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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10 Jul 2022
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Now, we didn’t come up with any hypocritical slogans or use Zapf Chauncey font, but we think our designs are pretty awesome.
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17 Jan 2025
“The vague and overly broad language of (the law) forces educators to self-censor, depriving students of a comprehensive education. This lawsuit is about preserving the right to learn and teach without political interference.”
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16 Jan 2025
Broward Schools received more than a dozen book objections (most on 4/23/24) that we just found out about through PRR.
We have documents showing at least four were reviewed and retained by committee last fall (in green box), but what about the others?
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15 Jan 2025
Nassau Schools continue to see new objections to many of the same titles that were returned via the settlement.
34 new objections have been added to the district's database- submitted either by 34 different Nassau residents or the work of one parent.
nassau.k12.fl.us/Page/5341
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Florida Freedom to Read Project retweeted
15 Jan 2025
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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14 Jan 2025
“A library is for the entire community, not just for those who agree with us,” retired librarian Tracy Suits said.
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Florida Freedom to Read Project retweeted
8 Jan 2025
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.
8 Jan 2025
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!!!
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If you missed the two Florida screenings of the documentary, there will be a virtual screening of #BannedTogether streaming on 1/20/25.
You can register for tickets here:
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Florida Freedom to Read Project retweeted
8 Jan 2025
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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“I wish, obviously, all kids were able to take an African American history class,” O’Connor said, “but you have to pivot if it’s not happening in schools.”
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27 Dec 2024
“[S]chool libraries have long served as vehicles to expose students to a broad array of ideas…Second, messages conveyed in school library books are diverse & contradictory — not endorsed by the state, as government speech must be.”
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24 Dec 2024
“[N]o matter how much these book-banners try to shield their children from reality. Everyone eventually crashes into it.
The question is: Will they be equipped to handle it?”
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Florida Freedom to Read Project retweeted
23 Dec 2024
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
22 Dec 2024
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.
22 Dec 2024
I'm not the only one who thinks that wiping rural communities off the map because of *school choice* is a crazy idea. Here's James Lindsay (THAT James Lindsay) making the same point.
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19 Dec 2024
Clay County Schools just posted 61 objections for the month of December.
The image is a screenshot from the district’s database:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets…
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19 Dec 2024
“We in Florida rank first in book bans. We rank last in teacher pay. These are two benchmarks that we should be ashamed of, and state lawmakers need to do better and prioritize education in Florida” - Katie Hathaway, @psdduval
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Florida Freedom to Read Project retweeted
17 Dec 2024
"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…
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17 Dec 2024
The presiding judge encouraged the Escambia school district to go to settlement and cautioned that they could be wasting taxpayer dollars if they pursue a judgement.
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Florida Freedom to Read Project retweeted
16 Dec 2024
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.
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Florida Freedom to Read Project retweeted
16 Dec 2024
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…
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Florida Freedom to Read Project retweeted
15 Dec 2024
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
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