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A Mississippi teacher assigned a controversial chapter in a book. Now, she's out of a job
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 8 months agoWhen Sherman Alexie’s novel “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” was released in 2007,...
Banned book authors say new wave of censorship is most dangerous yet
The Hill via Yahoo News· 2 years agoStory at a glance More than 1,600 individual book titles have been banned from school classrooms or...
Were students asked to read aloud about masturbation? Wake schools is investigating.
Raleigh News and Observer via AOL· 1 year agoThe Wake County school system is investigating a conservative activist group’s allegations that high...
What to know about the 9 most challenged books in Iowa schools, from 'Tricks' to 'Lawn Boy'
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 9 months agoPart of an occasional series Over the past three years, parents and community members have...
An Iowa school official needed to know if 42 books contained sex. She asked ChatGPT for help
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 9 months agoAssistant Superintendent Bridgette Exman had a difficult task — How could she vet 42 books, several...
Surrey drops 4 books from recommended school reading list
CBC via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe Surrey School District has removed four well-known books from its recommended reading list for...
Books challenged in Iowa schools frequently tell stories of LGBTQ, Black and brown people
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 8 months agoPart of an occasional series Waverly Zhao wonders how students are supposed to understand freedom...
Literary pick for week of Jan. 29
Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTeachers and librarians are contemporary heroes, caught in the crossfire between challenges of books from the political left and the right. To teach or not to teach “Of Mice and Men”? If it’ ...
The 13 most banned books of 2022: 'Gender Queer' tops library association's list for second year
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIt's not your imagination, and it's not fearmongering: Books, and our free and ready access to them,...
New censorship report finds that over 4,000 books were targeted in US libraries in 2023
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 months agoNEW YORK— Bannings and attempted bannings of books soared again in the U.S. last year, continuing to...
