Education

Florida school sparks controversy over parental consent for reading events in Miami-Dade area under new laws.

ACLU supports Fight Book Bans Act to counter classroom censorship, urging support for educational freedom.

Brevard County retains ‘The Kite Runner’ and ‘Slaughterhouse-Five’ amid review, as Khaled Hosseini calls to stop the removal of his book.

Prominent author Philip Pullman urges ministers to protect school libraries amid a crisis in children’s reading habits.

Children’s Laureates including Sir Michael Morpurgo urge UK government to invest in early years reading amid cost of living crisis.

Judge allows groundbreaking First Amendment lawsuit to proceed against school board book bans in Escambia County, Florida.

Escambia County in Florida is back in the news after the revelation that dictionaries were removed as part of the HB 1069 law.

Iowa books ban law, prohibiting explicit content in school libraries, faces public criticism and legal challenges.

Massachusetts police apologise for their search of an eighth-grade classroom over a complaint about the LGBTQ+ book “Gender Queer.”

Florida school district removes almost 700 books, including works by Jewish authors and writings about the Holocaust.