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PEN America, American Library Association book ban definitions differ. ... This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Banned Books Week: School book bans increased past academic year. Show ...
School districts in South Carolina have already banned certain books, including in September when 17 were deemed inappropriate by the Lexington 2 school district after complaints from parents were ...
Canyon Independent School District sparked outrage earlier this month after revealing it would pull the religious text to comply with a state law banning books with “sexually explicit” materials.
Last month, Minnesota became the latest state to implement restrictions on banning books from public libraries, including those in K-12 public schools and colleges.
More than 10,000 books were banned in public schools during the 2023-2024 academic year, according to a new PEN America report. American Library Association data shows that while the country saw a ...
Since 2001, the American Library Association has posted the top ten most frequently challenged books per year on their website. [4] Using the Radcliffe Publishing Course Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century, ALA has also noted banned and challenged classics. [5] The ALA does not claim comprehensiveness in recording challenges.
But as a new semester approaches, school curriculums and libraries are battlegrounds for book bans across the country. The free speech advocacy group PEN America indexed bans between July 2021 and ...
A display of formerly banned books at a US library. Banned books are books or other printed works such as essays or plays which have been prohibited by law, or to which free access has been restricted by other means. The practice of banning books is a form of censorship, from political, legal, religious, moral, or commercial motives. This ...