As a parent with a kid in school and having recently purchase books from Scholastic I found this article interesting. Is this a relationship we need to look at closer?
Has the direct-to-classroom publisher and bookseller lost its way, pushing cheap toys and video games straight into your kids’ backpacks, all in the name of promoting reading and kicking a few bucks back to our ailing schools?Does Scholastic Deserve a Failing Grade?, Mar 2009
You should read the whole article.
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