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A Florida Department of Education workgroup is crafting a training that all school-library workers must use in selecting books and other materials. The group was formed to carry out part of a new law passed this year.

The workgroup developing the training includes members of the conservative group Moms for Liberty, who have aggressively voiced their concerns about the material children encounter at school.

Ron DeSantis-Donald Trump watchers can start microwaving their popcorn. But Broward voters got a middle finger from the DeSantis-controlled Board.

School board races may be the most contested elections in Florida this year, thanks to a conservative strategy to insert partisanship into education.

School board races may be the most contested elections in Florida this year, thanks to a conservative strategy to insert partisanship into education.

More than 50 people spoke at the State Board of Education meeting held at an Orlando hotel, both to denounce and applaud the new rules.

More than 50 people spoke at the State Board of Education meeting held at an Orlando hotel, both to denounce and applaud the new rules.

'Statewide book bans' are coming to Florida's classrooms, enforced by the far right

Pride flags are coming down, books are getting pulled, and teachers are watching their words as schools navigate new laws and censorship.

Researchers described a push by politicians and newly-formed parents groups to pull texts from schools that it compares to the anti-communist McCarthy era and moral purges of the early 1980s.