Republicans’ classroom gagging bills are ‘attack on education’, report says

PEN America says educational gag orders' have increased 250% since 2021 with focus on race and LGBTQ issues

Republicans have mounted an attack on education" in 2022, according to a report, as lawmakers have introduced a soaring number of bills aimed at limiting classroom discussion of race and LGBTQ issues.

The number of educational gag orders" introduced has increased by 250% compared with 2021, according to PEN America, a non-profit organization that works to protect freedom of expression in the US, as Republican legislators have sought to censor discussion of race and LGBTQ issues from the classroom.