States Have Long Tried To Ban Ideas From The Classroom: The Current Road Brings a Fresh Evil

Authors

Leonard NiehoffFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2023

Abstract

Efforts by state and local officials to ban ideas and books from public school classrooms are nothing new. Recent attempts to do so, however, have a uniquely pernicious characteristic. The current wave of bans doesn’t just seek to censor thoughts or words; it seeks to censor identity.

Comments

Originally published as Niehoff, Leonard. "States Have Long Tried to Ban Ideas from Classrooms; The Current Road Brings a Fresh Evil." Spark: Elevating Scholarship on Social Issues (2023).

Part of the Spark Series Miseducating the Public: Anti-CRT Movement Rhetoric, Policy, and Impact. The Spark is published by the National Center for Institutional Diversity at the University of Michigan.

Recommended Citation

Niehoff, Leonard. "States Have Long Tried to Ban Ideas from Classrooms; The Current Road Brings a Fresh Evil." Spark: Elevating Scholarship on Social Issues (2023).