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California Bill Would Prohibit Schools From Banning Curriculum Without State Approval

March 8, 2023
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A California legislator recently introduced a bill that would create new requirements for “diversity and inclusiveness” in school textbooks and other materials. Assembly Bill 1078, introduced Feb. 15 by Assemblymember Corey Jackson (D-Riverside), would prohibit local school boards from banning curriculum, textbooks and instructional material without state approval. It would also prohibit the state’s education…

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California’s Curious Case of ‘Freedom’

July 18, 2022
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Commentary Gavin Newsom’s commercial advertisement in Florida has been justifiably ridiculed as a thinly-veiled political ploy meant to prime audiences for his 2024 presidential run. “Freedom is under attack,” the governor of the Golden State announced. “I urge all of you in Florida to join the fight. Or join us in California. Where we still…

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Florida Releases Examples of ‘Problematic’ Textbooks Featuring Critical Race Theory Elements

April 22, 2022
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The Florida Department of Education (DOE) released Thursday examples of “problematic elements” in instructional materials, which include references to tenets of critical race theory (CRT). The examples’ publishing followed the DOE’s Monday announcement to “reject publishers’ attempts to indoctrinate students” with ideologies such as the CRT. In one of the pictures shown on Florida’s DOE…

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Parent Organization Sues Florida School District to Locate Alleged ‘Very Pornographic’ Children’s Textbooks

August 2, 2021
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A lawsuit has been filed against Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) after two public records requests were denied. Both requests sought information regarding a list of 42 books the requestor believes have “very pornographic” content that may be available to children as young as four years old. “The lawsuit was filed reluctantly but we had…

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Florida School Board Tables Vote on Textbooks Until Publisher Addresses Pro-BLM and CRT Content

June 8, 2021
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On May 7, the Collier County School Board (CCSB) convened a hearing to discuss the textbooks being considered for adoption for use in their school districts. However, when it was exposed that one of the publishers of the textbooks being considered—Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)—had posted a “commitment” to Black Lives Matter (BLM) on their website,…

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Florida School Board Postpones Vote on Textbooks Until Publisher Addresses Pro-BLM and CRT Content

June 8, 2021
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On May 7, the Collier County School Board (CCSB) convened a hearing to discuss the textbooks being considered for adoption for use in their school districts. However, when it was exposed that one of the publishers of the textbooks being considered—Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)—had posted a “commitment” to Black Lives Matter (BLM) on their website,…

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Textbooks Are Still Important in School

March 21, 2021
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Commentary I learned a lot about Canadian history when I was in Grade 6. Unfortunately, it had little to do with what happened during class. Rather, I came across an old discarded Canadian history textbook in our school library and started reading it during my breaks. It taught me far more about the history of…

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