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Maryland school district refuses to recommend some books that 'promote American values'

www.dailymail.co.uk, November 18, 2022
Bethany Mandel (left), editor of the Heroes of Liberty book series (top right), told Fox News that the Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) had declined to recommend three non-fiction books to the school recently. Mandel said she created the book series to provide parents and educators with an alternative to progressive literature, which she believes is being 'forced into primary school children' in the district. Some people took to social media to insist that 'this nonsense' be stopped "for the sake of our children and this world.' Mandel said that what's happening in classrooms is a known problem, but that the publishing world is being pushed by a 'tidal wave of wakes.'