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20 Feb 2023


NEW JERSEY BOARD APPROVES 'EJACULATE RESPONSIBLY' BOOK AFTER TEACHER WAS 'DISTURBED' IT WAS NOT INCLUDED

The teacher argued that parental input in books that are being assigned in the classroom is a "mistake."

"Are we vetting the backgrounds of our parents?" she continued. "Are we allowing the parents to choose the curriculum and the books that our children are going to read? I think that it’s a mistake, and I am just speaking from the heart." 

Documents show that a Arizona high school counselor is coaching staff to obtain students’ secret genders, a process that appears to have been kept undercover from parents.

Documents show that a Arizona high school counselor is coaching staff to obtain students’ secret genders, a process that appears to have been kept undercover from parents. (Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

MAINE SCHOOL DISTRICT, SOCIAL WORKER BLASTED FOR ALLEGEDLY ASSISTING WITH TRANSITIONING OF 13-YEAR-OLD GIRL

The educator then recited a quote, "The one line that I love is we must remember that the purpose of public education is not to teach only what parents what their children to be taught, it is to teach them what society needs them to be taught."

The proposed bill would require the Arizona Board of Education to "maintain a list of books that public educational institutions may not use or make available to students, including books that are lewd or sexual, promote gender fluidity or gender pronouns or groom children into normalizing pedophilia."

MARYLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT GIVES KIDS WORKSHEET ABOUT THEIR LEVEL OF PRIVILEGE OR OPPRESSION

The issue of education has become a top concern among voters, resulting in the formation of organizations like Oregon Moms Union. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, school board meetings have oftentimes become battlegrounds between parents and school board officials.

FILE PHOTO: Amy Jahr sings the Star Spangled Banner after a Loudoun County School Board meeting was halted by the school board because the crowd refused to quiet down, in Ashburn, Virginia, U.S. June 22, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo

FILE PHOTO: Amy Jahr sings the Star Spangled Banner after a Loudoun County School Board meeting was halted by the school board because the crowd refused to quiet down, in Ashburn, Virginia, U.S. June 22, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo (REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo)

Parents across the country have protested controversial curricula like critical race theory as well as certain books being in public libraries. This has reignited the debate on how much control parents have over their children's education.

Joshua Q. Nelson is a reporter for Fox News Digital.

Joshua focuses on politics, education policy ranging from the local to the federal level, and the parental uprising in education.

Joining Fox News Digital in 2019, he previously graduated from Syracuse University with a degree in Political Science and is an alum of the National Journalism Center and the Heritage Foundation's Young Leaders Program. 

Story tips can be sent to joshua.nelson@fox.com and Joshua can be followed on Twitter and LinkedIn