State Rep. James Talarico’s favorite book includes nine sex scenes and a sexual assault and happens to be a Texas classic. If not the great Texas novel. So during a legislative debate about a bill ...

When Leigh Knapp became her school’s first full-time media specialist, she had a vision to change the library into a place where kids felt seen and encouraged, and could discover a joy of reading.

Wide-ranging legislation filed Monday by North Carolina Republican lawmakers would make it easier to prosecute librarians on obscenity charges, restrict what books can be in school libraries and ...

A cabinet is decorated with Bria Wright’s books, notes, and photos in her second grade classroom at Hortons Creek Elementary School in Cary. North Carolina school districts must now post online the ...

Texas Parents, School Boards May Have More Control Over School Library Books After House OKs Bill The Texas House gave preliminary approval Monday to a bill that would give Texas parents and school ...

(Epic Images/Getty) A rural Arkansas school district limited elementary school students’ access to nine books with LGBTQ+ characters and themes two years ago, according to district documents obtained ...

School library books could not depict sexual activity under a North Carolina bill approved by a state House of Representatives committee Tuesday. House Bill 636 would create committees and processes ...

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Students explore Pine Hollow Middle School media center at the Raleigh school’s open house on July 7, 2016. Chris Cioffi ccioffi@newsobserver.com Wide-ranging legislation filed Monday by North ...

AUSTIN, Texas — School boards could pull books from school library shelves if they deem them profane or indecent under legislation given final passage Wednesday in the Texas House. Librarians, who are ...

Demetrios Nicolaides, Alberta's minister of education and childcare, speaks at a media conference in Calgary on Monday, May 26, 2025. The numbers are big. Real big. So they should be. By noon this ...