{"product_id":"9798765120934","title":"School Book Bans and Curriculum Controversies Examining the Facts","description":"\u003ch3\u003eContemporary Debates\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eSchool Book Bans and Curriculum Controversies\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eExamining the Facts\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eGlen J. Benedict | Jacob Hopkins\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eEducation \/ Educational Policy \u0026amp; Reform \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eOne of the many issues dividing Americans today is the debate over the extent to which parents, politicians, and other community members can and should be able to 1) censor or ban books deemed to be of \"questionable\" content and 2) dictate curricula choices to teachers, school administrators, and other educators. What kinds of subject matter are targeted most frequently in book banning campaigns? How has parental involvement in school policies and academic instruction ebbed and flowed over the decades? How traumatic are these bitter clashes for school and public librarians and the collections in their charge? What are the facts about the efficacy of comprehensive sex education and abstinence-only education programs? This book answers all these questions and many more about one of the fiercest flashpoints in America's ongoing culture wars.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGlen J. Benedict\u003c\/b\u003e is the Access Services Librarian at the University of the District of Columbia. He has made presentations on freedom of speech, intellectual freedom issues, and book banning politics at the annual American Library Association (ALA) conference, the Washing Research Library Consortium's Annual Meeting, and Flame Con in NYC.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJacob Hopkins\u003c\/b\u003e is the Information Literacy Librarian at the University of District of Columbia, USA. As a lifelong book lover and an archivist by training, he helps students and library users develop their research skills and information literacy through instruction and programming that foreground active learning, intellectual freedom, local stories, and lived experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e13 May 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9798765120934\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e256\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53976389320844,"sku":"9798765120934","price":67.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_9c073939-8c9f-4683-b097-8dbc2ebee03a.jpg?v=1787715643","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9798765120934","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}