California Casualty and the California Department of Education Celebrate California s 2021 Teachers of the Year prweb.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from prweb.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Daily Wire reported districts such as Loudoun County Public Schools in Virginia have already told its teachers to “avoid connecting Read Across America Day with Dr. Seuss.”
“Realizing that many schools continue to celebrate ‘Read Across America Day’ in partial recognition of Dr. Seuss’ birthday, it is important for us to be cognizant of research that may challenge our practice in this regard,” Loudoun County Schools said in an announcement as reported by the Daily Wire. “As we become more culturally responsive and racially conscious, all building leaders should know that in recent years there has been research revealing radical undertones in the books written and the illustrations drawn by Dr. Seuss.”
Loudoun County Schools Cancel Dr Seuss on Racial Undertones washingtontimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from washingtontimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Transgender Boy Book Prompts Utah School District to Suspend Reading Program
On 2/15/21 at 10:28 AM EST
A book about a transgender boy has prompted a school district in Utah to suspend its book program after the story was read to third graders.
Call Me Max was read to a class last month after a student brought a copy of the book to the Horizon Elementary School in Murray.
The story involves a young transgender boy who embarks on a journey as he makes new friends and reveals his feelings about his identity to his parents, according to a description on Amazon.
WE RE NEAR THE TOP IN DUST, POTHOLES AND BOOGER SUGAR
A survey by the Online Betting Guide ranked Tucson the 10th wildest city in the U.S. Using factors like nightlife, casinos, strip clubs and alcohol and drug consumption, Las Vegas finished first. Tucson was fourth in casinos and 13th in the percentage who ve taken marijuana. But the Old Pueblo roared back when it came to cocaine use, finishing fifth.
CAT FROM HELL
A North Carolina animal shelter waived adoption fees hoping someone would take Perdita, the world s worst cat, off their hands. The foul furball dislikes dogs, children, the Dixie Chicks, Disney movies and Christmas. On its Facebook page, the shelter wrote: We thought she was sick. Turns out she s just a jerk.