“Roberto Clemente: Pride of the Pittsburgh Pirates” and other books about Latino figures are among the more than 1 million titles that have been 'covered or stored and paused for student use” at the Duval County Public Schools District.
In January, 52 certified media specialists for Duval started reviewing about 1.5 million book titles, Sonya Duke-Bolden, a spokesperson with the public schools district told NBC News Friday. Close to 2,800 books have been approved by media specialists so far. Duke-Bolden did not say if more books were reviewed but not approved.
The organization said the books removed included some substituted titles and more than 100 deemed to have “Duke-Bolden said that 47 substituted titles, which were swapped in for books in the Essential Voices collection that were unavailable, were sent back. Of the more than 170 books,"106 were deemed to be useful for our reading goals and have been distributed to classrooms" while 26 others remain under review.
The son of the Pittsburgh Pirates player, Roberto Clemente Jr., told NBC News he owns the book, which was written for children K-3. "We urge the school district to restore this book and others that shine a light on the experiences of exemplary people in our country who have contributed greatly to our society and culture," Rosado said."Our children deserve to understand the full scope of our society’s flaws and strengths.”
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Florida school district pulls book on Roberto Clemente over passage that he faced racismA school district in Florida has removed a children's book on Latino baseball Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente to see if it complies with a new state law limiting discussions about race, Axios has confirmed.
Read more »
Roberto Clemente book removed from Florida public schools pending review over discrimination referencesA Roberto Clemente book and others about Latino figures like singer Celia Cruz and Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor are among more than a million titles that Florida school officials are determining whether to exclude from libraries.
Read more »
Nearly 25% of middle schoolers in Duval County say they have considered suicideThe ”Youth Risk Behavior Survey” Duval County students took in 2021 shows some results that should be concerning for parents -- and others that should be encouraging.
Read more »
Duval schools youth risk behavior survey terminated by stateThe Commissioner of Education sent a letter to the Duval Schools’ Superintendent, Dr. Diana Greene, “strongly urging” that the district needs to end its participation in a CDC youth-risk behavior survey (YRBS) and instead participate in a new one developed by the state.
Read more »
After 'grave concerns' from state education commissioner, Duval Schools cancel 2023 youth surveyThe controversial federally funded Youth Behavior Risk Survey for 2023, which Duval County Public Schools was participating, has been canceled.
Read more »
The ignorance is the point. Kids books about Hank Aaron, Roberto Clemente get censored | OpinionIf politicians, school officials and parents think kids books about Hank Aaron and Roberto Clemente need to be censored, we're in serious trouble.
Read more »