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width=426 height=350 alt="School Book Bans Undermine Democratic Values in US Education"><meta itemprop="url" content="https://www.jurist.org/commentary/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/11/school_library_1732288454.jpg"><meta itemprop="width" content="426"><meta itemprop="height" content="350"> </a><div class=credits><a href=https://pixabay.com/users/Kollinger/ >Kollinger</a> / Pixabay</div></div><div class=content><header> <strong class="ui-heading3 _no-margin"> <a href=https://www.jurist.org/commentary/2024/11/school-book-bans-undermine-democratic-values-in-us-education/ itemprop=url title="Permalink to School Book Bans Undermine Democratic Values in US Education" rel=bookmark> School Book Bans Undermine Democratic Values in US Education </a> </strong><div class=author> <span> <a href=https://www.jurist.org/commentary/tag/author-prof-amrit-singh-stanford-law-school-and-trey-walk-human-rights-watch class="url fn author-author-prof-amrit-singh-stanford-law-school-and-trey-walk-human-rights-watch author-8862 post-author-link" rel=author> <span class=name> Prof. Amrit Singh | Stanford Law School and Trey Walk | Human Rights Watch</span> </a> </span></div><div class=date> <time datetime=2024-11-22T15:14:27-05:00 class="post-date published" itemprop=datePublished pubdate> November 22, 2024 10:14:27 am </time></div></header><div class=excerpt><p>In September, a聽federal lawsuit聽settlement forced Florida鈥檚 Nassau County public school district to restore 36 books featuring race-related or lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer (LGBTQ) themes to bookshelves. Among the books is the award-winning聽And Tango Makes Three,聽which tells the true story of two male penguins who raise a chick together at the Central Park Zoo. 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