TX Freedom to Read Project

Texans fighting against book bans and for the freedom to read in our public schools & communities.

[TX Freedom to Read Project @TXFreedomRead]

Texas parents deserve to know who is really in the driver seat when it comes to decisions that impact our kids who attend public schools.

Spoiler alert: it’s increasingly NOT the elected leaders you would assume have the most say in curriculum and instruction.

[Austin Statesman @statesman]

An email from a Republican SBOE member highlighted questions over the relationship between the State Board of Education and Legislature. https://t.co/Qls1w5stO3

[TX Freedom to Read Project @TXFreedomRead]

@drbone4tx @RepBrandonGill This is the dumbest thing on the internet this week. And that’s a high bar. Another demonstrably false statement. 🙄

[frank strong @frankstrong]

Revealing comment from lead Texas book banner Bonnie Wallace. She says her crusade goes beyond sexual content to attempt to remove from schools “content that can permanently change the way of thinking of a child.” In other words, she’s at war with the whole idea of education.

[TX Freedom to Read Project @TXFreedomRead]

This is so stupid. Demonstrably false. Holy Bible listed in the Wylie ISD McMillan Junior High catalog.

[Congressman Brandon Gill @RepBrandonGill]

The Quran is in the library. The Bible isn't. And when students ask why, the principal hides.

This is happening in Texas.

[TX Freedom to Read Project @TXFreedomRead]

@RepBrandonGill This is so stupid. Demonstrably false. Holy Bible listed in the Wylie ISD McMillan Junior High catalog.

[TX Freedom to Read Project @TXFreedomRead]

@colorblindk1d @frankstrong @CaitlinPacific Public & school libraries are about access. Having access to literature shouldn’t be something just for the wealthy. It’s about education & literacy in schools. It’s about government censorship & control of ideas. But please, tell us more about the books you can buy on Amazon.

[TX Freedom to Read Project @TXFreedomRead]

@frankstrong ALL OF THIS.

[frank strong @frankstrong]

First, as pointed out yesterday: Bone was flat wrong in her initial post. She said Round Rock High School didn’t have a Bible in its catalog. It did. Her post has been shared almost 6000 times, and it’s based on a falsehood. She doesn’t care. https://t.co/hFLoVJfiPu

[TX Freedom to Read Project @TXFreedomRead]

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[Dr. Mary Bone @drbone4tx]

🚨SCANDAL in Round Rock ISD: High school libraries are stocking the Quran while the Holy Bible has been removed

According to the district’s own online library catalog, the Bible is no longer available at Round Rock High School and Cedar Ridge High School — replaced by the Quran — while it remains in at least two of the five traditional high schools.

This is the same Texas district that refused to allow Ten Commandments posters in classrooms and arrested two Christian fathers for simply speaking at a public school board meeting. @jeremywstory

🔴Muslim religious text is welcomed.
🔴The Bible — the foundational text of Western civilization and America — is censored.
🔴Christian parents are dragged away in handcuffs.

This is not neutrality.
This is blatant anti-Christian discrimination.

‼️Parents: It’s time to check your school libraries. Enough is enough.
@AmyMek
@xpistas
@mayes_middleton
@txvalues
@MQSullivan

[TX Freedom to Read Project @TXFreedomRead]

THE TPPF INFLUENCED RE-WRITE OF THE TEXAS SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUM IS A GRIFT, Y’ALL.

And TPPF implied involvement with selecting literary works at the first meeting where the required reading list was discussed, too. 👎🏻

https://t.co/zFA1ix0bxL

[TX Freedom to Read Project @TXFreedomRead]

More background & context on the list originally proposed by TEA (before Hickman’s amended list):

https://t.co/vRgxo2SM8g

[TX Freedom to Read Project @TXFreedomRead]

‼️ATTN TEXAS:
The State Wide Reading List is Back.

Act now:
🗣️ Testify in Austin- Tuesday, April 7 (register by 5PM Friday)
💻 Submit an informal comment. (by 5pm Saturday)
📧 Email the SBOE (before Tuesday)

Links + details here:

https://t.co/1ZUvCwBjXQ

[TX Freedom to Read Project @TXFreedomRead]

@baylisswagner @nytimes @ExpressNews We’re so happy for you, and sad for Texas!!! Congrats Bayliss! We will miss you and the attention and care you give your stories.

[TX Freedom to Read Project @TXFreedomRead]

What’s happening to New Braunfels ISD school libraries is NOT “normal.” Do not allow yourself to become desensitized to censorship. Take action to defend the freedom to read in your community, now!

https://t.co/ch1wQGCxFC

[KSAT 12 @ksatnews]

Records show New Braunfels ISD pulling, restricting more books than it has publicly listed https://t.co/2VBA5AiX7K

[frank strong @frankstrong]

Quick explainer on WHY the 1500 books that have disappeared from New Braunfels ISD shelves were banned, along with what you can do about it.
https://t.co/WEKjqipVVm

[Michael Karlis @MichaelKarlis]

TEXAS EDUCATION: New Braunfels ISD has banned more than 1,500 books since SB 13 went into effect in September.

Authors banned or restricted include Barrack Obama, Mathew McConaughey and William Shakespeare.

Full story below via @SAcurrent.

[TX Freedom to Read Project @TXFreedomRead]

@fluker_lane @davenewworld_2 School libraries. But teachers are also prohibited from having them in classrooms, if they’re banned from the library.

[TX Freedom to Read Project @TXFreedomRead]

@fluker_lane @davenewworld_2 https://t.co/Pue5DeaQ8b

[TX Freedom to Read Project @TXFreedomRead]

@fluker_lane @davenewworld_2 New Braunfels ISD

https://t.co/Pue5DeaQ8b