‘Unprecedented flood’ of book bans engulfs U.S. school districts ...

WASHINGTON — More than 1,600 book titles across 32 states were banned from public schools during the 2021-22 school year, with the bulk of the ban requests coming from a ... Read More

U.S. school book bans on the rise due to advocacy groups, report says

Book bans accelerated across the United States during the 2021-2022 school year, largely because of advocacy groups that called on public schools to remove more than 1,600 titles, the writers ... Read More

Book bans in US schools increased by 28 per cent in the first half of ...

As book bans are becoming more prevalent in school districts across the US, there’s now hard data to show the extent of those bans courtesy of an updated report from PEN America. The number of ... Read More

Report: Public school book bans surge by 200%, affecting more ... - MSN

More than 10,000 books were banned in public schools nationwide during the 2023-2024 school year, marking a "dramatic" 200% increase over the previous year, PEN America said Friday. Read More

School book bans have seen an unprecedented surge this year, a new ...

School book bans have seen an unprecedented surge this year, ... The new report expands on PEN's April study, ... and Ashley Hope Pérez's "Out of Darkness," banned in 24 districts. Read More

Missouri had the 3rd-highest number of school book bans in the U.S ...

A PEN America report found that the number of books permanently removed from U.S. school libraries and classrooms has quadrupled — to 1,263 books in the last school year from 333 the year before. Read More

U.S. schools banned over 4,200 book titles last school year

News Brief. Tuesday, November 19, 2024 — 9:40 am. U.S. schools banned over 4,200 book titles last school year. During the 2023-24 school year, there were 10,046 instances of book bans in school ... Read More

Florida led U.S. in book bans last year, new report finds

Florida led U.S. in book bans again last year with more than 4,500, a new report from PEN ... There were 4,561 instances of book banning in Florida public school districts last school ... Read More

Texas ranks No.3 in U.S. for book bans. These school districts ban the ...

Texas had the third-highest number of book bans last school year, ... Texas ranks No.3 in U.S. for book bans. These school districts ban the most. ... The 2023-2024 report found 10,046 book bans, ... Read More

School book bans have seen an unprecedented surge this year, a new ...

News; Nation/World; School book bans have seen an unprecedented surge this year, a new report says Sept. 19, 2022 Updated Mon., Sept. 19, 2022 at 8:36 p.m. Books line the shelves at the Rice ... Read More