The move comes after the Middletown Township, Marlboro Township and Manalapan-Englishtown Regional Boards of Education adopted or amended school policies requiring staff to notify parents when gender-nonconforming students wish to change their names or be called by new pronouns.
Six Florida students, their parents and two authors sued Lake County Schools, which barred students who are in kindergarten through third grade from accessing “And Tango Makes Three,” a children’s book about two male penguins who raise a baby penguin together.
In Los Angeles, parents said they were protesting LGBTQ+ instruction in schools while holding signs that read, among other things, "No pride in grooming." Meanwhile, across the street, advocates of LGBTQ+ rights and education were counterprotesting.
Attorney General's Office has also requested an emergency court order to stop the district from implementing a policy that would require teachers to disclose to parents the gender identity and sexual orientation of LGBTQIA+ students.
Nationally, parents have become increasingly worried about the GOP’s book-banning push and have cooled somewhat on the curriculum concerns that dominate Republicans’ education platform.
For instance, both librarians and teachers in Arkansas are subject to up to six years—or a $10,000 fine—if they provide what is considered to be obscene material, according to a newly enacted law that takes effect Aug. 1.
Superintendent Carl Dolente knows two important things about promoting student success: Classroom relationships work, one-size-fits-all cookie-cutters don't.
