US public schools banned over 10K books during 2023-2024 academic year, report says
The Des Moines Register, part of the USA TODAY Network, reported that Iowa's Republican-dominated Legislature passed a ...
Most banned books feature people of color and LGBTQ+ characters: Graphics explain the data
More than a third of books banned last year featured fictional characters or real person of color, a new analysis from PEN ...
Scottsdale Unified schools remove, restrict books after conservative challenge
The challenged books were removed from libraries in August. Most had not been checked out by students in the past four school ...
Removing books from schools isn't a ban, SC superintendent says. She bristles at Nazi comparison.
There's a difference between removing books from schools and banning them, SC Superintendent Ellen Weaver said. She was ...
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Des Moines Public Schools hasn't banned a single book since Iowa's new law. It's not alone
Iowa's book ban battle:How public schools pulled thousands of books because of a new ... "If there is any doubt or any question in our minds about what the law is suggesting to us, we will always seek ...
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Schools serving military service members’ kids are pulling books on civil rights history after Trump’s DEI threats
At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground ... The order demands that employees at 161 elementary and high schools around the world “ensure compliance with ...
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Texas may change how schools select library books. Critics say it could lead to more bans.
SB 13 would create school library advisory councils largely made up of parents. It would give school boards, rather than librarians, the final say over new books.