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Charlotte County Public Schools instructed librarians to purge any book that contained LGBTQ+ themes, mentions, or characters.

The adult spelling bee raises funds for the Florida Freedom to Read Project, and you don’t have to be a writer or a speller to join

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis continues to deny that any books are being banned in his state.

Twenty-three days. Sixteen if you only count workdays. That’s how long the state of Florida took to provide the most fundamental information about a man who’s pulling down a six-figure, taxpayer-funded salary, has at least two government-paid underlings and appears to be on the hunt for more. And the information the Sentinel has been able to wrest from official sources is meager indeed: Terry ...

Vague legislation and advocacy groups drive book bans

A new Florida Department of Education employee who’s reaching out to conservative school board members makes $126,000 a year, a salary funded by a federal grant designed to boost “well-rounded educational opportunities,” health and safety and effective use of technology. Terry Stoops was tapped in April to head the department’s new office of Academically Successful and Resilient Districts. ...

According to a new report from the Florida Department of Education, Clay County received 40% of Florida's 1,218 book challenges filed last year. Over 489 challenges were from Bruce Friedman.

Republican politicians and the rightwing billionaires who fund them want a nation of uneducated, compliant serfs in their workforce, not a nation of well-educated union-conscious people who are willing to strike to get better pay and benefits.Which means Job One is to get America’s kids out of the c...

Recent uptick in book bans, especially LGBTQ literature, turns school libraries into political battlegrounds.

The Board of Education also passed new regulations for restroom use in state colleges that could lead to faculty and staff facing termination.