As a parent, I want students to have access to books that name sexual violence for what it is, challenge the mindset that leads to it, and point out the damage it causes.

"We live in an upside-down world now where books are dangerous items to be locked away from children except in special cases, and only put in front of them with special approval from literally the highest authorities in any given school district.".

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This whole thread.

RT @LaneyHawes: Are we even the slightest bit surprised Texas legislators are blaming educators & parents for the fallout from their politi….

RT @ssteven2: @AngelaPaxtonTX We warned you. SB 13 results in fewer books for children to access leading to lower literacy.

RT @frankstrong: “I was in the middle of a ‘Boxcar Children’ and my teacher had to take it away.” . Must read in the San Antonio Express Ne….

RT @frankstrong: And speaking of raising a ruckus, this week hundreds of Texas parents have emailed their lawmakers, Greg Abbott, and SB13’….

RT @oxfordamerican: “We were barefoot and muddy and tired, but, we confirmed, alive, alive, alive, alive.”. —In a 2008 essay, published on….

And speaking of raising a ruckus, this week hundreds of Texas parents have emailed their lawmakers, Greg Abbott, and SB13’s author Angela Paxton about the disaster that is SB13. You can raise your voice with them!

Heck yeah to all of this. It DOESN’T make sense to keep kids away from books, and most Texas parents ARE furious at the empty bookshelves in their kids’ schools.

Predictably, SB13 is stripping thousands of books out of classrooms across the state—not just the “indecent” or “profane” ones, as this writer explains:

“I was in the middle of a ‘Boxcar Children’ and my teacher had to take it away.” . Must read in the San Antonio Express News about the damage SB13 is doing to Texas students. Lawmakers took a sledgehammer to our schools, and parents are pissed.

RT @frankstrong: “I’ve had conversations with kids and they’re asking for books, and I’m like I can put it on this list. And maybe in two m….

“I’ve had conversations with kids and they’re asking for books, and I’m like I can put it on this list. And maybe in two months…” . Librarians and parents TOLD lawmakers that @AngelaPaxtonTX’s SB13 would cause this. They didn’t listen.

Took a break from reading Belonging to happen upon this post. Just a delightful thinker and human being.

RT @SouthlakeARC: bell hooks said it best: Life-transforming ideas come through books. Books are essential. This is why every child deserve….

RT @GBBranstetter: It really is that simple.

RT @frankstrong: “My own first-grader tells me she feels the effects of losing a classroom library, telling me it makes her ‘sick to her st….

RT @LaneyHawes: SB 13 is a poorly written disaster. The “professionals” who wrote the law didn’t know what they were doing. They didn’t eve….

“My own first-grader tells me she feels the effects of losing a classroom library, telling me it makes her ‘sick to her stomach’ because she loves reading.” . Texas parents are NOT happy as SB13 takes effect and students across the state lose reading opportunities.