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SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah teachers and school librarians are reacting with alarm to a growing problem of parents and other groups demanding books they find objectionable be removed from shelves. A coalition of Utah educators, librarians and social advocates spoke out this week on recent calls for several volumes -- some of them literary classics -- to be censored because they contain controversial sexual or cultural references. In response, the groups representing librarians and teachers have published an eBook highlighting libraries' role in defending the First Amendment. ...

Three New Hampshire public school teachers, two parents and the state’s second-largest teacher’s union are suing the state over its “freedom from discrimination in education” law, which they say restricts how public school educators can teach about...

A teachers union has filed a federal lawsuit over New Hampshire's ban on teaching "divisive concepts" about race, culture and ethnicity.

NEW BEDFORD, Ma. -- The state holds a public hearing today on a new charter school to serve New Bedford and Fall River students, and advocates for public schools are urging the Massachusetts Department of Education to reject the proposal. Educators' unions and others contend it is not worth draining millions of dollars annually from New Bedford's public school system to create an alternative. ...

AUSTIN, Texas -- In the past decade, the number of Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs) at the college level has grown significantly, but some researchers wonder if federal money earmarked for these institutions is used as effectively as it could be. Stephanie Aguilar-Smith, assistant professor of higher education at the University of North Texas, interviewed administrators, staff and faculty members from a dozen colleges designated as HSIs, including those with a high concentration of students eligible for Pell Grants, awarded for high financial need. She found the schools pursue grant mone...