Dept. of Education ends investigations into book bans. Are you concerned?
On Friday, the U.S. Department of Education dismissed 11 investigations on book banning in schools and libraries. Are you concerned?
Department of Education dismisses book ban complaints, ends guidance
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has announced that it is rescinding all past guidance issued against the removal of books.
Free speech organizations denounce Education Department for calling book bans a ‘hoax’
Organizations that track the removal of books from libraries are denouncing the department's announcement that calls bans a 'hoax' and dismisses 11 complaints that had been filed during the Biden administration.
Education Dept. Ends Book Ban Investigations
The department said it would relinquish its role investigating schools that had received civil rights complaints after removing books dealing with sexual and racial identity.
US DOE’s Office for Civil Rights ends 'Biden’s book ban hoax'
The Education Department is ending "Biden’s book ban hoax," dismissing book ban complaints and eliminating the "book ban coordinator" role.
‘Biden’s Book Ban Hoax’: Department of Education claims book bans are a ‘hoax’ and dismisses all complaints
The fear that book bans would worsen under Donald Trump’s presidency has become a reality. The Department of Education announced it is dismissing book ban complaints as a hoax and will withdraw all guidance and investigation into the issue.
Former Colorado middle-school dean alleges she was fired for protesting district’s book ban as racist
I felt that the book ban was trying to erase my and my students’ cultural heritages,” LeEllen Condry wrote in the ...
The Most Banned Picture Books From the 2023-2024 School Year Show 'What’s Really at Stake in the Book Ban Crisis'
On Jan. 27, nonprofit organization PEN America released a list of 23 picture book titles that most frequently banned during ...
Florida judge rules against book ban-opposed parents alleging censorship, discrimination
Parents of public school students sued, arguing to U.S. District Judge Allen Winsor that the inconsistency violated the First ...
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How do SC book bans actually work? Here’s what happens in Beaufort County schools, libraries
Banned in libraries: This is a process where administrators or school boards remove individual titles from school libraries ...
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Free speech advocates decry Trump administration's description of book bans as a 'hoax'
The U.S. Department of Education under President Donald Trump unilaterally dismissed complaints about recent public school ...
Librarians featured in Sundance doc on book bans receive standing ovation from SLC audience
Days after Utah banned its 15th book from all public schools, an independent film following the pressures school librarians ...
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Yes, I’m a bookseller, but book banning affects us all | Opinion
Recently, I was speaking with a dear friend of mine on the phone and mentioned how the culture of book banning has presented itself in Knoxville in the form of 48 titles being removed from the ...
Utah students barred from bringing banned books to school
Free-speech groups argue the ban violates constitutional rights.
Texas county challenges First Amendment ruling on library book bans in 5th Circuit hearing
The Fifth Circuit case, which centers Llano County's quiet removal of 17 library books, has drawn national attention — ...