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Ta-Ta to Texas Ethnic Studies Bills, May We Never Meet Again
Librotraficantes and their allies are dancing over the legislative grave of Texas HB1938, which sought to limit which courses university students could take to fulfill state history requirements. After impressive advocacy efforts on the part of Tony Diaz and Los … Continue reading
Posted in Acacia O'Connor: Author
Tagged Ethnic studies ban, librotraficantes, texas
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NCAC Talks Textbook Censorship on Pacifica Radio
NCAC was invited to join Thresholds, a show on KPFT Pacifica radio out of Houston Texas in a conversation about textbook censorship and Texas and beyond. Kids’ Right to Read Project Coordinator Acacia O’Connor spoke about the dangers of the … Continue reading
Book censorship round-up for this week
Suzanne Collins’s young adult novel The Hunger Games is challenged in New Hampshire by a parent whose 11-year old said the book gave her nightmares. The parent has yet to file a formal complaint or read the book. Regardless, the … Continue reading
NCAC Protests Cancellation of Ellen Hopkins Appearance at Teen Lit Fest in Texas
An invitation to young adult novelist Ellen Hopkins to speak about her experiences as a writer was rescinded by the Superintendent of the Humble (Texas) Independent School District after some parents complained about the content of her books. NCAC coordinated … Continue reading
Posted in Teresa Koberstein: Author
Tagged ellen hopkins, humble texas, teen lit fest 2011, texas, young adult
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Free speech surrendered: Corpus Christi at Tarleton State
The cancellation of Terrence McNally’s play Corpus Christi by Tarleton State University, under pressure from the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights and others, is an affront to academic freedom and First Amendment principles of free speech. The play … Continue reading
A Textbook Case of Censorship
Last Friday the Texas Board of Education voted along party lines to approve a new school curriculum that will, in effect, rewrite history. The new social studies curriculum will address what one board member referred to as a “skewed” history … Continue reading
Posted in Lindsay Ryder: Author
Tagged classroom, texas, texas state board of education, textbooks
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Political opinions: “A good enough reason” to ban books?
In the children’s book Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, the title character answers the question of the title with, “I see a red bird looking at me.” For one member of the elected Texas Board of Education, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Martin, Bill Martin Jr., book challenge, Brown Bear, Ethical Marxism, texas, texas state board of education
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Supreme Court rejects dress code case
Earlier this week the Supreme Court denied petition to review a high school student’s challenge to his school’s dress code. In denying review, the Supreme Court has chosen to leave the lower court’s holding intact — a holding that serves … Continue reading
The fight over Texas science policy continues…
On Friday, March 26, the Texas Board of Education struck down a bill that required evolution be taught with consideration of the “strengths and weaknesses” of the theory. The new bill, however, is not a striking victory for advocates of … Continue reading
Posted in Sarah Falcon: Author
Tagged creationism, evolution, strengths and weaknesses, texas, textbooks
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Why Texas matters: Evolution education in “one of the nation’s biggest buyers of textbooks”
The New York Times reported yesterday on the fight in Texas over science standards. The standards for 20 years have required that science be taught in a way that show the “strengths and weaknesses” of Darwin’s theory of evolution. The … Continue reading
