Data: PEN America; Map: Axios Visuals Iowa recorded the country's second-highest number of book ban instances in the last school year per a new report by PEN America, a literacy nonprofit that ...

Book bans in schools more than doubled during the 2023-2024 school year, according to preliminary reports from PEN America. The Florida Times-Union. ... with 8,000 of them from Florida and Iowa, ...

Much of the spike PEN America found in its report is from Florida and Iowa, which saw about 8,000 book bans due to state laws. And the challenges to books have not gone unnoticed.

In the 2022-2023 school year, Florida led the nation in the surge of book challenges and bans, according to free expression advocacy group PEN America. This year, the number of bans has more than ...

According to a new study by nonprofit organization PEN America, schools have seen a 200% increase in book banning from 2023-2024. These are the books that have been most-banned during the 2023 ...

PEN officials said that new state-level rules and legislation are the key drivers of the bans, with nearly 8,000 book bans recorded in Florida and Iowa, where two sweeping new laws have broadly ...

A different PEN America report shows that Florida was the state with the most book bans during the 2023-2024 school year, followed by Iowa. The organization said laws in both states censor certain ...

Two new laws, in Florida and Iowa, have had a particular impact this year. Credit... Cody Scanlan/The Register, via USA TODAY. By Elizabeth Harris. Sept. 23, 2024. ... PEN America, a free speech ...

Jodi Picoult's “Nineteen Minutes” has topped a list compiled by PEN America of the books most often pulled from school shelves. ... and more than 3,600 in Iowa, according to PEN.

More than 80% of the bans came in Iowa and Florida, states that have passed laws restricting school books. Around 4,500 were removed in Florida, and more than 3,600 in Iowa, according to PEN.

PEN America said the statutory process the law created for book banning and “the state guidance building on it” has led to a spike in statewide book bans. In Florida and Iowa combined, roughly ...

Jodi Picoult's “Nineteen Minutes” has topped a list compiled by PEN America of the books most often pulled from school shelves. ... and more than 3,600 in Iowa, according to PEN.