In order to foster community conversation about banned books, the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art in Winston-Salem has started a program called Banned Book Summer.
Passed two weeks ago, Senate Bill 256 would take power from the governor to appoint seats on a community college board in Rockingham County, and give it to the House and Senate’s top elected officials.
Since 2020, a group of students have been pushing for the removal of police officers from school campuses and advocating for more funding for school counselors.
The North Carolina Supreme Court will hear arguments in August on the long-running Leandro school funding case.
This is Part III of an ongoing series looking at right-wing extremists who won their primary races for positions on school boards across North Carolina.
Between Aug. 1, 2021, and May 31, 431 planned school attacks were reported on the Say Something Anonymous Reporting System.
The discriminatory bill is just one of many proposed measures that have blatantly targeted students, along with educators, in the past few months.
This is Part II of an ongoing series looking at right-wing extremists who won their primary races for positions on school boards across North Carolina.
North Carolina alone has seen several attempts to ban books in schools, specifically ones that are about Black or LGBTQ+ youth.
Unfortunately, during the pandemic, North Carolina has seen the rise of a loud, but small faction of borderline extremists calling for the erasure of LGBTQ+ experiences and Black history.