It’s time we reversed the decades of structural attacks that render libraries unable to serve communities effectively.
Education
The two unions representing teachers and university professors are fighting for academic freedom and shared governance.
Book bans affecting marginalized communities threaten “freedom of expression in the United States,” the resolution says.
The books that were banned frequently included themes or characters focused on marginalized communities.
Book challenges have mainly focused on titles that center Black or LGBTQ characters.
The city’s teacher’s union said it had secured a new three-year contract including raises and special ed improvements.
Across the country, real wages for public school teachers have essentially flatlined since 1996.
The pandemic’s deaths have been un-dealt with most profoundly by prioritizing saving the economy rather than lives.
COVID has exacerbated long-standing mental health problems for educators and students amid a rush to return to “normal.”
DeSantis’s unelected Republican appointees now command the majority of Broward County’s nine-member school board.