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Math textbooks banned in Florida in 2022

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Walk-through metal detectors used in public schools, as well as x-ray machines for backpacks and personal items

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School Shootings and Policing in Schools

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School Shootings and Policing in Schools

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School shootings continued in 2022. In the first 10 months of 2022, there were 46 school shootings that involved injury or death; 36 people were killed and 131 were injured.

Debate continues about how to protects children and schools from shootings and other forms of violent attack, and parents and educators debate the effectiveness of metal detectors, punitive measures, and police in schools.

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For-profit school uniforms, purchased through the school website exclusively.

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Charter and other for-profit schools continued to spread throughout the country, predominantly in urban majority-minority districts. Parents and unions fought back with some success but many schools opened without issue.

In these for-profit schools (which can be disguised as non-profits, but which divert money into the pockets of individuals and boards from public schools), everything including uniforms are seen as a profit center.

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Banners and signs from a Chicago teachers' union protest in 2022

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Multiple districts saw protests and strikes orchestrated by teacher and faculty unions for student safety, wage and salary increases, and adequate school funding.

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Videos of various school board meetings in 2022 discussing sexual education

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Seemingly an eternal battle over whether to teach sex ed as an ideological or scientific subject continued. Because of certain religious beliefs about human sexuality, many districts refuse to teach medically accurate sex education, which is proven to lead to increased rates of teen pregnancy, community spread of sexually transmitted infections, and even higher rates of rape and molestation. All of these issues are community health crises, leaving local communities to pay significant monetary and human costs.

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Assorted home-made and organization signs parents took to school board meetings in protests throughout 2022

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Students and parents across the country protested inside and outside board meetings and schools over control of pedagogy. Protests topics included science and public health, evolution, prayer, CRT, and gay and trans rights.

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Commercial medical masks produced and sold during the COVID pandemic

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Face masks and other health precautions continued to be points of contention, after peaking as topic that roiled classrooms and board meetings in 2020 and 2021.

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Various literature books banned by American school districts in 2022

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Across the country, but especially in Florida, Texas, and Missouri, school districts banned books at rates not seen before in the US. The bannings were focused on books about the Black American experience and LGBTQ+ culture.

Even math textbooks were banned in Florida, although many of the books initially banned were unbanned when single math problems were removed.

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Columbus Ohio teachers' union on strike in 2022