VIRGINIA BEACH — A school policy requiring the review of library materials has impacted some joint programs with the public library system. The School Board in February approved a “content committee,” ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fourth graders attend a presentation in a school library in Rensselaer County in 2024. The state Education Department doesn't ...

A federal appeals court ruling will make it more difficult for library patrons to challenge book removal decisions, with the decision involving a public library in Texas but likely applying to school ...

When librarians at local public libraries decide which books to keep and which to exclude, they often violate the public trust by doing so based on ideology. To avoid potential legal liability, these ...

Today’s librarians face many challenges that we have no control over, the most obvious being book bans and restrictions. In this time of uncertainty and change, the most productive thing librarians ...

The Denton ISD school board approved a policy this week to establish a school library advisory council to comply with Texas’ controversial Senate Bill 13. State lawmakers passed what they referred to ...

VIRGINIA — Following reporting from the News Tribune that the St. Louis County School District pulled numerous books from a school library in October, the school board approved the first reading of a ...

Texas school libraries must have policies to prohibit the possession or purchase of books determined to be “sexually explicit.” The State Board of Education on Wednesday signed off on guidelines for ...

Somerset County school board members are pressing to review library books before they are bought, a dispute that left eight ...

AUSTIN — School boards could yank books off school library shelves if locals think they’re profane or indecent under legislation that won preliminary approval Monday in the Texas House. In the hours ...

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — A Midstate school district is the latest flashpoint for cultural controversy. The Hempfield School District in Lancaster County is working on a new policy for school ...

An April 21 request to remove “Identical” by Ellen Hopkins from the Manheim Township High School library is facing denial as district administration plans to recommend Thursday that the book remain on ...