Scholastic has reversed a decision to allow school districts to opt out of offering a wide range of diverse books, including those that discuss subjects like racism and LGBTQ issues, at its elementary school book fairs, the book publisher said Wednesday.

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Scholastic will drop policy that makes it easier for school fairs to exclude diverse books

By The Associated Press - Scholastic Inc. has ended its controversial policy that made it easier for school book fairs not to sell works with racial, disability and LGBTQ+ themes, after it was met with backlash from authors and educators.

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The president of children’s book publisher Scholastic apologized and reversed her company’s decision about separating book fair options.

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Scholastic Inc. will end a widely criticized policy that made it easier for school book fairs not to sell works with racial, disability and LGBTQ+ themes

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Scholastic reverses decision to make books on race and LGBTQ issues optional at elementary school book fairs

NEW YORK (AP) — Scholastic Inc. will end a widely criticized policy that made it easier for school book fairs not to sell works with racial, disability and LGBTQ+ themes. The children’s publisher angered many authors and educators when it created a separate package of more than two dozen books, labeled “Share Every Story, Celebrate Every Voice,” and gave schools the option on whether to include them. Scholastic had said the policy, which will re…

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By Chandelis Duster, CNN (CNN) —  Scholastic has reversed a decision to allow school districts to opt out of offering a wide range of diverse books, including those that discuss subjects like racism and LGBTQ issues, at its elementary school book fairs, the book publisher said Wednesday. The company offered a collection of 64 titles called “Share Every Story, Celebrate Every Voice,” that included “titles we support even as they are the most like…

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Scholastic has backtracked on its decision to separate dozens of books focused on race and LGBTQ+ themes into an optional collection for this year's elementary school book fairs after weeks of criticism from authors, illustrators and library advocates who decried the move as self-censorship.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Scholastic Inc. will end a widely criticized policy that made it easier for school book fairs not to sell works with racial, disability and LGBTQ+ themes. […]

Scholastic reverses decision to make books on race and LGBTQ issues optional at elementary school book fairs

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