Since 2021, Wisconsin schools have fielded requests to restrict over 200 books from their collections, and they’ve made decisions to restrict over 100, school district records show.
Book bans have surged across the country in the last few years, and Wisconsin is no exception. Two major pushes have made news in just the past month: 33 books banned at Menomonee Falls High School, and 12 books under consideration in Kenosha schools.
The trend in recent years is something the ACLU of Wisconsin i...