ID school board elections could determine fate of book restrictions
School board elections in Idaho on Tuesday could impact what students are allowed to read. Although school board elections are often overlooked, they've increasingly become races to watch - in part because of a rise in "book bans" that supporters say protect kids from content that some consider "obscene." Kurt Zwolfer is director of The Cabin, a center for readers and writers in Boise. He said he thinks school boards are overstepping their duties, when librarians and educators are trained to do the work of book curation. ...
Source: publicnewsservice.org
