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Head of Arlington's Library Advisory Board Removed From Position
Controversy continues at the Arlington library. The head of the city’s library advisory board is out. Cat Serna-Horn was removed from her role Tuesday night following an apparent Facebook post. Lili Zheng reports from arlington.
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Arlington Library Advisory Board Chair Removed Over Facebook Post
Arlington’s library advisory board chair was removed from the position this week following backlash over her social media post, criticizing council members during the height of a debate over LGBTQ displays.
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Keller ISD Book Ban Measure Passes
The passed measure would ban library books that mention “gender fluidity.”
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Keller ISD Considers Arming Teachers and Book Ban
Two controversial policies are on the agenda in Keller ISD. The school board will consider arming teachers in the classroom and vote to ban any books that have LGBTQ content.
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Keller ISD Approves Measure to Ban Books on ‘Gender Fluidity'
The Keller ISD Board Trustees is set to vote on authorizing teachers to carry guns in the classroom, and banning library books that mention “gender fluidity.”
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Keller ISD to Discuss Arming Teachers, Banning ‘Gender Fluidity' Books
The Keller Independent School District Board Trustees is set to vote on authorizing teachers and employees to carry guns in the classroom, and banning library books that mention “gender fluidity.”
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Longtime Educator Tops List of Names for New Fort Worth Library
Two women were the top vote-getters in the process to name a new Fort Worth Public Library in the far southwest part of the city.
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Keller ISD Tells Librarians to Remove 41 Controversial Books Ahead of First Day of School
Schools are reopening across North Texas, and that means controversial library books are in focus. In the Keller ISD, a day before the district opened for the new year, librarians were told to to remove 41 titles from their shelves.
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Plano Library's Reading Readiness Program Focuses on Early Childhood Literacy
The Plano Public Library, like many across North Texas, is using the summer to keep kids engaged in reading. Oftentimes, that’s not the easiest task for parents, but the library is working to change that.
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Librarian's Heartbreaking Encounter Goes Viral: ‘I Hope I Handled It Gently Enough for Her'
A Chicago-area librarian’s post about a heartbreaking encounter he experienced is going viral on Twitter.
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Uvalde's Library Becomes Place to Escape and Heal After School Shooting
Uvalde’s Progresso Library just blocks from Robb Elementary has been working to serve a grieving community and become a place to escape and heal after the school shooting that left 19 children and two teachers dead.
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Mural at Farmers Branch Library Focuses Importance on Books and Reading
A one-of-a-kind work of art at the Farmers Branch Library features a three-story mural painted on books.
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Book Bans in Texas Causing Pressure for Educators
School librarians are under intense pressure, from both Republican politicians who want to ban and criminalize certain books and also from parents who have filed an unprecedented number of complaints, asking to have books dealing with racism and LGBTQ issues pulled from shelves.
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Overdue Book Returned Anonymously to Idaho Library 111 Years Later
A children’s book checked out from the Boise, Idaho, public library in 1910 vanished for 111 years only to be returned anonymously, library officials said.
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Debate Brewing Over Banning Books in School Libraries
Banning books is the latest topic dividing parents in schools across the nation. New images some people find disturbing have been found in Keller Independent School District. NBC 5 education reporter Wayne Carter looks at the debate over books in school libraries.