DCPS have sent about 60 tons of library books to a paper recycling center in GA since FL passed its new book review law last year. That’s almost 2x as many tons as the district sent for recycling the year prior, according to recycling logs. jaxtoday.org/2023/06/04/duv…

All FL School Boards will be updating their library policy to comply with HB1069. It’s usually a series of three meetings: work session, rule making, public hearing. Find out your district’s schedule and let them hear your voice! 👇

Florida teachers are taking books off the shelves in an abundance of caution. That story, plus the latest on superintendent contracts, bus driver vacancies, vouchers and more, in today's Tampa Bay Times Florida education news roundup. tampabay.com/news/education…

A recent column by Ingrid Jacques asks you to set aside a long held value in this country- that no one person’s beliefs or government intervention should infringe on another citizen’s right to speak or access protected speech. A restriction on public access is a ban.

Talking points for anyone faced with a #YAlit book challenge ⁦⁦PEN America⁩ ⁦⁦⁦⁦National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)⁩ stltoday.com/opinion/column…

Join us next Saturday as we continue celebrating #Pride2023 with free admission to the @auduboncenter and children’s book drive from 10am-12pm 🌈🦉📚

“The point is not whether one can get a book that’s been prohibited in a school; it’s about whether someone’s ready access to ideas has been denied or diminished in a public institution and why.” ⁦Jonathan Friedman 📚⁩ usatoday.com/story/opinion/…

Great words from Jonathan Friedman 📚 - it's about the students it's about the stories usatoday.com/story/opinion/…

“I don’t remember any of that stuff that they put in that graphic novel…To sexualize the diary of Anne Frank in that sort of inappropriate way, it is antisemitic.” - Rep. Randy Fine His type of arrogance & ignorance has been empowered in FL. jpost.com/diaspora/antis…

PEN America, FIRE, National Coalition Against Censorship, and the Student Press Law Center on Monday jointly filed an amicus brief to support the #FirstAmendment rights of Netflix in a lawsuit over the series 13 Reasons Why. pen.org/press-release/…

"It’s deeper than... pulling a few books off school shelves. These parents’ rights groups and Republican politicians have formed a coalition of chaos, focused on harming #LGBTQ people & rolling back the gains we’ve made in the last 50 years"—George M Johnson Garçon andscape.com/features/pride…

Missouri isn’t alone. Maus I & II are targets in FL. They appear on the M4L-linked book report site, and Indian River Chapter Chair Pippin had it reviewed during the 21/22 SY. The books were retained during that review, but…. tcpalm.com/story/news/202…

Miami-Dade Looks to Revise Book-Ban Policy After Amanda Gorman Poem Removal | Miami New Times Member Gallon’s proposal was approved as part of the consent agenda at tonight’s meeting. miaminewtimes.com/news/miami-dad…

🚨Call to Action🚨 Floridians, please submit a comment asking for a definition of “classroom instruction” to be added to the amended language of The Principles of Professional Conduct. We must reduce the chilling effect of DSG expansion in HB1069. flrules.org/Gateway/View_n…

“Library director Gene Coppola said then that the complaints had triggered a review by the Palm Harbor Community Services Agency, the public board that oversees the library. It was removed hours later, library employees said Friday.” tampabay.com/news/pinellas/…

“The First Amendment is neither ‘woke’ nor ‘anti-woke. It protects the right of all Americans to access literary works across the political, ideological, and experiential spectrum, without government violation.” news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/har…

🧵PEN America, its president, Ayad Akhtar, and past PEN America presidents today endorsed the #FreedomToRead statement, adopted 70 years ago by American Library Association and Association of American Publishers and reissued now as the country faces a crisis of book bans and censorship. pen.org/press-release/…

“As of June 12, 87/101 textbooks were approved after unspecified changes were made to dozens of textbooks. But there has been very little info provided about what caused the textbooks to be rejected…or what content was edited.” Judd Legum popular.info/p/what-makes-a…

Join us for a compelling & urgent panel discussion as we confront the escalating wave of book bans and assaults on the cherished freedom to read. ⁦Buttered Jorts (fka kelly jensen) 🐱🐰⁩ ⁦We Need Diverse Books⁩ ⁦Brooklyn Public Library⁩ ⁦Random House Children's Books⁩ ⁦Women's Media Group⁩ womensmediagroup.org/event-5325775

NEW: More Than 50 #Authors Join PEN America, We Need Diverse Books (We Need Diverse Books) and the Florida Freedom to Read Project (Florida Freedom to Read Project), in Call to Pinellas County, #Florida School Officials to Drop Review of 87 Book Titles pen.org/press-release/…