Scholastic is reversing course, saying it will no longer separate diverse stories for school book fairs after weeks of mounting backlash from educators and authors. The educational company ...

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.

said that its elementary-school book fairs would now have a separate section for titles that deal with race, gender and sexuality — a response to dozens of state laws that restrict how those ...

Update: Scholastic has reversed its decision to allow schools to exclude a collection of books about LGBTQ+ characters and Black characters when hosting its book fairs. Read more. Elementary ...