out truth.

Because some of these schools are going to fail your children if you don't educate them yourself

[childfreebychoice]

7. How soon before ivy league schools refuse to accept credits fr flat earth states. Nt

[TrogL]

8. I had a parent object to The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

It's a Christian allegory for fuck's sake.

[Beartracks]

9. GOP, always crowing about the free market. Oh - but not the free market of IDEAS. n/t