Intellectual Freedom News 3/24/17

Intellectual Freedom News

March 24, 2017 – Collated by OIF Staff and News Interns

Intellectual Freedom Highlights

  • ‘Jacob’s New Dress’: When politicians become bullies | Intellectual Freedom Blog; “On March 21, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (NC) chose to voluntarily pull Jacob’s New Dress from a lesson on anti-bullying because Republican legislators in the state’s General Assembly were up in arms … Why this abrupt decision and interest by the General Assembly? It’s a simple answer: HB2.”

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