Tag - American Library Association

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...

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...

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...

Intellectual Freedom Challenge Experience

Literature has always fascinated me. I see it as an opportunity for escapism, to travel in time and to question the world around me. I remember when my teacher...

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...

NEHS Focuses on Writing

Ernest Hemingway stated, “There is no rule on how to write. Sometimes it comes easily and perfectly; sometimes it’s like drilling rock and then...

IFC and Banned Books Week

As announced in the last newsletter, the Intellectual Freedom Challenge (IFC) is now open to sophomore and junior members of NEHS interested in writing an...

Intellectual Freedom: The Right to Read

National English Honor Society (NEHS) strives to honor literature and promote free and open access to books; the Society endorses the American Library...