NEW CAMPAIGN - #StepUpScholastic Join Ferguson Response, Teaching for Change & American Indians in Children's Literature in a campaign for teachers, parents, and students to tell Scholastic to publish and distribute children’s books that reflect and affirm the identity, history, and lives of ALL children in our schools. Scholastic must increase the representation of people of color and Native Americans to match their audiences. More than 50% of the children enrolled in public schools are people of color or Native American, but only 14% of children’s books published in 2014 were by or about people of color. Unfortunately, Scholastic's catalog is no exception. We need books that are mirrors in which children can see themselves to affirm their own identities. We also need books that are windows that help children build understanding and empathy for people different than themselves. When books only reflect one image, all children are harmed. The time is now for Scholastic to make a change and step up as a leader in the publishing industry. #StepUpScholastic for ALL children. For full information visit: http://www.teachingforchange.org/critical-literacy