…books on their shelves. The organization’s upcoming conference, LibLearnX: The Library Learning Experience, offers workshops for library employees at all levels, including school librarians. The ALA will hold this year’s…
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Pressure Grows for Gov. Abbott to End ‘Never-ending’ COVID Emergency
…on the governor’s website or the Legislature Reference Library of another extension. In a crowded press room in the Capitol on March 13, 2020, Gov. Greg Abbott announced he would…
Library Conference Pushes Critical Race Theory
…for defending school libraries that kept sexually explicit books on their shelves. The organization’s upcoming conference, LibLearnX: The Library Learning Experience (LLX), offers workshops for library employees at all levels,…
1,177 Texans to Abbott: Stop the Sexualization of Children
…in the issue of finding “pornography, sexually explicit and pervasively vulgar content directed at children” in her local library. Each Texas county represented by a signer of the letter. The…
Republican Lawmaker Wants to Make Texas School Board Races Partisan
…drew attention to his legislation’s importance, highlighting a campaign video of the American Library Association’s president, self-described Marxist Emily Drabinski, promoting her “organizing experience” alongside photos of herself at protests….
Texas House Lawmakers Propose Restricting Children’s Access to Explicit Materials
…“each school district or open-enrollment charter school shall, in consultation with district or school parents, teachers, and administrators, adopt procedures to create a list of restricted access library materials.” School…
Is the Wall of Public Education Beginning to Crumble?
…library standards and book review processes, some school boards were transparent about their practices and indicated willingness to consider community members’ concerns, while others summarily ignored or tried to dismiss…
Tony Tinderholt Says Legislature Should Focus on GOP Priorities
…“They’re not just teaching them, they’re indoctrinating them into pornographic things with the books that are in the library, discussing transgenderism, and sexuality. And the sad thing is that the…
Keller ISD Trustees Protect Kids From Gender Ideology
…to content guidelines for library books and instructional materials. The guidelines were adopted earlier this year during an overhaul of the district’s book review policies. They include content such as…
UT Arlington Plans ‘Pride Month’ Drag Show
…Earlier this year, the LGBTQ+ program sponsored a “Queer Safe Space” in the university’s library for LGBT students to study, attend support groups, and read “queer books.” The group also…