Florida Department of Education releases list of over 700 banned books in K-12 schools
“A lot of them removed many, many books, including classic literature and literature that regularly appears on the AP exams and prepares our students for college level coursework. We’re removing all of these books,”
The EdTech Revolution Has Failed
The fact that dozens of meta-analyses comprising thousands of calculated effect sizes has done little to quell excitement over digital technology in education suggests that we may be dealing less with an issue of evidence and more with an issue of wishful thinking. So let’s step back from the data and explore why it is that digital technology in students’ hands may be doing more harm than good.
New House bills could make it harder to ban books in public and district libraries
The bills would also limit requests to residents within a library’s service area.
“You really want to know that your city is being represented by your residents,” Paiz said. “Why should anybody from outside come in to tell you how you can get your information or what information is available to you or for you?”
Arkansas library board member continues his assault on %u2018sexually explicit%u2019 content
“I personally do not approve of these kinds of materials,” said June Matheny from Little Rock. “If a parent wants their children to see this, they want to indoctrinate them on what most of us do not want, let them go and check it out themselves. I’m not for censorship … but I am opposed to anything being where my children can see them.”
What is the first American graphic novel?
Graphic novel is a terrible term. It is never used with any kind of precision. The three graphic novels most non-nerds are likely to have encountered are Maus, Persepolis, and Fun Home, none of which are novels (being memoirs). Somehow Harvey Pekar’s Our Cancer Year and Joe Sacco’s Palestine and John Lewis’s March and Derf’s Kent State are all graphic novels despite their non-fiction credentials. Adrian Tomine’s 32 Stories and Gilbert Hernandez’s Fear of Comics are graphic novels despite being quite explicitly collections of short stories.
Hidden library in U.P. woods reveals innermost thoughts of visitorsFor decades, cabins in the Porcupine Mountains have offered campers a notebook in which to express themselves. Thousands of them have taken up the offer and created a remarkable collection of books.
He’s been on strike for two years, but his union family helps keep him going
Let me (re)introduce myself. I am Stephen Karlinchak, aka Conan the Librarian. I started working in the Post-Gazette’s morgue/information center/library way back 1990, before some of my co-workers were born. My job titles have included library clerk, information specialist, news assistant and, finally, librarian.
Secret library of explicit books prompts investigations in Lebanon County school district
“When I went through and saw the vulgarity and profanity within this book, I was shocked. One book handed to me contained very graphic sexual content, derogatory terms, and detailed explanations of explicit acts, including depictions of BDSM and other inappropriate behaviors,” she said.
Locate X uses a phone%u2019s mobile advertising ID to create a vast network of device locations
An investigation conducted by a data privacy group has revealed a vast tracking network that can follow the movements of a person’s phone, according to reports from 404 Media and Krebs on Security. The people-tracking service, called Locate X, reportedly lets users follow a device using its mobile advertising identifier, a unique number assigned to phones.
Book returned to Cumbria school library 113 years overduePoetry of Byron borrowed by schoolboy Leonard Ewbank, who studied at Oxford and was killed at Ypres in 1916
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