Search results
Scholastic Book Fairs face criticism for isolating titles on race and gender
NBC News via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThe battle over books has taken a new front. The season for Scholastic Book Fairs has kicked off, a...
Why Everyone Is So Mad at … the Scholastic Book Fair?
Slate via Yahoo News· 7 months agoYung Wing School, P.S. 124, in New York City. Michael Loccisano/Getty Images The Scholastic Book...
Scholastic Book Fair Will Discontinue Separate Collection Of Race And Gender Books
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe Scholastic Book Fair will discontinue its separate selection of books on race and gender...
Scholastic Book Fair Moves to Silo LGBTQ+ Books
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 7 months agoSmith Collection/Gado/Getty ImagesWhen Scholastic’s book fair returns to elementary schools this year, some books on race and LGBTQ+ issues might be...
Scholastic will drop policy that makes it easier for school fairs to exclude diverse books
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 6 months agoScholastic Inc. will end a widely criticized policy that made it easier for school book fairs not to...
Scholastic allows schools to 'opt out' of diverse titles at book fairs
Newsy via AOL· 7 months agoA Scholastic Book Fair display is shown. The Scholastic Book Fair is a magical event for young...
Scholastic backtracks on policy that separated books about race and gender
NBC News via Yahoo News· 6 months agoScholastic has reversed a decision to allow school districts running book fairs to exclude books...
Homophobe Kirk Cameron Promoting Alternative to 'Harmful' Scholastic Book Fairs
The Advocate via Yahoo News· 5 months agoRight-wing actor Kirk Cameron has found a new way to spread his conservative Christian gospel,...
For children's books on LGBTQ, race, Scholastic had a solution. Librarians weren't happy
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 7 months agoScholastic, the world’s largest publisher and distributor of children’s books, is separating some books with LGBTQ themes and discussions of race in a special book fair collection, which elementary ...
Scholastic apologizes, reverses decision siloing books on race, LGBTQ topics
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe president of the children’s book publisher Scholastic has apologized and reversed the company’s decision to separate books discussing LGBTQ themes and race into a special collection this ...