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Roxbury BOE’s Redundant Book Reviews: Political Theater at the Expense of Real Problems
On June 9, 2025, the Roxbury Board of Education had an opportunity to reaffirm the work of its own book review committee—the group responsible for reviewing challenged books using an established, thoughtful process. Instead, the Board voted not to approve the committee’s recommendations regarding Gender Queer and This Book Is Gay, both of which had […]
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Freedom to Read Act
Yesterday the Freedom to Read Act passed Assembly and will now go to the Senate to be voted on. What does the bill really say??? This bill requires local BOEs to adopt a policy on curation of library material, it discusses that the material be inclusive, and age and grade appropriate. The bill does discuss […]
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