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An Instagram post claimed that Miami-Dade County banned Gorman’s poem from elementary schools. PolitiFact and WLRN found there was no countywide effort to remove this poem.
An Instagram post claimed that Miami-Dade County banned Gorman’s poem from elementary schools. PolitiFact and WLRN found there was no countywide effort to remove this poem.
Florida school districts have removed some books entirely while restricting others to certain grades or requiring students to get parental permission to see them.
PolitiFact | The American Library Association says a “ban” is the removal of a book based on a person or group’s objection.
The move sparked outrage on social media, including from Gorman, and arguments over what constitutes a book ban.