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Educational Gag Orders: Legislative Restrictions on the Freedom to Read, Learn, and Teach
This report reflects 54 educational gag orders that state legislators introduced in the first nine months of 2021.

Book Ban Efforts Spread Across the US, February 2022, New York Times

Avoiding Racial Equity Detours, Paul Gorski

Language of Appeasement, By substituting diversity and inclusion rhetoric for transformative efforts to promote equity and justice, colleges have avoided recognizable institutional change, contends Dr. Dafina-Lazurus Stewart

Op-ed: New Illinois teaching standards will help more students succeed — especially bilingual learners, Cristina Pacione-Zayas, Chicago Tribune

What The IL Culturally Responsive Teaching And Leading Standards Mean For BIPOC Students, Paseo Podcast

Presentation Slides, Senator Cristina Pacione-Zayas

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