Scholastic has backtracked on its previous decision to allow school districts to decide whether they wish to sell a collection of books, including those with LGBT themes and “diverse” titles, at school book fairs following backlash over the move.
In a statement, the publisher said it will discontinue its separate collection of books on race and gender moving forward and apologized on behalf of the company to “every author, illustrator, licensor, educator, librarian, parent and reader who was hurt by our action,” noting its former decision, while made “with good intention,” was a mistake.
