book banning

Cobb school board member speaks at press conference

Education September 20, 2024

Citizens protest ‘pornography in Cobb schools’ outside district headquarters

Board Chair Randy Scamihorn called the dispute over books “ideological.” (all photos by Rebecca Gaunt) By Rebecca Gaunt Cobb County Board of Education Chair Randy Scamihorn and board member Brad…

Education October 20, 2023

Cobb school board votes to leave authority to remove books with superintendent

By Rebecca Gaunt In a 5-2 vote at the work session, the Cobb County Board of Education voted to reject Post 2 board member Becky Sayler’s proposal to place decision-making…

Education October 18, 2023

Cobb school board member proposing updates to library book policy

Photo from Becky Sayler’s election campaign By Rebecca Gaunt Cobb County Board of Education member Becky Sayler announced Wednesday that she will propose updates to the Cobb County School District’s…

Justice October 5, 2023

First Amendment advocates fight growing number of U.S. book bans

by Ariana Figueroa, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] October 4, 2023 WASHINGTON — One of Thomasina Brown’s favorite books is a memoir…

Uncategorized October 4, 2023

Where the Supreme Court stands on banning books

by Suzanne Eckes, University of Wisconsin-Madison, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Efforts to ban books in public schools and public libraries reached an all-time high…

People waving signs protesting the banning of books by the Cobb County School District

Cobb County September 1, 2023

The battle over books in Cobb County Schools

by Rebecca Gaunt About a dozen people stood outside Lassiter High School Friday morning in response to the district’s recent decision to pull two books from libraries across the district….

Education August 22, 2023

Cobb County schools pull books from libraries citing ‘sexually explicit content’

By Rebecca Gaunt Less than a week after the Cobb County Board of Education upheld the superintendent’s decision to fire a teacher for reading an LGBTQ+-themed book to her class,…

Georgia State Capitol on mostly sunny day

Opinion April 11, 2023

A year later, Georgia’s ‘book banning’ law normalizes censorship in schools

by Madi Blaire, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] April 10, 2023 A year after it was enacted, Georgia’s so-called book banning law…

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Education April 13, 2022

When are book bans unconstitutional? A First Amendment scholar explains

By Erica Goldberg, University of Dayton [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The United States has become a nation divided over important issues in K-12 education,…

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