PEN America report confirms school book bans are surging
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PEN America report confirms school book bans are surging
Nov 01 2024
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 school year. The report, Banned in the USA: Beyond the Shelves, confirms and details the organization’s preliminary findings, released in September, with the group’s finalized stats indicating that 4,231 unique titles were banned during the 2023-2024 school year, impacting 2,662 authors, 195 illustrators, and 31 translators.
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