The school year may be winding down for students across the United States, but upset parents in Chesterfield County, Virginia, have been hard at work the past few months in a successful campaign to have titles they call “pornographic,” “vile,”…
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MOCA Exhibit Under Fire for “Anti-Christian” Paintings
An art exhibit at the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art turned controversial and sparked discussions of censorship this past week when a commissioner determined that some of the art in the exhibit was “offensive,” “obscene,” and “anti-Christian.” Entitled Turn the Page: The First…
VICTORY in Virginia: Governor Vetoes Classroom Censorship Bill
In a victory for the freedom to read, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe today vetoed a bill that would have required public schools to notify parents of “sexually explicit content” in curricular materials. The bill arose from one parent’s attempt to…
CBLDF Joins Coalition Urging Veto of VA “Sexually Explicit Content” Bill
CBLDF today joined a letter from the National Coalition Against Censorship to Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe, urging him to veto House Bill 516 which would require public schools to notify parents of “sexually explicit content” in curricular materials. The bill has…
Virginia Senate Passes Bill That Undermines Education
CBLDF Joins Coalition Protesting Virginia Bill that Undermines Education
Virginia School District Bans Anti-Discrimination Video That Parents Called “Divisive”
A Virginia school district has banned a 4-minute animated video that explains structural discrimination and affirmative action after some parents complained that it was “divisive” and cultivated “white guilt.” The video was shown to students at Glen Allen High School…
Virginia House Bill Could Legitimize A Way to Ban Sexually Explicit Content in Schools
Administrators Shut Down Virginia Schools After Muslim Indoctrination Claim
School Censorship Update: Victory in Two Delaware School Districts, Setback in Hanover County
While we’ve largely focused on the tragically relevant Charlie Hebdo attack and its global aftermath for much of the past week, the business of U.S. school boards has been marching on as well. We have a few updates from cases…