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Bills aim to restrict library books, discussions of race in Maine schools

Por: Portland Press Herald Nation May 05, 2023

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Parents and conservative activists on Thursday urged legislators to restrict public school lessons about race and ban school library books they consider obscene. But the proposals were met with a flood of opposition from educators, parents, social workers and others who said the three bills are based on false information that sows fears about what and how students are taught in public schools. Emotions ran high at the public hearing before the... + full article



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