Topic: Censorship

UNT’s Course Censorship is a Violation of Academic Freedom 

Publish Date: December 5, 2024

The University of North Texas administration has made sweeping changes to over 200 course titles and descriptions in its College of Education, removing references to race, class, gender, and equity in what Texas AAUP-AFT leaders are calling an extreme overreach that threatens academic freedom.  "Censoring course content is a clear violation of academic freedom," said Dr. Brian Evans, president of...

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Texas ACLU Finds Dress Codes of 51 School Districts Violate CROWN Act  

Publish Date: August 16, 2024

In 2023, Greg Abbott signed HB 567, also known as the Crown Act, into law to ban hair discrimination in schools and workplaces.  Since then, many school districts have altered their dress codes to adjust to the new regulations put in place by the CROWN Act. However, the ACLU of Texas found that, still, many districts in Texas have not...

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