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thewayneWeirdest thing.
From the article: "New Superintendent Mike Miles announced earlier this summer that librarian and media specialist positions would be eliminated at the 28 original schools being overhauled under his reform program, New Education System (NES).
HISD said the 57 additional schools that opted into NES will be assessed on a case-by-case basis.
The librarians and media specialists are gone, but the books are still there. Students can borrow books on an 'honor' basis, but there's no one to recommend things or help them find books of special interest.
I'm curious if the "New Superintendent" is an appointee of Gov. Abbott. He hates Houston with a vengeance.
https://abc13.com/hisd-libraries-librarians-media-specialists-houston-isd/13548483/
In other news, the State of Illinois made it ILLEGAL to ban books!
The ban of bans is the only law of its kind in the country - I hope the first of many!
From the article: “Book bans are about censorship, marginalizing people, marginalizing ideas and facts. Regimes banned books, not democracies,” (Gov.) Pritzker, a Democrat, said at a bill signing ceremony at a Chicago library. “We refuse to let a vitriolic strain of White nationalism coursing through our country determine whose histories are told, not in Illinois.”
The measure, which takes effect January 1, says public libraries must adopt the American Library Association’s Library Bill of Rights or their own statement prohibiting book banning to be eligible for state money.
The association’s Library Bill of Rights states that reading materials “should not be proscribed or removed because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval” or “excluded because of the origin, background, or views of those contributing to their creation.”
https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/12/us/illinois-public-libraries-schools-book-bans/
From the article: "New Superintendent Mike Miles announced earlier this summer that librarian and media specialist positions would be eliminated at the 28 original schools being overhauled under his reform program, New Education System (NES).
HISD said the 57 additional schools that opted into NES will be assessed on a case-by-case basis.
The librarians and media specialists are gone, but the books are still there. Students can borrow books on an 'honor' basis, but there's no one to recommend things or help them find books of special interest.
I'm curious if the "New Superintendent" is an appointee of Gov. Abbott. He hates Houston with a vengeance.
https://abc13.com/hisd-libraries-librarians-media-specialists-houston-isd/13548483/
In other news, the State of Illinois made it ILLEGAL to ban books!
The ban of bans is the only law of its kind in the country - I hope the first of many!
From the article: “Book bans are about censorship, marginalizing people, marginalizing ideas and facts. Regimes banned books, not democracies,” (Gov.) Pritzker, a Democrat, said at a bill signing ceremony at a Chicago library. “We refuse to let a vitriolic strain of White nationalism coursing through our country determine whose histories are told, not in Illinois.”
The measure, which takes effect January 1, says public libraries must adopt the American Library Association’s Library Bill of Rights or their own statement prohibiting book banning to be eligible for state money.
The association’s Library Bill of Rights states that reading materials “should not be proscribed or removed because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval” or “excluded because of the origin, background, or views of those contributing to their creation.”
https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/12/us/illinois-public-libraries-schools-book-bans/
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Date: 2023-08-04 08:50 pm (UTC)It's definitely a two-edged sword, and eventually the fascists will figure it out. I've thought the way to fight attempts at nationwide book-bans would be to (A) post the ban submissions online so librarians can see if they're being boiler-plated, then (B) quiz the submitter on the content of the book to find out if they actually read it. If they don't show up to defend their submission, 86 it.
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Date: 2023-08-05 04:42 am (UTC)