Commentary: Do we really want discussion in our schools? Book censorship indicates otherwise
Do you believe in discussion in our schools? Or do you want the schools to discuss just what you believe? That’s the big question that all Americans need to ask themselves right now. And everything — really, everything — hinges on the answer. Witness two recent news stories, both involving book censorship. In Florida, state officials worked with the publisher of a middle school social studies ...
by Jonathan Zimmerman, Chicago Tribune
May 16, 2023
3 minutes
Do you believe in discussion in our schools? Or do you want the schools to discuss just what you believe?
That’s the big question that all Americans need to ask themselves right now. And everything — really, everything — hinges on the answer.
Witness two recent news stories, both involving book censorship. In Florida, state officials worked with the publisher of a middle school social studies textbook to remove a passage about Black Lives Matter. A second publisher asked the author of a
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