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Despite local school districts having a formal book review process in place, parents and trustees alike are going the alternative route through "internal review" processes that are less transparent and lead to more books coming off the shelves and classrooms without notice.
Escambia County school district in Florida has removed over 1,600 books from its shelves for "review" in accordance with new law, HB 1069. Included in the long
Nationally, K-12 schools enacted 3,362 book bans during the 2022-2023 school year as part of a growing surge in censorship. Florida school districts accounted for more than 40 percent of those bans.
Just when you think the poisonous absurdity boiling out of Florida cannot get any more dangerous, a story pops up such as the one from the Escambia County Schoo
Just when you think the poisonous absurdity boiling out of Florida cannot get any more dangerous, a story pops up such as the one from the Escambia County Schoo