Book Bans

After published reports that it was banned, Pinellas County is reviewing "Ruby Bridges," which chronicles a 6-year-old's school integration in New Orleans during the 1960s. It will not be shown again this year at one Pinellas elementary school.

Hillsborough School Board members voted 4-3 Tuesday at a special meeting to ban "This Book is Gay" by Juno Dawson from all middle schools in the county.

House Democrats pointed to Duval County as a cautionary tale in its opposition to a federal bill that mirrors aspects of Florida's new "parental rights" and book laws.

A new report from the American Library Association says attempted bans on books, and restrictions at school and public libraries, continue to surge.

The administrative legal challenge seeks to force the Florida Department of Education to roll back its media specialist training and follow the language of HB 1467.

The idea for the PCTA FYRE podcast, out weekly on Spotify, arose due to the vast amount of legislative changes in Florida affecting teacher pay, class sizes, curriculum and more.

The supervisor's departure comes as Duval Schools has received national scrutiny for its book review process.

DeSantis started the media conference showing some of the pages from the books that have been flagged.

Training for the law, HB 1467, now says school media specialists should "err on the side of caution" if reading material aloud in a public meeting would make them uncomfortable.

We also feature WUSF audio postcards highlighting Black history this month.

The board is requiring parental permission for middle schoolers to check out "Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You."

The Sarasota school board is hearing a final appeal Tuesday by a Venice mother who wants to ban a book from school libraries.