WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Katie Knox, an English teacher at Ashley High School, starts class every day with independent reading for her students. The students choose books to read but so often when ...

Some North Carolina teachers are scaling back or shutting down their classroom libraries in response to a new state law requiring them to catalog all their books so they can be listed online. The new ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - This week’s Community Classroom is one for the books--literally. Kristen Bazemore, a teacher at Charles P. Murray Middle School is hoping to raise over $6,000 to buy hundreds ...

Wake County school librarians are urging the school district to protect teachers by not listing their names on new state-mandated online catalogs of classroom library books. A new state law, passed in ...

NEW RICHMOND, Ohio (WCMH) — An Ohio public school teacher is taking her district to court after she was suspended for having books in her class library with LGBTQ+ characters. Karen Cahall, a New ...

An Ohio teacher recently sued her school superintendent because he suspended her for having books with LGBTQ characters in her classroom library. New Richmond Exempted Village School District ...

NISKAYUNA, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Decades after it was checked out, an overdue library book was returned to Niskayuna High School, more than 60 years later. The only thing more surprising than its due date ...

New 2025 NC law requires teachers to catalog classroom books for public lists. Teachers report scaling back or closing libraries due to time and scrutiny. Parents and advocacy groups plan to review ...