Holocaust

"Book résumés are free resources that help teachers, librarians, parents, and community advocates support access when others demand that books are censored. These book résumés are provided in an easy-to-print PDF format so they can be shared with administrators, book review committees, and elected officials. They can also be passed out at board meetings and used to inform the public."
-- Unite Against Banned Books

"The freedom to read is under assault in the United States—particularly in public schools—curtailing students’ freedom to explore words, ideas, and books. In the 2022–23 school year, from July 1, 2022, to June 31, 2023, PEN America recorded 3,362 instances of book bans in US public school classrooms and libraries. These bans removed student access to 1,557 unique book titles, the works of over 1,480 authors, illustrators, and translators. Authors whose books are targeted are most frequently female, people of color, and/or LGBTQ+ individuals. Amid a growing climate of censorship, school book bans continue to spread through coordinated campaigns by a vocal minority of groups and individual actors and, increasingly, as a result of pressure from state legislation."
--Pen America

"Every year, the American Library Association compiles data on censorship attempts in libraries around the United States based on reports from the field and media coverage."
--ALA

"First Book Research & Insights study reveals how educators and their students are responding to book bans."
--First Book

"Through this intervention study, participating educators selected and added diverse books to their classroom libraries, and completed bi-monthly tracking surveys to gauge the impact of those diverse books. Among the findings: the pilot study revealed that increasing access to diverse books in the classroom environment increases the amount of time that children spend reading, and positively impacts students’ reading scores."
--First Book

"The case captures leadership challenges related to recent legislation promoting parents’ rights and the tensions that emerged from new mandates affecting the school’s inclusive culture. The principal finds himself balancing the needs of parents, teachers, and students while staying true to his commitments and ethics. Challenges include growing anxiety in the school’s LGBTQ+ community, parents’ requests to inventory reading lists, and a private social media page for parents concerned with “indoctrination.” This case offers educational leadership faculty an opportunity to engage students in discussion related to ethics, education law, school vision and culture, family engagement, and managing competing demands."
--Daniel Moraguez, Osly J. Flores, and Chris Small

"The following article analyzes the current wave of book bans in the United States of America. Book banning has a long history; the modern predominant focus on young people's reading materials grew around fifty years ago with the increased publication of realistic depictions of the lived experiences, identities, and personhoods of children and young people. Nonetheless, the current form of censorship is different: bigger, more politicized, and more targeted at those living with marginalized identities, particularly people of color and those with LGBTQ+ identities. This article argues that book banning places a unique burden on adolescent development and is particularly harmful to those living with marginalized identities."
--Grace Pickering