Florida school halts use of fictional book in which cop kills Black child orlandosentinel.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from orlandosentinel.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
‘Propaganda’? Florida school halts use of book about a Black boy’s killing
‘Ghost Boys’ by Jewell Parker Rhodes wasn’t vetted, school officials say
Associated Press
Tags:
(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File) (Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A Florida school board is halting the use of a fictional book about a Black boy who is killed by a white officer after a police union complained to the school district that is anti-police “propaganda.”
The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported the children’s fiction book “Ghost Boys” by Jewell Parker Rhodes was used in one fifth grade class at an elementary school in Coral Springs, Florida, without going through the district’s vetting process.
School board blocks book about Black boy killed by white cop nydailynews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nydailynews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Florida school halts use of book about a Black boy s killing
A Florida school board is halting the use of “Ghost Boys” after a police union complained to the school district that it s anti-police “propaganda.”
Credit: AK Press Author: Associated Press Updated: 6:08 PM EDT May 9, 2021
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. A Florida school board is halting the use of a fictional book about a Black boy who is killed by a white officer after a police union complained to the school district that it is anti-police “propaganda.”
The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported the children’s fiction book “Ghost Boys” by Jewell Parker Rhodes was used in one fifth grade class at an elementary school in Coral Springs, Florida, without going through the district’s vetting process.
Broward School Board halts use of book about a Black boy’s killing
Updated:
Tags:
Book about Black boy s killing causing stir among Broward parents, school board
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. – The Broward County School Board is halting the use of a fictional book about a Black boy who is killed by a white officer after a police union complained to the school district that it is propaganda.
The children’s fiction book “Ghost Boys” by Jewell Parker Rhodes was used in one fifth grade class at an elementary school in Coral Springs without going through the district’s vetting process.