Tag: #StepUpScholastic
Many years ago, as the author of Anti-Bias Curriculum: Tools for Empowering Young Children, I was invited to serve on an advisory board for Scholastic to help them produce books for young children that accurately and respectfully depicted the many forms of diversity in our country. With the publication of President Donald Trump, Scholastic is …
UPDATE – Scholastic’s children’s books about Donald Trump are finally OUT OF PRINT. Scholastic had disregarded thousands of letters from teachers, parents, and students across the United States. We expect the books went out of print with Trump’s term ended. In June of 2018, we published critical reviews of the Scholastic books for early and …
By Jeremy Manger As part of our larger social justice project, my third grade students at High Tech Elementary North County in San Marcos, California completed an investigation into the diversity of our classroom library. Our investigation question was: How diverse is our classroom library? The class decided to examine the library, creating groups of books based …
By Allison Bell This spring my sixth and seventh grade reading students at Gunston Middle School in Arlington, Virginia researched the lack of diversity in children’s and young adult books. After learning about the statistics on diversity in books and the “We Need Diverse Books” and #StepUpScholastic campaigns, students did surveys of our classroom library …
Teaching for Change is partnering with American Indians in Children’s Literature and Ferguson Response Network to collect letters to Scholastic telling them to publish and distribute children’s books that reflect and affirm the identity, history, and lives of ALL children in our schools. We have received thoughtful letters from all over the country. A teacher from …
March 18, 2016 The #StepUpScholastic campaign is off to a great start with hundreds of letters coming in from all over the U.S. We encourage you to read selected letters and then write your own. The campaign was launched in late February to address the crisis in children’s book publishing. More than 50% of the …
On February 29, Leslie Mac of Ferguson Response Network hosted a twitter chat on the #StepUpScholastic campaign. There was a rich and lively exchange among educators, parents, authors, and other activists as they weighed in on a series of questions about the campaign. Questions ranged from “why target Scholastic” to “what person(s) or moment(s) from your history …
Climate Change Missing from Scholastic News Scholastic News’ coverage of Hurricane Harvey says that the storm has acted “strangely,” but doesn’t mention even one word about climate change nor the extensive unregulated development that have contributed to the devastating crisis in Houston. Tell Scholastic our children deserve to know the truth about the weather as part of …
Tag: #StepUpScholastic
Louise Derman-Sparks Responds to Scholastic
Posted: July 3, 2018 by Mykella
Many years ago, as the author of Anti-Bias Curriculum: Tools for Empowering Young Children, I was invited to serve on an advisory board for Scholastic to help them produce books for young children that accurately and respectfully depicted the many forms of diversity in our country. With the publication of President Donald Trump, Scholastic is …
Category: 2018, News, News Articles Tags: #StepUpScholastic, early childhood, Louise Derman-Sparks
Despite National Outrage, Scholastic Defends Children’s Books Celebrating Trump
Posted: June 26, 2018 by Mykella
UPDATE – Scholastic’s children’s books about Donald Trump are finally OUT OF PRINT. Scholastic had disregarded thousands of letters from teachers, parents, and students across the United States. We expect the books went out of print with Trump’s term ended. In June of 2018, we published critical reviews of the Scholastic books for early and …
Category: 2018, News, News Articles Tags: #StepUpScholastic
Third Graders Assess and Improve Diversity of Classroom Library
Posted: July 13, 2016 by Allison Acosta
By Jeremy Manger As part of our larger social justice project, my third grade students at High Tech Elementary North County in San Marcos, California completed an investigation into the diversity of our classroom library. Our investigation question was: How diverse is our classroom library? The class decided to examine the library, creating groups of books based …
Category: 2016, News Tags: #StepUpScholastic, critical literacy
Virginia Middle School Students Critique Lack of Diverse Books
Posted: July 13, 2016 by Allison Acosta
By Allison Bell This spring my sixth and seventh grade reading students at Gunston Middle School in Arlington, Virginia researched the lack of diversity in children’s and young adult books. After learning about the statistics on diversity in books and the “We Need Diverse Books” and #StepUpScholastic campaigns, students did surveys of our classroom library …
Category: 2016, News Tags: #StepUpScholastic, critical literacy, DC area stories
Why Are All the Kids Who Look Like Me Enslaved?
Posted: April 12, 2016 by Allison Acosta
Teaching for Change is partnering with American Indians in Children’s Literature and Ferguson Response Network to collect letters to Scholastic telling them to publish and distribute children’s books that reflect and affirm the identity, history, and lives of ALL children in our schools. We have received thoughtful letters from all over the country. A teacher from …
Category: 2016, News Tags: #StepUpScholastic, Scholastic
Diversify Scholastic Catalogs
Posted: March 18, 2016 by Deborah
March 18, 2016 The #StepUpScholastic campaign is off to a great start with hundreds of letters coming in from all over the U.S. We encourage you to read selected letters and then write your own. The campaign was launched in late February to address the crisis in children’s book publishing. More than 50% of the …
Category: 2016 Tags: #StepUpScholastic, Scholastic
#StepUpScholastic Twitter Chat
Posted: March 2, 2016 by Allison Acosta
On February 29, Leslie Mac of Ferguson Response Network hosted a twitter chat on the #StepUpScholastic campaign. There was a rich and lively exchange among educators, parents, authors, and other activists as they weighed in on a series of questions about the campaign. Questions ranged from “why target Scholastic” to “what person(s) or moment(s) from your history …
Category: 2016, News Tags: #StepUpScholastic, Scholastic
#StepUpScholastic
Posted: February 18, 2016 by Allison Acosta
Climate Change Missing from Scholastic News Scholastic News’ coverage of Hurricane Harvey says that the storm has acted “strangely,” but doesn’t mention even one word about climate change nor the extensive unregulated development that have contributed to the devastating crisis in Houston. Tell Scholastic our children deserve to know the truth about the weather as part of …
Category: 2016, Page Substitutes Tags: #StepUpScholastic, critical literacy, Scholastic