“On its face, it violates the First Amendment protections guaranteed to students and the case law that has interpreted that right,” said Maura McInerney, the legal director of the Education Law Center of Pennsylvania.
Despite the decades and distance, the rise in attempts to ban and censor books in America in 2022 looks an awful lot like what South African censors did during apartheid.
Pennsylvania has a system that is “inadequate, it’s inequitable, it’s illogical.”
They rallied against COVID-19 safety protocols and now they are proposing book bans and censorship. What’s next?
Why is it too much to ask for a book policy that holds steadfast to the notion that “the freedom to read and learn is an additive, not subtractive, process,” and is curated by the deep expertise of the librarians and teachers within our own district?
A new fascist curriculum hopes to teach (white) students “why their country deserves to be loved, and to learn what we owe to our ancestors—the heroes of the American past.”
The Bucks County district set to pass a censorship and book banning policy Tuesday – after recently ordering all Pride flags removed from classrooms – now wants its image laundered. And for future actions too.
Defund public education? The Republican state senator has said that he would like to cut per pupil spending in half.
Pennridge’s School Board will vote on the plan at a special meeting Wednesday night.
Miller couldn’t stand by while Republican Rep. Craig Staats continues to misrepresent the people of Bucks County.
Why is Turning Point Action afraid of the media? Conventional political science wisdom says that the purpose of one national candidate stumping for a lesser known is to raise his profile to a broader audience.
Message laundering occurs when inflammatory language and/or unsubstantiated claims are mixed with mainstream partisan communication and presented to the public with an air of respectability.
Lowering drug prices and health care costs, reducing pollution, creating jobs, and providing tax relief are not a priority for the Trump-endorsed congressman.
“On its face, it violates the First Amendment protections guaranteed to students and the case law that has interpreted that right,” said Maura McInerney, the legal director of the Education Law Center of Pennsylvania.