Censorship and Education: A short introduction

Censorship in education has a very long history. Thus while recent instances of outrage about censorship in education tend to focus on specific illiberal forms of censorship (e.g. concerning the teaching of evolution or sex education), an historical look across cultures invites a wider and more nuanced perspective, including that censorship (a) is both an ancient and modern phenomenon; (b) is weaponized by both the Right and the Left; and (c) within educational institutions is likely unavoidable, if not also justifiable.