Books once included in Scholastic's optional Share Every Story, Celebrate Every Voice collection, along with additional books with inclusive content, will become part of regular book fair shipments next year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-12-04 05:00:00 UTC ]
Unionized magazine employees at Scholastic have reached a tentative agreement with management, establishing a $65,000 salary floor, general wage increases, ratification bonuses, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-12-01 05:00:00 UTC ]
What is SkyTree Book Fairs? The new book fair attempting to take the place of Scholastic in schools–but it's not what you think. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-11-27 17:16:53 UTC ]
After co-directing CALIBA since 2021, Kristin Rasmussen is leaving to become a Scholastic district sales rep, while Ann Seaton will stay on a for a period to facilitate the association's leadership change. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-11-20 05:00:00 UTC ]
ALA names an interim executive director; New York City libraries curb services after a mid-year budget cut; Moms for Liberty goes after Scholastic Book Fairs; and the Pew Research Center finds people are increasingly turning to such social media sites as TikTok for news. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-11-17 05:00:00 UTC ]
Among the week's headlines: a good election night for libraries meant a bad one for book banners; a national teachers group met with Scholastic leaders over the company's abandoned program to segregate diverse books; and librarians fired for defending the freedom to read headed to the U.S. Equal... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-11-10 05:00:00 UTC ]
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 Continue reading >> [ Source: ABC News | 2023-10-25 19:50:33 UTC ]
Scholastic Book Fairs will no longer offer a separate diverse voices book case. But they still fail to address many questions. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-10-25 14:12:58 UTC ]
With debates over book bans growing more contentious, the education publishing company tried to find a happy medium that may not exist. Across the nation, it’s time for the Scholastic Book Fair. The beloved and nostalgia-triggering event, where kids go and pick out an armful of books to take... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2023-10-25 13:50:00 UTC ]
The publisher had said it would segregate books with themes on race and gender at school fairs in order to navigate a rash of bans across the country. Continue reading >> [ Source: HuffPost | 2023-10-25 04:04:33 UTC ]
After a public outcry, Scholastic this week said it will discontinue its optional diverse stories collection and pledged to "redouble" its efforts to "combat the laws restricting children’s access to books." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-10-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
In the lead-up to this year's Esports Business and Gaming Summit, the event's organizers polled 112 North American gaming and esports executives about their thoughts on the industry’s current trajectory, representing a cross-section of executives in sectors including broadcasting and media,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2023-10-24 04:01:00 UTC ]
Among the week's headlines: a congressional hearing in support of book bans; more librarian blowback for Scholastic Book Fairs over its optional collection of diverse books; and the Urban Library Council issues a report on AI in libraries. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-10-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
Children’s book publisher will allow US districts to include or exclude separate list, a decision that has led to a backlashThe children’s book publisher Scholastic said it will separate titles in its elementary school book fairs by race, gender and sexuality, allowing school districts to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-10-18 15:10:12 UTC ]
Scholastic said that it created its new "Share Every Story, Celebrate Every Voice" offering as a way to protect librarians and school officials dealing with restrictive new state laws and policies, but critics say that the program invites censorship. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-10-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
Scholastic has separated out LGBTQ books and BIPOC books into an optional add-on box in a policy some are calling a "bigot button." Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-10-16 14:39:10 UTC ]
Lower trade book sales and costs associated with the creation of its new School Reading Events business resulted in an operating loss in the quarter at Scholastic. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-09-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
TikTok is rolling out a toolset that lets users label posts that have been created or enhanced by artificial intelligence. This move comes after the social media giant added a number of filters for video uploads that made heavy use of AI, and an image generator to help create unique backgrounds.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2023-09-19 15:45:36 UTC ]
A right-wing book publisher has a solution to Scholastic Book Fairs: their own. That, plus this week's book censorship news. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-09-15 10:40:00 UTC ]
Scholastic has announced a series of executive changes that will result in a new chief financial officer, president of its international group, and head of its education division. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-08-16 04:00:00 UTC ]