US book bans in public schools reach record annual high of 12,000
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Texas tops list with 8,100 bans while Stephen King is again most banned author, PEN America findsThe US saw almost 12,000 book bans in public schools during the 2025-2026 school year, the highest number in a single year, according to the free-expression non-profit PEN America.In ...
Texas tops list with 8,100 bans while Stephen King is again most banned author, PEN America finds
The US saw almost 12,000 book bans in public schools during the 2025-2026 school year, the highest number in a single year, according to the free-expression non-profit PEN America.
In a report released on Monday, PEN America said that there had been 34,000 instances of book bans since the organization started tallying the increasing βbook censorship crisisβ across US schools in 2021.
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