Texas ISD pulls Bible from schools, announces sweeping book removals after months-long review process

[Disir]

Administrators at Dallas-Fort Worth's Keller ISD announced Tuesday that the district will pull all books challenged within its system—a sweeping action that includes the removal of all variations of the Bible and a graphic novel depicting the life of Anne Frank. The move is a seemingly abrupt course reversal for the district, which began a high-profile and months-long review of challenged works in its schools following a Texas Education Agency investigation into alleged sexual explicit materials found in its curriculum.

...Also included is "Anne Frank's Diary (The Graphic Adaption)" by Ari Folman and David Polonsky, which is largely a visual retelling of the Holocaust survivor's famous published diary. Many of the other works cataloged on the site were also featured on a 2021 list of books compiled and disseminated to Texas public school districts by Texas state Rep. Matt Krause. The 16-page document asked educators to confirm whether the listed books were on school shelves in their district, and included a letter written by Kraus announcing his plans to initiate an "inquiry" into Texas school district content. Many of the works included in Krause's roundup feature themes concerning race, gender and homosexuality.

Texas ISD pulls Bible from shelves amid sweeping book removals

Keller ISD has opted to remove all challenged books from its schools, seemingly voiding...

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So, the pendulum is swinging the other way. This is ridiculous.

 

[Donald H]

Burn the books or remove them from schools, the pattern is the same in a challenged democracy.

Religion presses it's influence on government.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

The Diary of Anne Frank has been crowned as severely racist. There is not a single black in the entire tale.

 

[Staidhup]

The time has come to demand school choice and for parents to take an active role in their children’s education. It begins by removing teachers unions from the equation and adopting merit based pay.

 

[Baron Von Murderpaws]

Sounds like something from a scifi novel.