Intellectual Freedom Center Archives

NCTE Resources for Banned Books Week and Beyond

NCTE 10.03.25

By: Sarah Miller, Manager of Book Initiatives & Intellectual Freedom, NCTE When Banned Books Week began in 1982, censorship of …

NCTE 07.24.25

Nationwide survey of 4,000 English teachers funded by the National Council of Teachers of English finds that most secondary school …

NCTE 01.06.25

This post was written by NCTE member Cody Miller. The Freedom to Read Act, a piece of federal legislation that …

NCTE 09.30.24

School boards are pivotal in shaping the education of almost 50 million public school students nationwide. School boards are responsible …

This blog post was written by NCTE staff member Sarah Miller. Banned Books Week is one week during the …

NCTE 06.14.24

The Intellectual Freedom Center at NCTE has received ongoing reports from teachers, school librarians, parents, families, and authors in the …

NCTE 06.11.24

NCTE has long promoted intellectual freedom and defended against attempts to remove books from schools. In the face of unprecedented …

NCTE 05.17.24

Dr. Katie Wolff is a teacher in Neah Bay, a small, rural village on the very northwestern tip of Washington …

NCTE 05.17.24

Learn More When You Register for this Educator Advocacy Webinar “It has been said that those closest to the …

NCTE 03.21.24

The National Coalition Against Censorship’s Student Advocates for Speech program was created in 2022 to provide participants with virtual advocacy …