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The acclaimed Japanese magic realist (“Norwegian Wood,” “Kafka on the Shore”) is back with his first book in six years. It opens on a pair of teens in love. The girl disappears and the man ...

With about 4,500 book removals, the state topped the nation for the second year in a row. That's according to a report from PEN America, a nonprofit that advocates for free speech. That means the ...

With about 4,500 books removed from school libraries, Florida topped the nation for the second year in a row, according to a report from PEN America. For the second year in a row, Florida removed more ...

Advertisement The instances of complete bans as a percentage of all school book bans rose 16 percentage points in 2023-24 (43%) compared to prior years (27%), the report found. Since 2021 ...

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 ...

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 ...

HOUSTON – A children’s book about a tooth fairy has been removed from a Spring Branch ISD elementary school, despite the author reading the book to students several times in the past at ...

(WTVO) – While the Illinois Report Card showed that Rockford Public ... The STEAM Academy at Haskell Elementary reached Exemplary status, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

A Fairfax County elementary school assistant principal was ... By law, Chen was required to report the allegations to Fairfax County Police or protective services officials, authorities said.