Book challenges and restrictions in U.S. public schools have increased dramatically since 2021. Yet research on public awareness, attitudes and engagement in these activities is limited. In an effort to fill this critical knowledge gap in the national dialogue, Knight Foundation partnered with Langer Research Associates to survey a random national sample of more than 4,500 adults, deeply exploring public attitudes on restricting students’ access to books in public schools.| Knight Foundation
Banned in the USA utilizes snapshots to illustrate the hateful rhetoric driving book bans and the damage this movement has done to students.| PEN America
In the 2022–23 school year, PEN America recorded 3,362 instances of book bans in US public school classrooms and libraries.| PEN America
These bills enable blanket restrictions on books or curricula for all students—and ultimately empower an ideological assault on public education.| PEN America