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Jan 2025
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Book Bans or Content Moderation? Here’s ...

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As the battle over allowing certain classroom curricula continues into 2025, two opposing groups shared milestones and failures from the past year regarding explicit books in the classroom. The debate over what kinds of books should be allowed in school libraries has roiled school board meetings for years, with those critical of sexually explicit material saying it has no place in taxpayer-funded schools. Their opponents, however, say such moderation is synonymous with censorship and book bans. 

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