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☆ Scholastic says state book bans are causing an 'impossible dilemma' for its iconic book fairs
  + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +6 min
Scholastic's iconic school book fairs are facing an "almost impossible dilemma." There'll now be a separate section for books dealing with race and gender at elementary school fairs that schools can opt out of. AdvertisementAdvertisementChildren's book publisher Scholastic says that state efforts to ban literary works that discuss gender or race are causing an "almost impossible dilemma" for the iconic book fairs that it has hosted at elementary schools across the United States for decades. AdvertisementAdvertisementSchools in all 50 states have already opted to include the "Share Every Story, Celebrate Every Voice" collection in their book fairs, according to Sparkman. Meanwhile, PEN America — a nonprofit that advocates for free expression — urged Scholastic to explore other options instead of partitioning book titles.
Persons: There'll, —, it'll, Ketanji Brown Jackson, John Lewis, Anne Sparkman, Sparkman, Cailey Myers, Myers, PEN America —, We're Organizations: Service, Scholastic, Republican, Supreme, Fairs, Florida's Department of Education, Florida Department of Education, PEN America, PEN Locations: United States, Georgia, Florida
☆ DeSantis is taking aim at 'zombie studies' on the campaign trail. It's a real thing
  + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Annie Nova | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +6 min
Her course lessons include chemical zombification, bacterial zombification and fungal zombification. Lauro, the University of Tampa professor, is scheduled to give a talk in Frankfurt, Germany, this month called, "Who's Afraid of Zombie Studies?" "The talk is pretty much entirely about this DeSantis nonsense, as well as what DeSantis is doing to education in Florida," Lauro said. Since DeSantis has taken aim at Black history, I think we can connect the dots on why the idea of 'zombie studies' gets under his skin so much. The first wave of zombie fiction hit the U.S. in the late 1920s, during the time of the Great Depression.
Persons: Ron DeSantis, Paul Hennessy, Lightrocket, Eric Smaw, DeSantis, Smaw, automatism, Tatiana Tatum, Tatum, Gino Del Guercio, Del Guercio, Lauro, Sarah Juliet Lauro Organizations: Florida Gov, Rollins College, Rollins College In, Saint Xavier University in, Getty, Harvard Magazine, University of Tampa, Studies, Florida's Department of Education Locations: Florida, Auburndale , Florida, Winter Park , Florida, Canadian, Saint Xavier University in Chicago, tetrodotoxin, pufferfish, Haiti, Frankfurt, Germany, Africa, Caribbean, Hollywood
☆ Ronald DeSantis, whose nickname is Ron, is making some Florida students get their parent's permission to use their nickname
  + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( Rebecca Cohen | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Florida students now need parental permission to use a nickname in school. The new rule is thanks to legislation approved by the state's governor who famously goes by his nickname. The rule also applies to transgender students who want to go by a preferred name instead of a legal name. The form also applies to transgender students who do not want to use their legal name, the school district said in the memo, FOX 35 reported. The same goes for parents and students in Seminole County, Florida, who got a similar email on Tuesday morning from their school board, People reported.
Persons: Ronald DeSantis, Ron, DeSantis, Bill Organizations: Service, Florida's Department of Education, Florida House, Fox, Orlando, Orange County Public Schools, Legal Services, Orange County Public, FOX Locations: Florida, Wall, Silicon, Orange County, Orange, Seminole County , Florida
☆ DeSantis says Black people benefited from slavery by learning skills like 'being a blacksmith'
  + stars: | 2023-07-23 | by ( Kenneth Niemeyer | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Ron DeSantis said Black people learned beneficial skills as slaves. Florida approved a new African-American studies curriculum that teaches about the "personal benefit" of slavery. Ron DeSantis of Florida said Black people benefitted from some of the skills they learned in slavery — and students in the state will soon learn about that "personal benefit" in Florida's education curriculum. Florida's Department of Education on Wednesday approved a new curriculum for the state's African-American Studies program in public schools which instructs students on the personal benefit of slavery to Black people. The law was intended to push back against the supposed teaching of critical race theory – examining how America's history of racism and discrimination continues to impact the country today — in public schools.
Persons: Ron DeSantis, They're, DeSantis Organizations: Florida Gov, Service, Florida's Department of Education, American Studies, -, of Education Locations: Florida, Wall, Silicon
☆ DeSantis-picked education board considers expanding so-called 'Don't Say Gay' law to 12th grade
  + stars: | 2023-03-22 | by ( Kimberly Leonard | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
Florida's board of education is considering an expansion to a Parental Rights law critics call "Don't Say Gay." It would limit instructions about gender identity and sexual orientation for up to 12th grade. It wasn't immediately clear whether the proposal was aimed at supplanting or clarifying the 2022 law, formally known as the Parental Rights in Education Act. Some Florida school boards have shown they're confused about how to abide by the Parental Rights Act. Some have removed books exploring sexual orientation and gender identity from their libraries, though it's unclear for what grades.
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