Iowa schools are turning to ChatGPT to help decide which titles should be removed from their library shelves in order to legally comply with the recent law.
The law is largely prohibitive of anything to do with sex and also specified that each school district is to establish various library programs that will be appropriate for students from kindergarten to class twelve., 19 books have been pulled off the shelves so far. They include
Learning about gender identity and sex is a strong part of a child’s identity growing up, in terms of how they see themselves - as a boy, girl, intersex, male, female, transgender, or somewhere in the spectrum. It seems that the laws aren’t sitting well with the teachers of the district. “Frankly, we have more important things to do than spend a lot of time trying to figure out how to protect kids from books,” said Bridgette Exman, Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction at Mason City Community School District, in an email to“At the same time, we do have a legal and ethical obligation to comply with the law. Our goal here really is a defensible process,” she added.that it is not feasible to read every book in the library to filter out the ‘wrong’ ones.
“After this, we will continue to rely on our long-established process that allows parents to have books reconsidered. We are confident this process will ensure the spirit of the law is enacted here in Mason City; parents will always have a voice in their student’s education," she added.that administrators believe the tool remains the simplest way to legally comply with new legislation.
In the 2022-23 school year, most cases of book banning were recorded in Texas, Florida, Missouri, Utah, and South Carolina, as per Pen America."Sold" by Patricia McCormick"Tricks" by Ellen Hopkins"Beloved" by Toni Morrison"Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher"An American Tragedy" by Theodore Dreiser"Gossip Girl" by Cecily von Ziegesar
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