CNN

Georgia school district intends to fire teacher after she read book about gender identity to fifth grade class, document shows

A Georgia teacher is facing termination after reading a book about gender identity – which some parents complained was controversial – to her fifth grade class. Cobb County School District (CCSD) ...
Reason

Requiring Fifth-Graders to Read Pro-Gender-Ideology Books to Kindergarten Students (with No Opt Out) May Violate First Amendment

From Judge James Lorenz's order yesterday in S.E. v. Grey (S.D. Cal.): The school activity at issue occurred in the context of the buddy program, a weekly class pairing younger and older students. The ...
People

Georgia Teacher Fired for Reading Book About Gender to Fifth-Grade Class: 'Censorship Perpetuates Harm'

Last week, the Cobb County School Board voted 4-3 to fire Katie Rinderle after she read the book “My Shadow is Purple" aloud in class Arvin Temkar/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP A Georgia teacher ...
Staten Island Advance

Staten Island 5th-graders become published authors | In Class column

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A group of recently graduated fifth-grade students at one Staten Island elementary school can say there are officially published authors. During the 2022-2023 school year, ...