https://padlet.com/terapoeia/vwsc2jh2fx41qlzh History Museum : Period Room en-us 2022-11-10 15:41:20 UTC 2025-09-26 08:13:55 UTC hello@padlet.com terapoeia https://padlet.com/terapoeia/vwsc2jh2fx41qlzh/wish/2406724182 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.]]> 2022-12-02 14:41:18 UTC https://padlet.com/terapoeia/vwsc2jh2fx41qlzh/wish/2406724182 terapoeia https://padlet.com/terapoeia/vwsc2jh2fx41qlzh/wish/2406727159 2022-12-02 14:43:26 UTC https://padlet.com/terapoeia/vwsc2jh2fx41qlzh/wish/2406727159 terapoeia https://padlet.com/terapoeia/vwsc2jh2fx41qlzh/wish/2406729806 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.]]> 2022-12-02 14:45:20 UTC https://padlet.com/terapoeia/vwsc2jh2fx41qlzh/wish/2406729806 terapoeia https://padlet.com/terapoeia/vwsc2jh2fx41qlzh/wish/2406746196 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.]]> 2022-12-02 14:57:05 UTC https://padlet.com/terapoeia/vwsc2jh2fx41qlzh/wish/2406746196 terapoeia https://padlet.com/terapoeia/vwsc2jh2fx41qlzh/wish/2406747840 2022-12-02 14:58:28 UTC https://padlet.com/terapoeia/vwsc2jh2fx41qlzh/wish/2406747840 terapoeia https://padlet.com/terapoeia/vwsc2jh2fx41qlzh/wish/2406748652 2022-12-02 14:58:59 UTC https://padlet.com/terapoeia/vwsc2jh2fx41qlzh/wish/2406748652 terapoeia https://padlet.com/terapoeia/vwsc2jh2fx41qlzh/wish/2406749235 2022-12-02 14:59:25 UTC https://padlet.com/terapoeia/vwsc2jh2fx41qlzh/wish/2406749235 terapoeia https://padlet.com/terapoeia/vwsc2jh2fx41qlzh/wish/2406751471 2022-12-02 15:00:55 UTC https://padlet.com/terapoeia/vwsc2jh2fx41qlzh/wish/2406751471 terapoeia https://padlet.com/terapoeia/vwsc2jh2fx41qlzh/wish/2406754085 2022-12-02 15:02:48 UTC https://padlet.com/terapoeia/vwsc2jh2fx41qlzh/wish/2406754085 terapoeia https://padlet.com/terapoeia/vwsc2jh2fx41qlzh/wish/2406756586 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.]]> 2022-12-02 15:04:43 UTC https://padlet.com/terapoeia/vwsc2jh2fx41qlzh/wish/2406756586 terapoeia https://padlet.com/terapoeia/vwsc2jh2fx41qlzh/wish/2406766772 Multiple districts saw protests and strikes orchestrated by teacher and faculty unions for student safety, wage and salary increases, and adequate school funding.]]> 2022-12-02 15:11:50 UTC https://padlet.com/terapoeia/vwsc2jh2fx41qlzh/wish/2406766772 terapoeia https://padlet.com/terapoeia/vwsc2jh2fx41qlzh/wish/2406767400 2022-12-02 15:12:18 UTC https://padlet.com/terapoeia/vwsc2jh2fx41qlzh/wish/2406767400 terapoeia https://padlet.com/terapoeia/vwsc2jh2fx41qlzh/wish/2406772810 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. ]]> 2022-12-02 15:14:50 UTC https://padlet.com/terapoeia/vwsc2jh2fx41qlzh/wish/2406772810 terapoeia https://padlet.com/terapoeia/vwsc2jh2fx41qlzh/wish/2406774032 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. ]]> 2022-12-02 15:15:48 UTC https://padlet.com/terapoeia/vwsc2jh2fx41qlzh/wish/2406774032 terapoeia https://padlet.com/terapoeia/vwsc2jh2fx41qlzh/wish/2406780947 2022-12-02 15:20:37 UTC https://padlet.com/terapoeia/vwsc2jh2fx41qlzh/wish/2406780947 terapoeia https://padlet.com/terapoeia/vwsc2jh2fx41qlzh/wish/2406788335 2022-12-02 15:24:52 UTC https://padlet.com/terapoeia/vwsc2jh2fx41qlzh/wish/2406788335