Everything about book fairs felt wrong to Julia Stivers. As a parent volunteer at the book fair, she would watch teachers bring their classes through, and see how students would be split: those who ...

School book challenges in the United States have soared to highs never seen before — and I’ve spent half a year trying to figure out why. My name is Hannah Natanson, and I cover national K-12 ...

In a new report out this week, PEN America found that the number of individual books banned by schools across the nation surged to record levels through the first half of the 2023-2024 school year.

MENOMONEE FALLS, Wis. - Menomonee Falls High School has removed 33 books from its school library after the school district banned the titles, including Kurt Vonnegut's "Slaughterhouse-Five" and Toni ...

As an English major, I love books. I always have. And I’m continually adding to my collection, which becomes obvious (and daunting) whenever we have to move. So when I hear about book bans, I pay ...

If you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. Check out some of our favorite children's and middle grade books for first-day jitters, making new friends and more Carly Tagen-Dye is ...

Though it feels like summer has just started, teachers and librarians are already prepping for the new academic year. We’ve compiled a list of some back-to-school stories to ease kids into the ...

Despite growing lawsuits and protests against book restrictions, bans continue to spread rapidly, according to a new report. But students are providing a glimmer of hope. PEN America’s annual report ...

A bill to make it harder to remove books from public school libraries cleared its first legislative hurdle Monday night. After a three-hour debate, members of the Senate Education Committee approved ...

Andrew Polk, 26, teaches 10th-grade English in suburban Ohio, not far from where he grew up. As a high school student less ...

A new report shows that nearly 1,500 books were banned in the first half of the 2022-2023 school year. According to PEN America’s Index of School Book Bans lists, there were 1,477 instances of ...

An injunction blocking Iowa's school book-removal mandate remains in place, but school leaders say the legal back-and-forth has created confusion and caution in classrooms. A pending decision from a ...