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The Supreme Court ruled in favor of a group of parents who wanted to opt their children out of instruction with storybooks ...
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, a Republican, made getting rid of “explicit” books and giving parents more say over public school curricula one of the pillars of his winning 2021 campaign.
At one time many public schools gave students time to read books of their own choosing, an activity based on the common-sense theory that kids will read what interests them, and that kids who can ...
A Beyond the Books analysis found that in the first two weeks of Utah schools being shut down as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, 200 parents completed the legal forms to withdraw their children ...
Directions: Watch the video School librarians speak out against recent upsurge in attempts to ban books to learn more about the recent uptick in K-12 school districts banning books, particularly ...
Kutztown School District halted its new One Book, One School program before it reached students after receiving complaints over a book’s focus on climate change.
DOYLESTOWN, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- The Central Bucks School Board passed a controversial book plan Tuesday night. The board voted 6-3 in favor of the plan. The new policy calls for the creation of ...
But school officials said the two books meet district and state standards. They said since getting the books in 2020; students have checked one of the two pieces of literature out two times.
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- After a parent discovered books her daughter had borrowed from the library at Markham Intermediate School (I.S. 51) contained references to classroom violence, the school ...
Ever since an Alaska school board voted to remove five books from elective high school classes, the titles of the works have come alive throughout the community.
A new bill approved by a state House committee on Tuesday aims to ban school library books depicting sexual activity and those considered pervasively vulgar.House Bill 636 would create committees ...
An Alaska school board voted in favor of an amendment to remove five books off elective English course curriculums. Fair Use The indie rock band isn’t the only group opposing the ruling.