FL public school parents who believe school libraries & curriculum should be a place for all children to access information & ideas #FReadom #LetFloridaRead
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Florida Freedom to Read Project retweeted
Florida's debate over children's books moves from schools to public libraries. That story, plus the latest on teacher pay, campus security, graduation rates and more, in today's @TB_Times Florida education news roundup.
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Florida Freedom to Read Project retweeted
This is a horrible bill that seeks to make it easier to convert public schools to a charter school and give away the land and building to the charter. These are public lands, and once we lose them, we won’t get them back.
As state legislative sessions start up, keep an eye out for bills like this: flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/20… Bills (in states with county school systems) to allow municipalities within counties to take over schools in their space & convert to charters are all about re-segregation!!!
Florida Freedom to Read Project retweeted
Blasted over comments at a Moms for Liberty event, a Florida school board chairperson resigns her leadership post. That story, plus the latest on university trustees, teacher certification and more, in today's @TB_Times Florida education news roundup.
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Florida Freedom to Read Project retweeted
Come out and join us @PENamerica @BooksandBooks @FLFreedomRead and @JenkinsBrevard for a FREE preview of the @BannedTogDoc January 4th.
🎟️ Eventbrite registration required.
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Florida Freedom to Read Project retweeted
This is exactly the issue we face in the #Florida Keys. The "marketplace" will never provide a wide range of high quality education options here, such options are economically unfeasible, but continuing to divert funding away from public schools will impact their quality.
Florida Freedom to Read Project retweeted
"Court simply fails to see how any reasonable person would view the contents of the school library (or any library for that matter) as the government’s endorsement of the views expressed in the books on the library’s shelves." @ecpsfl refuses to settle. tallahassee.com/story/news/l…
Florida Freedom to Read Project retweeted
Florida removed details from public schools' sex ed curriculum. A coalition seeks to ensure the changes don't affect school libraries. That story, plus the latest on turnarounds, teacher unions and more, in today's @TB_Times Florida education news roundup.
tampabay.com/news/education/…
Florida Freedom to Read Project retweeted
Hernando School Board Chair only wants book banners on book review committee. She wants to get rid of “Any human being, any adult that’s sitting on that board that says, ‘Leave it on the shelf,’ that’s the people I’m having a problem with.” #Florida suncoastnews.com/news/hernan…
Florida Freedom to Read Project retweeted
Florida refused to spend $12m to abide by a new federal law, so delayed KidCare for over a year for 42k kids; refuses to participate in Summer EBT which would alleviate summer hunger for kids w $259m in summer SNAP, bc it wld cost $13m
& yet they found $15m to ban books
Florida Freedom to Read Project retweeted
“When Hubert didn’t decide in favor of the book challengers, he got death threats.
“I’ve had people show up to public meetings and physically try to fight me. I’ve had all kinds of names being called,” he says.”
schoollibraryjournal.com/sto…
Florida Freedom to Read Project retweeted
Florida is spending millions on a statewide public database of school district library books and instructional materials, allowing users to easily file objections.
Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration says it's a transparency tool.
Free expression groups don't see it that way: "With book bans running amuck in Florida, this partnership seems to open the door wider to facilitate greater suppression of library materials and classroom content."
tallahassee.com/story/news/p…
Florida Freedom to Read Project retweeted
Right, districts have spent tons of $$$ creating their databases in compliance with these statutes and now, apparently, will have to transfer all the work to this new statewide system. The goal sappears to be: 1. Waste district time. 2. Waste taxpayer dollars. #3. Ban more books
Florida Freedom to Read Project retweeted
1. A teacher in Ohio who has worked at the same public school for 34 years was suspended without pay and threatened with termination for offering four books in her classroom library that contained LGBTQ characters.
She's fighting back.
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Florida Freedom to Read Project retweeted
This is very concerning, especially considering #Florida parents can individually opt their child out of sex education… this appears to be the FLDOE opting hundreds of thousands of children out of any opportunity for sex ed in their schools. motherjones.com/politics/202…
Florida Freedom to Read Project retweeted
1. I obtained the new middle school sex education curriculum that was just approved by the Florida Department of Education.
It excludes almost all information about sex.
Florida Freedom to Read Project retweeted
Elected leaders overriding committee decisions (which often include PARENTS) is not about “parental rights” - it’s about political control. 👎🏻
On Dec 10, The House on Mango Street will go before the Hernando School Board whose Chair has promised to remove all the challenged books regardless of a committee decision to retain (which is exactly what the committee voted to do with this book).
nytimes.com/2024/12/04/speci…
Florida Freedom to Read Project retweeted
Florida is #1 in book censorship and #47 in SAT scores.
What a pathetic combo.
The rampant censorship is the result of intentionally vague law-writing, coupled with threats for teachers & local officials who don’t censor enough books.
It’s chaos by design.
orlandosentinel.com/2024/12/…
Florida Freedom to Read Project retweeted
It’s our 1st BIRTHDAY!!! 🥳📚 And Giving Tuesday.
A donation today, makes a difference in the fight for the freedom to read in Texas, tomorrow.
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Florida Freedom to Read Project retweeted
“This movement to protect the innocence of our children believes if children never read it in a book they won’t have to know about it and can go on to lead harmonious lives. But books teach us cautionary tales. They instruct us. You can’t protect innocence through ignorance.”
- @FLFreedomRead.
Excellent article on the potential impacts of the election on book censorship. (second try!) Thanks @TasslynM @penamerica @FLFreedomRead for your comments in the article. Must read. @TXFreedomRead @studentsengaged @ALALibrary @EveryLibrary #FReadom latimes.com/politics/story/2…
Florida Freedom to Read Project retweeted
This Thanksgiving holiday, take action to fight food insecurity for Florida children.
There’s still time for Florida to participate in SUN Bucks/Summer EBT for 2025.
Send a letter to your legislators with this easy tool: actionnetwork.org/letters/te…