‘It was a mistake to segregate diverse books,’ publisher says
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https://www.wsj.com/business/media/scholastic-walks-back-move-to-separate-books-about-gender-race-for-school-book-fairs-ff7ccadcThe publisher’s actions took place in the wake of restrictions put in place by some states.Scholastic has reversed a decision to put certain books about gender and race into a separate collection that elementary schools can choose whether or not to offer during book fairs, after the publisher faced criticism that the move helped facilitate censorship.
The company on Wednesday said the new collection—which it had created out of concern for its book-fair hosts after some U.S. states put restrictions in place about what kinds of books could be made available in schools—would be discontinued starting in January.Continue reading your article with
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