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‘I taught books that are now banned’: Florida schools become battleground in US culture wars
From conservative cores to cosmopolitan corridors, hollowed-out heartlands to cloud economies, follow US bureau chief Bhagyashree Garekar on a journey across the US ahead of its presidential election in November.
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Retired teacher Mandy Horton Walker said she taught books that are now banned in Florida, while Mr Tony Anderson lost re-election to Martin County’s education board due partly to unsubstantiated allegations that he was a proponent of critical race theory.
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STUART, Florida – In the Republican-ruled state of Florida, public schools have become battlegrounds in a high-stakes contest to decide what is fit to be taught.
It is part of a larger, decades-old tug of war between conservative and liberal Americans to define national values, coming to a head in an election year.
