These books vary in content and narration, but share the fact that they are in peril. Many of the books targeted feature Black or LGBTQ characters. Examples includeGender Queerby Maia Kobabe, a memoir about adolescence and gender identity,banned and challengedin schools in Florida, Rhode Island...
It's an issue that's impacting more books and authors, with the American Library Association (ALA) finding that the number of books targeted for censorship surged 65% in 2023 compared with a year earlier, reaching the highest number of titles ever documented by the group. In all, about 4,...
NEW YORK (AP) — Two reports released Monday provide a mixed but compelling outlook on the wave of book removals and challenges as the annual Banned Books Week begins for schools, stores and libraries nationwide. The American Library Association found a substantial drop in 2024 so far in compla...
The proposal involves sexual content of books and is part of a broader drive by Republicans in many states to root out what they see as inappropriate material from schools and libraries. Feb 21 Florida school district's book ban extends to dictionaries The dictionaries and encyclopedias are ...
as well as Governor Ron DeSantis’s push to expand restrictions on how Black history is taught in Florida schools. Florida is one of at least 10 states that have passed laws limiting students’ access to books or expanding parental oversight of library collections, according to an analysis by...
The public schools in Broward County, Florida, have banned running on playgrounds.(Brief Article)Oliver, Charles
John S on 04/27/2023 at 2:37 AM said: It is a common misconception that schools can refuse to allow service dogs in their facilities. However, under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), schools must allow service dogs to accompany students with disabilities in all areas of the ...
According to Kasey Meehan, the Freedom to Read Program Director at PEN America and a lead author of the report: “This book ban movement erupted precisely as many schools had begun to diversify the literature they make available to young people. Now, those books are being ripped away from st...
SOME 1,597 BOOKS HAVE BEEN CHALLENGED OR removed from libraries over the past year, according to the latest figures from the American Library Association (ALA)-the highest number since the organization began keeping track 20 years ago. Deborah Caldwell-Stone, director of the ALA's Office for ...
The removal will be focused on elementary and middle school shelves, while high schools in Davis will retain the Bible. Florida last year became the first in a wave of Republican states to enact laws making it easier for parents to challenge books in school libraries they deem to be pornograp...