In the News

March 4, 2010

Scholastic and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation released the largest-ever survey of America’s public school teachers on March 3, 2010 via live webcast. The survey asked 40,000 teachers for their thoughts on education reform, and teachers offered powerful, nuanced views on the challenges facing our schools and identified key solutions to addressing those challenges. President of Scholastic Education Margery Mayer appeared on NPR’s Talk of the Nation to discuss the findings, and the full report is available for download at www.scholastic.com/primarysources.

February 24, 2010

This week top artists and creative industry leaders are in Scholastic’s SoHo headquarters judging works in the national Scholastic Art & Writing Awards competition. Meanwhile, news outlets around the country are reporting on many kids whose work won top awards regionally, which has put their art in front of the judges in New York.

February 23, 2010

Scholastic Book Clubs employees are teaching students at four NYC elementary schools all about how children's books are made, and helping them publish books of their own. WABC reports on the unique partnership between Scholastic and PENCIL that is making this happen.

February 17, 2010

Lots happening in the blogosphere: The Huffington Post applauds Scholastic for its innovative multiplatform series including The 39 Clues and Skeleton Creek and Tech Savvy Mama points her visitors to kid friendly sites for Olympic coverage which includes the Scholastic Kids Press Corps.

February 12, 2010

The big news in our publishing world this week…the release of the title and cover for the third book in Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games trilogy. Scholastic broke the news here and it spread quickly via social media and news outlets.