While dictionaries were merely removed for review, the whole business is symptomatic of the DeSantis presidential campaign’s pandering to GOP/Trumpist fascism. Snopes has fact-checked other rumors about books supposedly "banned" in Florida schools in light of the state's push to give parents more authority over educational materials. www.snopes.com/...x Florida school district pulls dictionaries and encyclopedias as part of "inappropriate" content review. properdefenselaw.com/... x Florida is busy banning the dictionary. Webster’s Dictionary and Thesaurus for Students, Merriam-Webster’s Elementary Dictionary, the American Heritage Children’s Dictionary and other titles were pulled from schools in Escambia County, Fla., where officials are reviewing books for compliance with the law’s prohibition on materials with “sexual” content.

Source: Washington Post January 14, 2024 01:01 UTC