TX Freedom to Read Project @TXFreedomRead
Texans fighting against book bans and for the freedom to read in our public schools & communities. txftrp.org Texas, USA Joined October 2023-
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None of what is happening in @KellerISD or @katyisd or Llano ISD is happening in a vacuum. The hyper-partisan, pro-voucher, Christian Nationalist pastors, politicians and PACs working to take over Texas school boards are part of a coordinated effort. texasobserver.org/christian-scho…
bryanjameshenry.medium.com/textbook-censo… Book banning has escalated beyond fiction to instructional resources in @CyFairISD. Please help us. @CypressFPSTX @TXFreedomRead @ACLU @TFN @Mike_Hixenbaugh @cltomlinson @mentack @AnneRussey @laurenrocco @usedgov
This the reality of right-wing interference on our Texas public schools. This should concern parents, students, and education advocates everywhere.
This the reality of right-wing interference on our Texas public schools. This should concern parents, students, and education advocates everywhere.
Texas folks- @TXFreedomRead sent this to your districts, parents who are encouraging thoughtful review of library materials.
Texas folks- @TXFreedomRead sent this to your districts, parents who are encouraging thoughtful review of library materials.
Excellent watchdog work holding school districts accountable to policy and law. This is how it’s done!
Excellent watchdog work holding school districts accountable to policy and law. This is how it’s done!
This is great to see! @LWV and @ALALibrary please let us know how we can serve as a resource and support these efforts in Texas! 📚🗳️
This is great to see! @LWV and @ALALibrary please let us know how we can serve as a resource and support these efforts in Texas! 📚🗳️
Texans, you can reference this letter if you learn your district is trying to remove books en masse in response to political pressure or misunderstandings about HB900. And you can always reach out to us for support, strategy, or information. txftrp.org/contact
And we reminded district leaders that research clearly shows that the freedom to read improves academic and behavioral outcomes for students and that restrictions to that freedom should not be taken lightly. txftrp.org/new_research_s…
We also pointed out that districts that have circumvented that process have made embarrassing mistakes—like removing Brave New World from high school classrooms—and brought on legal challenges, teacher dissatisfaction & turnover, and reduced opportunities for student learning.
We also pointed out that districts that have circumvented that process have made embarrassing mistakes—like removing Brave New World from high school classrooms—and brought on legal challenges, teacher dissatisfaction & turnover, and reduced opportunities for student learning.
Our letter points out that evaluating whether a book is “educationally unsuitable” or “pervasively vulgar” requires considering the work as a whole, and that such determinations are best made by representative committees acting through a transparent, deliberative process.
Because we never rest at @TXFreedomRead, we sent this letter (w/ some amazing partners) to superintendents & trustees providing guidance on how to implement the new library standards mandated by HB900 *without* removing books unnecessarily or damaging students’ educations.
Because we never rest at @TXFreedomRead, we sent this letter (w/ some amazing partners) to superintendents & trustees providing guidance on how to implement the new library standards mandated by HB900 *without* removing books unnecessarily or damaging students’ educations.
As we anxiously watch school board election results come in, we are pulling for the freedom to read, in Texas, tonight! 📚🗳️ Regardless of outcomes, we continue the work.
And 77% agreed that “a parent's right to restrict or remove access to a book or other instructional resource extends only to their own child, and not anyone else's child.”
Even more encouraging, most candidates recognize that when districts evaluate materials for age appropriateness, they should take into account the work as a whole.
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This the reality of right-wing interference on our Texas public schools. This should concern parents, students, and education advocates everywhere.
More than a dozen chapters covering vaccines, cultural diversity, climate change, depopulation and other topics deemed controversial by Cypress-Fairbanks ISD trustees will be removed from textbooks. trib.al/M4rwzbB
Texas folks- @TXFreedomRead sent this to your districts, parents who are encouraging thoughtful review of library materials.
@TSLAC Letter sent by @TXFreedomRead @AuthorsABB @CDFTexas @studentsengaged to your Texas school district. 👇🏻
@Hamilton4TX @TXFreedomRead Check your inbox, David. We sent you (and every trustee in the state we had an address for) an email on Monday. But here’s an excerpt, since I know you prefer those.
Excellent watchdog work holding school districts accountable to policy and law. This is how it’s done!
@TSLAC Letter sent by @TXFreedomRead @AuthorsABB @CDFTexas @studentsengaged to your Texas school district. 👇🏻
The League and @ALALibrary are thrilled to be teaming up in 2024 to empower and educate voters! Local Leagues and libraries have a long history of working together on civic programming. Learn more about our partnership: lwv.org/newsroom/press…
Read @TasslynM: "Libraries, by their nature, serve the entire community. When books are reshelved or removed based on personal or political preference, it impedes the ability of the library – and of highly-skilled librarians – to fulfill their civic role..."
Not just school libraries: public libraries are also facing attacks over LGBTQ+ literature and books about sexual health. Read more: pen.org/book-banners-t…
In your inbox @katyisd 😘 The law is clear. HB900 and TSLAC do NOT permit school boards or districts to violate students rights’ to read. Books should not be removed without careful consideration and thoughtful deliberation. Books should always be considered in their entirety.
@TSLAC Letter sent by @TXFreedomRead @AuthorsABB @CDFTexas @studentsengaged to your Texas school district. 👇🏻
As book bans and challenges to libraries continue to threaten parents' freedom to choose books for their families, writer and comedian John Oliver is calling attention to these baseless attacks. bit.ly/3QCBt4m via @EveryLibrary
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@TSLAC Letter sent by @TXFreedomRead @AuthorsABB @CDFTexas @studentsengaged to your Texas school district. 👇🏻
Texans, you can reference this letter if you learn your district is trying to remove books en masse in response to political pressure or misunderstandings about HB900. And you can always reach out to us for support, strategy, or information. txftrp.org/contact
And we reminded district leaders that research clearly shows that the freedom to read improves academic and behavioral outcomes for students and that restrictions to that freedom should not be taken lightly. txftrp.org/new_research_s…
We also pointed out that districts that have circumvented that process have made embarrassing mistakes—like removing Brave New World from high school classrooms—and brought on legal challenges, teacher dissatisfaction & turnover, and reduced opportunities for student learning.
In these boxes, there are Nobel Prize, Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award winners. There are books that young people have read for generations without controversy. All of these are books you can find on high school reading lists across the country.
Our letter points out that evaluating whether a book is “educationally unsuitable” or “pervasively vulgar” requires considering the work as a whole, and that such determinations are best made by representative committees acting through a transparent, deliberative process.
Why did we send it? Because districts have been pressured by political groups who take advantage of the law’s ambiguity to push for mass book removals based on overbroad interpretations the phrases “educationally unsuitable” & “pervasively vulgar.”
Because we never rest at @TXFreedomRead, we sent this letter (w/ some amazing partners) to superintendents & trustees providing guidance on how to implement the new library standards mandated by HB900 *without* removing books unnecessarily or damaging students’ educations.
@TSLAC Letter sent by @TXFreedomRead @AuthorsABB @CDFTexas @studentsengaged to your Texas school district. 👇🏻
Got a retweet from @BudKennedy, whom I’ve been reading since I was a teenager in Fort Worth!
What a great week!!!!! ✅2 anti-library bills failed in #lalege ✅ Started a nonprofit to build libraries with 2 friends ✅ Booked so many book tour dates on calendar it’s unreal ✅ Planning a reveal on a federal lawsuit ✅ So many wonderful librarians celebrated this week!
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