editorial: censorship & education: a brief introduction

When and why is censorship harmful? When and why is censorship perhaps necessary? By what authority ought materials to be censored? Does censorship have a legitimate place in education? Or finally, given the contested nature of democratic decision-making and curricular selection, is censorship simply inevitable? In this issue of On_Education, a number of scholars will grapple with these topics and questions, and provide a diversity of opinions and perspectives on censorship in education in all its forms. With these essays, the editors hope to foster a lively discussion, while also encouraging a number of counter-intuitive perspectives that challenge dominant narratives about censorship in education.