This column is devoted to the argument that book banning policies may have an adverse effect on gifted students and their programming as well as on all students. Decisions about books for gifted learners should be based on the goals of gifted programs and tools for addressing those ...
New Jersey Gov.Phil Murphy(D) signed a law Monday prohibiting book banning in state libraries and schools. The law says school boards and the governing boards of public libraries need to create standards for how books are removed from shelves and how complaints are addressed. Books will not be...
according to EveryLibrary — including one in New Jerseypassed this week.California passed a law allowingthe state to fine schoolsthat ban books portraying LGBTQ+ people and other historically marginalized groups, andanother prohibiting librariesfrom banning such books. ...
Several new protections for LGBTQ students and families were unveiled on Thursday by the Biden administration, including establishing a coordinator to "lead the charge" against banning books in schools, administration officials said.The yet-to-be-named Education Department coordinator will train school d...
The national furor in recent years aroundbanning bookson race and gender in public schools is intensifying as President-elect Donald Trump threatens to shut down the Department of Education, emboldening conservatives to end “wokeness” in classrooms. ...
RELATED:Arlington Public Library takes a stand against banning books in schools Kobabe and Evison noted during recent interviews an irony of their books being targeted: Neither set out to write a story for young people. But they gained a following among students with the help of the American ...
Process of Banning a Book in K-12 Schools Most book challenges start at the school level, with parents expressing their individual concerns to a librarian. A librarian might mark in their records that a student is not allowed to check out a certain book from the school library. "If the ch...
Book-banning efforts have beenon the rise in recent years, putting pressure on authors, librarians and educators. The American Library Association recorded 4,240 unique book titles that were targeted for removal or restriction in schools and libraries across the U.S. in 2023, topping the previ...
Two books in the AP English Literature class at a Michigan high school are the target of a book-banning effort by local parents. Under fire are Toni Morrison's Beloved and Graham Swift's Waterland. The Isak reader who tipped me off to this story tells me
Caldwell-Stone says this highlights the impact of pro-book banning activist groups that aim to restrict certain topics in schools. "We're no longer seeing numbers that would indicate that a parent is raising a concern about a book they see their student reading, and ta...