Jennifer C. Berkshire’s interview with PRA about her and Jack Schneider’s new book, The Education Wars, provides a road map for defending public education.
Fearing book removal or losing their jobs, library professionals conceal bare butts and other exposed body parts in picture books.
Book bans are tanking sales of children’s books. Schools and libraries aren’t buying books about LGBTQ+ issues and race as they brace for culture war pushback.
But if you thought District Administration was equipping superintendents to make good decisions about the sometimes controversial issue of what kinds of books should go in school libraries, you’d be wrong.
Authors of the bestselling picture book ‘And Tango Makes Three’ argue that the book’s removal from school library shelves is rooted in unconstitutional, anti-LGBTQ “viewpoint discrimination.”
A few months after a vague new rule allowed the state to remove books with descriptions of sexual conduct from its public schools regardless of grade level, the South Carolina Board of Education has banned its first seven.
The Meeker Public Library Board held its monthly meeting last Wednesday in the library’s community room. All five board members attended the meeting. The public comment period drew community members concerned about book banning and a draft collections policy up for review.
In an October victory for freedom-to-read activists, the Matanuska-Susinta Borough School District in Alaska has agreed to pay $89,000 for indiscriminately removing 56 books from library shelves.
It is important for boys to have the kind of children’s art that shows them the things that engage them in becoming good men.
Public schools in a Northern Virginia county have quietly removed a pro-LGBTQ book after parents criticized it for sexually explicit images.
Is The Vegetarian inappropriate for minors School bans spark debate Controversy erupts over Nobel Laureate Han Kangs novel
An ongoing lawsuit by book publishers against the State of Florida is shaping up to be one of the most significant cases in the fight for the freedom to read.
District removes books including ‘The Bluest Eye,’ ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ and Dr. Seuss’ ‘Wacky Wednesday’ to comply with state law
Due to a new state law, more than 400 books have been pulled from Wilson County school libraries, including a children’s book by Dr. Seuss called “Wacky Wednesday.”
Passing 4-2, the policy expands who can object to books in Osseo Public School libraries. Opponents say it’s a slippery slope toward book bans.