A deep dive into how one large Texas school district reviews books, and why so many are being removed at once.| www.wehavequorum.net
Despite local school districts having a formal book review process in place, parents and trustees alike are going the alternative route through "internal review" processes that are less transparent and lead to more books coming off the shelves and classrooms without notice.| Houston Press
Books that do not meet the selection criteria set out in Board Policy EFB Local, or that have low circulation, are in poor physical condition or that are dated are removed from library collections. The Board of Trustees changed its selection criteria in November 2023. The references to selection criteria numbers below will reflect the selection criteria of the policy in effect at the time the review occurred.| docs.google.com
Conroe ISD votes not to restore 19 books to classroom collections in a hearing that laid bare the flaws in its internal review process.| franklinstrong.substack.com
In this 2023 banned books update, PEN America recorded more book bans during the fall 2022 semester than in each of the prior two semesters.| PEN America