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JLARC finds most Virginia districts didn’t remove library books, but a few did, including Virginia Beach schools, which ...
Hanover has removed 125 book titles from its school libraries between July 2020 and March 2025, according to the state ...
A federal appeals court told the Escambia County School Board it lacked jurisdiction to hear case by board members seeking legislative privilege.
School book bans have increased 33% since last year, but hope is not lost. The most banned books of 2022-2023 school year according to PEN America’s annual book banning report.
The Escambia County School Board voted 5-0 to remove hundreds of books without review. The books in question come from the ...
School book bans and restrictions in the U.S. rose 33% in the last school year, according to a new report from the free speech group PEN America, ...
Nearly 140 school districts in 32 states issued more than 2,500 book bans during the 2021-22 school year, which affected nearly 4 million students across 5,000 schools, according to the report ...
The book ban bill vetoed by Gov. Kelly Ayotte would have allowed parents to request books, films, and other items that ...
Almost half of books challenged at school are returned to shelves, but titles with LGBTQ characters, themes and stories are most likely to be banned, according to a Washington Post analysis of ...
THE SCHOOL BOOK WARS The lives upended by Florida’s school book wars. In a fight over books, Escambia County saw thousands of titles removed, two lawsuits and jobs lost — including that of its ...