Scholastic is facing backlash over their new decision to move some books dealing with LGBTQ and race issues into an optional book collection for school book fairs at elementary schools around the ...

Amy Ignatow has been organizing the Scholastic Book Fair at her children's school for seven years. She loves the fair, whether it's the smell of new books or the reactions of children finding ways ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Scholastic Book Fair will discontinue its separate selection of books on race and gender following criticism that segregating ...

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 ...

Book fairs run by publisher Scholastic are a staple at schools across the U.S., with the pop-up sales events allowing students to shop for new titles without leaving school property. But now, the ...

After a flurry of criticism, Scholastic is reversing a decision to allow school districts to exclude books that deal with race, LGBTQ and other issues related to diversity from the publisher's popular ...

In a Sept. 19, 2017 photo, Gabrian McDaniel, 9, picks out a book at a book fair at Dixie Elementary School in Tyler, Texas. Chelsea Purgahn Tyler Morning Telegraph via AP Fort Worth ISD officials are ...

Scholastic will ditch plans to offer books about LGBTQ identities and race in a separate, optional collection for book fairs beginning in January after educators and literary organizations accused the ...

Scholastic Book Fairs announced Tuesday it will discontinue its separate catalog of books dealing with race, gender, and sexuality after criticism that the segregation of such titles accommodates the ...

Elementary schools can choose to exclude certain books with content related to racism and LGBTQ identities when hosting this year’s Scholastic book fairs, the children’s book publisher said. The ...

The 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 fall. The ...