Web — washington — a u. s. House oversight and reform committee panel on thursday examined why thousands of books, predominantly written by marginalized authors, have been banned from public schools, and the impact of those actions on students and teachers. Web — colorado springs, colo. Colorado springs school district faces backlash over controversial textbook ban. The website, a online classifieds platform, has fundamentally transformed the way people connect with their local communities. Web — some colorado lawmakers want to put more brakes on how schools and libraries decide to remove controversial books from their shelves. But their proposal is running into some significant. Web — in 2023, academy school district 20 in colorado springs removed three books from its libraries following a letter of complaint from a conservative activist group. Web — parents and educators in el paso county’s largest school district are calling for the academy district 20 board president to resign amid clashes over the role of parents and politics in schools. Web — a group of parents sent an email to district 20 superintendent tom gregory asking for three books to be removed from the school libraries due to sexually explicit and vulgar content. Web — backed by the national freedom from religion foundation, parent rob rogers made the request after el paso county’s largest school district banned several books at the request of a local. Web — colorado has officially banned books bans in public libraries across the state. Senate bill 216, the standards for decisions regarding library resources, was introduced april 24 by lisa cutter, dafna michaelson jenet, eliza hamrick, and junie joseph. Colorado governor jared polis signed it into law this week. Web — el paso county, colo. — republican leaders are calling for a prosecutor to enforce obscenity laws to remove hundreds of books from schools in the colorado springs area.
