“Students aren’t sorted inequitably. Everyone comes and everyone picks up a new book, for free.” It’s a model Stivers thinks more and more school librarians are moving toward, as a way to ...

The free school-books scheme will be extended right up to the Leaving Certificate. Almost every child in primary and secondary school was already covered by the scheme. Other budget measures in ...

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, continuing what it calls a worrisome effort aimed ...

When school officials in New York ... of students in Island Trees Union Free School District v. Pico and ruled that school boards may not remove books because they dislike the ideas contained ...

A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction and ordered the Elizabeth School District to lift its ban on 19 books from school ... violated federal and state free speech protections.