โPEN America found that 6,870 book bans were enacted during the 2024-2025 school year across 23 states and 87 public school districts. Some 4,000 different titles were targeted, though many bans attack the same books โ often those highlighted by Moms for Liberty.โ
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My son too~
Fellow peace corp mom, my son is also serving right now. Absolutely sick that this is who they are choosing to go after.
When exactly did the United States government uphold a treaty with Native Americans? More than 500 signed treaties have either been violated or broken by the US government.
Hey, elites, politicians, and those in power!
Dystopian novels are ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐, not ๐ต๐ผ๐-๐๐ผ ๐ด๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ for building the perfect state!
Youโre not supposed to read "1984" or "The Handmaid's Tale" and think, โ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด, ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ตโ๐ด ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ.โ ๐
Donโt just say DEI as if itโs a bad word. Spell it out.
Say diversity, which is the lifeblood of American society & culture & innovation.
Say equity, which a just society should pursue.
Say inclusion, because decent people believe in increasing belonging, not isolating people who are different.
Hereโs a New Yearโs Resolution:
Be on the side that reads books โ not the side that bans them.
A book quote that says: any book worth banning is a book worth reading. Isaac Asimov.
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The Nebraska GOP legislative plan for 2025 is to eliminate Media Literacy and Digital
Citizenship classes from the education system.
Parents are in control of which books their own children read - if you don't like one of the thousands they have that are on the shelves of our public libraries, put it back and choose another! Pretty simple concept. #FreedomtoRead #RighttoRead
#EduSky, looking forward to a new semester and reset.
