Scholastic Dropping Its "Path To 911" Materials ! GOOD START!

[elehhhhna]

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NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Children's publishing company Scholastic said that it is removing materials from its Web site originally created for use in conjunction with ABC's "The Path to 9/11" amid growing controversy over the docudrama.

The company said it will create a new classroom discussion guide for high school students that focuses more specifically on media literacy, critical thinking, and historical background.

Scholastic is removing materials from its site that were created for classroom use in conjunction with ABC's docudrama, "The Path to 9/11."

"After a thorough review of the original guide that we offered online to about 25,000 high school teachers, we determined that the materials did not meet our high standards for dealing with controversial issues," Dick Robinson, Chairman, President and CEO of Scholastic said in a statement

http://money.cnn.com/2006/09/07/news/compa...on=money_latest

[tuvor]

1. Why the "thorough review" after they had already published it?

Smells fishy, no? Are they fudging on the truth about this nebulous "new guide," too?

Will believe when I see.

[TroglodyteScholar]

3. This makes the "re-writing history" angle SO MUCH more obvious...

Materials for the classroom? They're making their own history books for the worst tragedy this generation of Americans has faced...

Unconscionable.

[seabeyond]

4. the upside, and we will see..... they have changed the focus of

what they will be discussing so that gives me a little more confidence it will be new stuff. and bully for them going to media. sounds like they learned a lesson.

[merh]

2. Yes!!!

This is great news. Thank you for posting

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