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Why are books being banned?

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"a curriculum challenge made in 2021 due to the book’s use of strong language, alcohol and drug use, racism and its police references" (Examining Patterns Within)

https://curriculumstudies.org/index.php/CS/article/view/25

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Main Idea #2: Parents Don't Want Their Kids to Be Exposed to Undesirable Topics

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Main Idea #2: Parents Don't Want Their Kids to Be Exposed to Undesirable Topics

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"They want to shield their children from anything that suggests a world beyond their narrow perception" (Books Bans Don't)

When a parent doesn't understand a subject or thinks that their child doesn't need to know about that subject they don't permit them to learn about it. When a child can't learn about real-life situations and are too sheltered it can affect them negatively in the future. They should be allowed to learn, in a safe way, about the dangers of the world so they can be better protected. Reading books containing these situations can be a helpful way to accomplish that.

https://explore.proquest.com/elibrary/document/2525337292?searchid=1667576266&accountid=193466

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Main Idea #3: Teachers Are Afraid to Teach the Banned Books

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Main Idea #3: Teachers Are Afraid to Teach the Banned Books

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“Teaching in Oklahoma right now, you are just waiting for the person who is going to turn you in,” a former Norman Public Schools teacher, who wished to remain anonymous for fear of professional retaliation, told The Daily Beast, adding, “It’s very much like 1984" (Oklahoma Teacher Quits).

Interview:

If you were to teach a banned book, do you think you would undergo consequences? What could they possibly be?

https://explore.proquest.com/elibrary/document/2705890971?searchid=1667924653&accountid=193466

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Solution #1: These Topics Help Kids More Than Harm Them

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Solution #1: These Topics Help Kids More Than Harm Them

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“Exploring complex topics such as sexuality, violence, substance abuse, suicide, and racism through well-drawn characters lets kids contemplate morality and vast aspects of the human condition, build empathy for people unlike themselves and possibly discover a mirror of their own experience”

Interview:

Do you think that certain topics within banned books could be beneficial for students to read? Why?

(https://explore.proquest.com/elibrary/document/2298940833?accountid=193466 )

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Solution #2: Many Kids Have Already been Exposed to Many Things and Now Can Find Comfort in Some Writings 

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Solution #2: Many Kids Have Already been Exposed to Many Things and Now Can Find Comfort in Some Writings 

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“Young people may find a character going through exactly what they are, which makes it a powerful reading experience and helps the reader sort out thorny issues such as grief, divorce, sexual assault, bullying, prejudice and sexual identity”

(https://explore.proquest.com/elibrary/document/2298940833?accountid=193466 )

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Solution #3: Allow Teachers to Teach Without Being Shamed. 

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Solution #3: Allow Teachers to Teach Without Being Shamed. 

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"By shining an oversized spotlight on a minor problem, and scapegoating people who are in fact an essential part of the solution, accountability is sidestepped and responsibility shunned" ( 11 Kumashiro).

If the focus is only on the teacher, it never addresses the book. Most of the time, a book is banned because of complaints reported by parents and not the students. Parents don't always understand what goes on in their child's head, what subjects they can handle/already know, or what they can relate to. When teachers allow certain books into their criteria it's because they are possibly beneficial to the students. The books taught will always help students grow in at least one area, whether it's as a student, as a person, or both. Books shouldn't be banned because of parent reports, and teachers deciding to teach these books, shouldn't have to face repercussions for teaching subjects that can help the kids.

https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=_ZMbAgAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PR9&dq=Teachers+shouldn%27t+be+fired+for+teaching+banned+books&ots=mxrUIVhfXh&sig=eAWxlPV9EYJ1XTn4Go_6g8DZdsM#v=onepage&q&f=fals

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In his latest book, leading educator and author Kevin Kumashiro takes aim at the current debate on educational reform, paying particular attention to the ways that scapegoating public school teachers, teacher unions, and teacher educators masks the real, systemic problems. He convincingly demonstrates how current trends, like market-based reforms and fast-track teacher certification programs are creating overwhelming obstacles to achieving an equitable education for all children.

Bad Teacher! highlights the common ways that both the public and influential leaders think about the problems and solutions for public education, and suggests ways to help us see the bigger picture and reframe the debate. Compelling, accessible, and grounded in current initiatives and debates, this book is important reading for a diverse audience of policymakers, school leaders, parents, and everyone who cares about education.

Kevin K. Kumashiro is director of the Center for Anti-Oppressive Education and president-elect (2010-2012) of the National Association for Multicultural Education. He is a professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and the author of The Seduction of Common Sense: How the Right Has Framed the Debate on America's Schools.

Praise for Bad Teacher!

"This book could be a springboard for teachers . . . to become more actively involved in advocating for a paradigm shift in our concept of education."
-Grace Lee Boggs, The Boggs Center

"Kumashiro is a remarkable sleuth who ... shows us how the deck is stacked, how the game is played, who gains, and who loses. Join him in a clarion call to build a Movement to reclaim public education."
-Robert P. Moses, The Algebra Project

"Courageous, blunt, and hopeful, Bad Teacher! offers a democratic vision for true educational change."
-Sonia Nieto, University of Massachusetts at Amherst

"Anyone seeking to understand why so many of the reforms we have pursued have failed will benefit from reading this book."
-Pedro A. Noguera, New York University

"Kumashiro explains why we should think differently about the prescriptions that are now taken for granted-and wrong."
-Diane Ravitch, New York University, author of The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education

"Kumashiro expertly examines the many forces working against public education, and how and why these forces are at play."
-Dennis Van Roekel, President, National Education Association

"Bad Teacher! is oh-so-smart and timely. . . . This book attacks head-on the ragged patchwork of 'school reform' that has left us without even the vocabulary to frame what's gone wrong."
-Patricia J. Williams, Columbia Law School

2012 Must-read book about K-12 education in the U.S., Christian Science Monitor

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Bad Teacher! How Blaming Teachers Distorts the Bigger Picture

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In his latest book, leading educator and author Kevin Kumashiro takes aim at the current debate on educational reform, paying particular attention to the ways that scapegoating public school teachers, teacher unions, and teacher educators masks the real, systemic problems. He convincingly demonstrates how current trends, like market-based reforms and fast-track teacher certification programs are creating overwhelming obstacles to achieving an equitable education for all children.Bad Teacher!