The airwaves and interwebs are abuzz with talk about a Florida school district that allegedly banned thousands of books, including dictionaries and encyclopedias. Left-leaning media outlets are breathlessly reporting on this latest instance of “book banning” and clutching their pearls over what they describe as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ Hitlerian push to limit information given to children.
However, there is a slight flaw in this narrative: It is completely false.
Escambia County School District made headlines after it made a move intended to comply with HB 1069, which “expands parental rights in education by prohibiting classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in Pre-K through 8th grade.” The legislation requires school libraries to ensure that they are not including material that could be inappropriate for children, which has prompted districts to…
