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Troubling Trends in Book Censorship

Nationwide, more than ever extreme efforts have been made to employ book bans in libraries and schools. Banned Books Week, an event held annually to celebrate...

Book Challenges and Censorship Issues

As English educators and as mentors of student members of NEHS, many of us likely are recoiling at the increase in vehement opposition to the inclusion of...

George Orwell and Recent Censorship

Censorship: the suppression or prohibition of any parts of books, films, news, etc., that are considered obscene, politically unacceptable, or a threat to...

Banned Books Week 2023

Between January 1 and August 31, 2023, the American Library Association documented 1,269 attempts to censor or restrict access to materials held in public...

Intellectual Freedom Challenge

NEHS’s Intellectual Freedom Challenge (IFC) invites sophomore or junior NEHS members to write argumentative essays based on potentially controversial...

Ada Limón: US Poet Laureate

Ada Limón, the 24th Poet Laureate of the United States, will be joining NEHS students and Chapter Advisors for a webinar on Tuesday, September 26, 2023, at 4 p...

NCTE Resources for Book Challenges

Educators across the country are being bombarded with challenges to book selections and curricular decisions; as English teachers, we are the prime targets for...