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A central Florida school district has banned a book about a real-life same-sex penguin couple from its classrooms and school libraries, saying the book violates the state's Parental Rights in Education law that prohibits teachers from giving classroom instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity in grades K-3.
A central Florida school district has banned a book about a real-life same-sex penguin couple from its classrooms and school libraries, saying the book violates the state's Parental Rights in Education law that prohibits teachers from giving classroom instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity in grades K-3.
Vicki Baggett, an English teacher at Northview High School in Florida, is pushing for the Escambia County School District to remove nearly 150 books from school libraries. In an interview last month, Baggett told Popular Information that she is challenging books like
Because you "don't say gay" under Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis' education crackdown.
When Wilma Rudolph Played Basketball is a book about the childhood of Wilma Rudolph, a legendary sprinter who won three gold medals at the 1960 Olympic games in Rome. The book, which is 32 pages long, is geared toward readers in elementary school. The story focuses on Rudolph's childhood and the obstacles she had to overcome to achieve success. Rudolph, for example, had polio as a child and was forced to wear a leg brace. She was told by a doctor that she would never be able to walk without the brace. But Rudolph was determined.