![]() The confusion over what material is allowed in schools was further highlighted this week after the Florida Department of Education started investigating a fifth-grade teacher in Hernando County after she showed students the Disney movie “Strange World,” which features a gay cartoon character. Penguin Random House the worlds largest English language trade publisher, bringing you the best in fiction, nonfiction, and childrens books. Seven years on, the functional and logistical aspects of the merger had been. Officials with Escambia County School District declined to comment on the pending legislation. Penguin and Random House merged in 2013, forming the worlds largest publisher. ![]() “Books are being ordered removed from libraries, or subject to restricted access within those libraries, based on an ideologically driven campaign to push certain ideas out of schools,” attorneys for the group wrote in the 59-page lawsuit. The lawsuit also scrutinizes a high school language arts teacher in Escambia who challenged dozens of the 197 books that have been under review in the county. They contend that this is part of a larger trend in the country, taking aim at conservative parental rights group Moms for Liberty, which has spearheaded some efforts to review books. In Escambia, the group is pushing for a judge to stop the school district from pulling works off local shelves, arguing that school leaders “are ordering books removed based on ideological objections to their contents or disagreement with their messages or themes.” Florida teachers unions previously challenged the Florida Department of Education rules crafted to carry out book objections in administrative court.
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