Date: May 19th 2011
I posted this on PUBYAC a few days ago and have been asked to share with NJYAC.   Apparently, after the program aired, Scholastic has agreed to stop distributing this -- but as the comments on the Scholastic site indicate, they haven't acknowledged the full extent of their involvement.  Hopefully, they will reconsider all such "partnerships" in the future.

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Subject: Scholastic Books integrity
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From: Carol Simon Levin <...@gmail.com">csle...@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, May 14, 2011 at 6:43 AM

To: ...@lists.lis.illinois.edu">pub...@lists.lis.illinois.edu

I heard this story this morning on Living on Earth on National Public Radio.  As a librarian (and a parent) I find it very disturbing that Scholastic would form such a partnership.  Scholastic's contact email is: http://www.scholastic.com/custsupport/contact_us.htm
Children’s books publisher Scholastic is taking money from the coal industry to teach elementary students the benefits of coal. The coal industry calls it “progress.” Some academics call it “propaganda.” It’s just the latest example of the coal industry’s forays into the classroom. In Kentucky, taxpayer money supports a coal industry program that offers students misleading information about climate change. Living on Earth’s Jeff Young reports on coal in the classroom.


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Carol Simon Levin
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