PEN America, a nonprofit that advocates for freedom of expression, says that while the number of book bans in schools is declining, it’s still “rampant.”

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According to PEN’s report on book bans in school libraries across the United States, there were 6,870 bans in the 2024-25 school year. That’s a reduction from the previous year when there were 10,046 bans, but up considerably from the 2022-23 school year where there were 3,362 bans in school libraries across the U.S.

The data shows Florida and Texas had among the greatest number of book bans. In Florida, 33

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