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School Textbooks to Get Black Lives Matter Makeover Camilla Turner, Telegraph, March 1, 2021 School textbooks are to get a Black Lives Matter makeover as Pearson says it intends to remove references to “Master” and “Slave” from all its major titles. Pearson, which owns the exam board Edexcel and is one of the UK’s largest education publishers, has drawn up its first ever in-depth guidelines on race and ethnicity. The company said its new editorial guidelines – which will be sent to ...

Pearson published editorial guidelines on race, ethnicity, equity and inclusion. Pearson yesterday published editorial guidelines addressing race, ethnicity, equity and inclusion, becoming one of the first major textbook publishers to make such guidelines publicly available. The document is intended to help authors, reviewers and editors at London-based Pearson promote diversity and avoid propagating harmful stereotypes. The guidelines identify several key challenges to address. These include t...