After Trump directive, Florida removed rainbow crosswalk that honors the 49 people killed at Pulse. Demand the crosswalk be restored and protected! Sign now!

The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too.

Join NPE President Diane Ravitch as she and Carol Burris discuss her recently released memoir. An Education: How I Changed My Mind About Schools and Almost Everything Else is a beautifully written account of both the personal and professional growth of this hero of public education. This is a discussion you will not want to […]

Some videos circulated by the Department of Homeland Security in recent months showing scenes of government immigration operations and which were presented as evidence of domestic threats, were in rea...

Three Iowa City West high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years...

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Schools run by the Department of Defense on military bases have banned hundreds of books and altered curricula that the Trump administration doesn't agree with. Take action.

As book bans continue to spread at an unprecedented pace– according to PEN America’s latest report—the writers group is urging the public to speak out to defend the freedom to read at public events na...

A District Court judge rules that neither library patrons nor authors have First Amendment rights when it comes to library collections.

Banned Books Week highlights how challenges undermine libraries, learning and free choice.

Very few public spaces put time, energy, and square footage into giving teens a place to claim as specifically their own.

As in many authoritarian campaigns, art has been recognized as a vital form of resistance — but bad actors have sought to curtail it accordingly.

Book bans aren’t just about removing stories from shelves — they’re part of a coordinated Christian nationalist strategy to censor inclusive education, erase marginalized voices, and restrict democrat...

Millions in unaccountable funds prop up extremist agenda

Bill Maher, John Oliver, the hosts of 'The View' and 400 artists who joined the ACLU have spoken out about Jimmy Kimmel's suspension, which has now been lifted.

National Center for Charter School Accountability NCCSA National Center for Charter School Accountability The National Center for Charter School Accountability provides research and recommendations on increasing transparency and accountability for charter schools. Get the Facts In the News Contact Us Reports Charter School Reckoning: Decline, Disillusionment, and Cost Part I: Decline is the first installment […]