Parents Challenging Reading Books and Textbooks

Making resource choices for schools, districts, and states is a tremendous responsibility. As Christian school leaders and teachers, an attempt is made to make sure that the materials are purposeful and not in opposition to biblical values. In the public school system, citizens have the right to appeal materials to their schools and then local school boards. However, they often cannot go further than that. In Florida, there are two bills being considered to give parents more options for challenging books and textbooks. Critics of the bills, especially educators, complain that it represents a way to ban books and stifle ideas and diversity. Those in favor point to the fact that certain materials are inappropriate in a school environment due to content or that textbooks should be removed because of the number of errors in the books. How do you feel about the role of parents in evaluating resources for the classroom and objecting to those chosen?

Read the article:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/fl-reg-instructional-materials-objections-science-pornography-20170418-story.html

References:
Postal, L., & Travis, S. (2017, April 19). Parents may get new way to challenge school textbooks. Retrieved April 20, 2017, from http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/fl-reg-instructional-materials-objections-science-pornography-20170418-story.html