PEN America says there was an "unprecedented" surge in book bans during the latter half of 2023, according to a new report. The free expression group says that from July-December of last year ...

Book bans in public schools kept rising during the first half of the 2022-23 school year, and nearly a third of them were the direct result of newly enacted state laws, a new PEN America report says.

PEN America has released its most recent report documenting public school book bans for the full 2023-2024 school year, finding 10,046 bans nationwide—a more than 200% rise over the previous ...

In a report released today, PEN America officials said that the organization has counted more than 10,000 cases of book censorship in public schools during the 2023-2024 school year, nearly triple ...

"What students can read in schools provides the foundation for their lives," says PEN America Eric Charbonneau/Getty; Lou Rocco/ABC via Getty; VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Book bans are sharply on ...

The Sunshine State led the nation in school book bans for the 2023-24 academic year, according to a new report released Friday. There were 4,561 instances of book banning in Florida public school ...

In the 2022-2023 school year, Florida led the nation in the surge of book challenges and bans, according to free expression advocacy group PEN America. This year, the number of bans has more than ...