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The department also announced that it has dismissed 11 book ban complaints and six pending complaints. ... has tracked nearly 16,000 book ban attempts in public schools nationwide since 2021 ...
The Department of Education has dismissed 11 complaints related to "book bans" and eliminated a Biden-era position tasked with investigating school districts and parents, the agency announced Friday.
PEN America, a free speech advocacy group, found that book bans nearly tripled during the 2023-2024 academic year with over 10,000 books banned in public schools.
The book bans are largely the result of laws passed in Republican-led states. [8] [10] On January 24, 2025, the Trump Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights dismissed 11 cases regarding challenged books in schools and eliminated an oversight position for investigating such issues. They then issued a press release stating that they ...
Banned from distribution to readers below the age of 19 through schools, libraries and book stores in 2024 by the South Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. The book was reported to authorities as part of a campaign against books on sex education.
This list of the most commonly challenged books in the United States refers to books sought to be removed or otherwise restricted from public access, typically from a library or a school curriculum. This list is primarily based on U.S. data gathered by the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF), which gathers data ...
There were 4,349 book bans during the first half of this school year, according to statistics from PEN America.
Former President Joe Biden announced the creation of the “book ban coordinator” position at the Education Department in June of 2023 to advise local school districts against removing material ...