PEN America reports book bans in Florida and U.S. grow by the thousands. What we know

Florida leads the U.S. by far in school book bans, new report says

Book bans in public schools increased across the country last school year, with Florida leading the nation and responsible for  more than 40% of them, according to a new report released Thursday PEN America, a free speech and expression group, counted 1,406 book bans in Florida schools, the most anywhere in the country. Texas recorded the second-highest number with 625. There were 3,362 instances of book bans nationwide in the 2022-23 school yea…

PEN America reports book bans in Florida and U.S. grow by the thousands. What we know

Of all the book bans listed in PEN America's latest report, 40% of them happened in Florida. Here's a look at the numbers in the rise of book challenges.