Talked to Scholastic....lady has only had one call about Path to 9/11

[madfloridian]

They are a good company whom I used frequently when I was teaching. She knew nothing about it, but is passing it on to the NY office.
She was concerned, and very appreciative of my call. I said it would only take a couple of people not paying attention for a company to get involved in such. She agreed.
I found this contact info at Kos:

Scholastic

Phone: [phone]
557 Broadway, New York, NY 10012

Richard Robinson, CEO
Email: [e-mail]

Jeffrey Mathews, Vice President, Investor Relations, or Tonia Bellamy
Phone: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

Corporate Communications: 212-343-4563
[e-mail]

Customer Service:
Phone: [phone] (toll-free)
M-F, 7:00 am to 9:00 pm and Sat., 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, CST


Link to their lesson plans:
http://content.scholastic.com/browse/lessonplan.jsp?id=415

[countingbluecars]

1. I got a "Back to School " e-mail

from the president of Scholastic Books. Her contact info is posted below.

"I am always available to hear any of your ideas or suggestions for how we can make Scholastic Book Clubs better for you and your students. Please e-mail me anytime at [e-mail] or write to me at 557 Broadway, New York, New York 10012. If you need to let us know of a school change, grade change, or want more catalogs, please contact customer service directly at [e-mail] or 1-800-SCHOLASTIC (1-800-724-6527) and they will be happy to assist you."

Judy Newman
President, Scholastic Book Clubs

[Nite Owl]

2. I e-mailed them

and how about contacting teachers unions too? Shouldn't they be making teachers aware of what their children are being presented with? A sort of warning label, and if teachers wrote to Scholastic they couldn't ignore it.

[clmbohdem]

3. I just sent them emails and will contact my local High Schools

I plan call my local High Schools to find out if the plan to support this propaganda.

[petgoat]

4. I remember a skinny magazine called "Junior Scholastic"

when I was a kid in the '60's.

They had "fair and balanced" coverage of the controversy
about the Vietnam war. They had two spokesmen for the war.
They had only one against the war. He had a beard, and
the caption noted that he had achieved some notice for
expressing Nazi views.

[madfloridian]

8. They have all grade levels as well.

I have not seen any since I retired. I think many companies have been pre-empted by the Bush administration cronies.

[Miss Chybil]

5. Ok. I missed something. What is Scholastic's relationship to the movie?

Thanks.

[madfloridian]

6. They are sending out lesson plans to high school teachers.

I don't have the link readily available, but I gave it to the lady. I will see if I can find it.

They don't expressly "promote" it, but they encourage viewing as though it were a realistic representation.

[clmbohdem]

7. They have sent out lesson plans for teachers to discuss the movie

From what I understand, they do not know it is a drama.

[clmbohdem]

9. Scholastic link for lesson plans

http://content.scholastic.com/browse/lessonplan.jsp?id=415

[madfloridian]

11. Here's the link to their lesson plans.

Sorry I forgot them.

http://content.scholastic.com/browse/lessonplan.jsp?id=415

[rodeodance]

27. do you have a direct line (beside the Help page)--as I can not find the

specific lesson plan(s).

[Dinger]

10. Thank You!

I never have and never will deal with "scholastic." I made sure the other teachers in my school knew about this too. Again, thanks for posting.:)

[Joey Liberal]

12. I e-mailed their CEO

Let's give em hell DU!

[clmbohdem]

13. I got a response.

Your email regarding the 9/11 Classroom Discussion
Guide created by Scholastic was forwarded to me, and I am pleased to
respond to your concerns. Once the materials are posted online, you will
be able to access the complete discussion guide at
www.scholastic.com/pathto911, and I hope you will take time to review
the content for yourself.

Scholastic does not take a position regarding the ABC miniseries, "The
Path to 911." What we have done is to create a Classroom Discussion
Guide for high school teachers with content that is balanced, fair and
open-ended. Two of the key objectives of the guide are "to engage
critical-thinking and critical-viewing skills" and "to remind students
to view what they absorb from the media with a critical eye." We trust
that teachers will take the information we provide and encourage their
students to evaluate the content of the miniseries against these facts
and other resources and research that are available to them. These
materials are provided free of charge to teachers in grades 9 to 12 who
can choose whether or not to utilize the lessons in their classrooms.

Scholastic appreciates hearing from teachers, parents, and others who
use or evaluate our services. Your comments will be shared with our
editorial staff who continue to seek to improve the quality of the
materials we create for use in schools and homes. Please review the
content of the 9/11 classroom guide when it is posted online and
consider the opportunity it offers for developing critical thinking and
relevant, timely discussion among high school students who have grown up
in the post-9/11 era.

Sincerely

Kyle Good

Vice President, Corporate Communications & Media Relations

Scholastic Inc.

[e-mail]

[madfloridian]

14. I am calling our school system tomorrow.

Scholastic seems unable to take honesty seriously.

[glitch]

15. Good, then they'll be issuing study guides for Farenheit 911.

Immediately.

[Evergreen Emerald]

17. exactly! I cannot believe they are sending this propaganda to our kids.

That makes me sick.

[Scout1071]

26. What does this showing a fictional movie have to do with:

"to remind students to view what they absorb from the media with a critical eye?"

I mean, what the fuck? What does a "docudrama" have to do with the real media coverage? If it's real, show real footage of the time. Don't recreate shit that didn't happen and film it as fact.

[rodeodance]

31. teachers risk being labeled 'liberal if suggest corrections.

[EndElectoral]

16. I emailed earlier this week and got no response.

[clmbohdem]

18. try these email addresses

I got a response by using these email addresses

[e-mail] <[e-mail]>
[e-mail] <[e-mail]>
[e-mail] <[e-mail]>

[cybildisobedience]

19. Just called the first number up there

There is a recorded message saying that,due to the large volume of calls on the ABC program.....blah,blah, blah....
They say that they are not taking a stand, merely producing educational materials and discussion points to help students develop critical thinking skills.
Believe me, critical thinking skills are the LAST thing the Repukes want the next generation of students to have.

I blasted them (via voicemail).

[madfloridian]

22. Call your county school systems...

I am going to do that tomorrow. Maybe the curriculum supervisor. I was looking online and that was the best I could find.

[clmbohdem]

20. THEY TOOK DOWN THE LINK?

The link content.scholastic.com/browse/lessonplan.jsp?id=415 no longer works. I swear this linked work an hour ago.

Here us the cached link

http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:OiHYHaLGwNkJ:content.scholastic.com/browse/lessonplan.jsp%3Fid%3D415+scholastic+path+to+9/11+lesson+plans&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=1

[madfloridian]

21. Thanks for finding the cached link. The link I posted is dead now.

Maybe they are getting a little traffic? }(

[bliss_eternal]

24. I bet they started to get other calls, and pulled it...

I know that I've called ABC previously and not had the trouble I did today. I was transferred to dead lines, cut off, disconnected, etc. When I did get a line, it was voice mail with a 30 second limit. :eyes:

Thanks for the link--I'll get in touch with them tomorrow! :)

[rodeodance]

28. I could not get it to work either

[rodeodance]

29. but your cached one works. We should all mention this when we contact

them.

Or did they do this for a purpose?

[MessiahRp]

23. I am telling them that if that airs in my son's class, I'm pulling him

I will pull my son out of that school and protest that video rather than let my son be brainwashed by such a blatant rewrite of history.

Our history books are bad enough (Please read "Lies My Teacher Told Me" by James W. Loewen) but this is recent and can be stopped right now.

I am writing Scholastic to say the same.

Rp

[rodeodance]

25. whow, Lets go folks! Feels good to do something positive

[rodeodance]

30. Does anyone think they purposely took it down?--the lesson plan? as it

is now only available at the cached link above. ????

[clmbohdem]

32. God lord, it looks like the Scholastic material contained propaganda

Check out DailyKos. Iraq and Iran are mentioned as contries involved in 9/11.

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/9/5/13855/56368

[AZBlue]

33. Good job! You may have gotten them to pull it!

None of the links in this thread work and I can't find it by searching the Scholastic site.

[clmbohdem]

34. Here is a copy but the contents appear to contain propoganda

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=2067038&mesg_id=2067254