Book banning resonates as an issue in Maryland school board races
Books such as books “Gender Queer” and “All Boys Aren’t Blue” and others like them have become flash points in school board races.
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Books such as books “Gender Queer” and “All Boys Aren’t Blue” and others like them have become flash points in school board races.
Conservative school board candidates who want to remove books dealing with gender identity, racism and other socially sensitive topics from school library shelves are running in at least 11 of Maryland’s 23 counties.
Hundreds of schools have already banned either one or both of the books. Maryland’s Wicomico County school board took action against “All Boys Aren’t Blue.”
Amid nationwide concern about school shootings and other violent incidents, all 24 Maryland school districts have employed school resource officers at some time since the 2016-2017 school year, and all but one retain them still.
Amid nationwide concern about school shootings and other violent incidents, all 24 Maryland school districts have employed school resource officers at some time since the 2016-2017 school year, and all but one retain them still.