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Mount Vernon Schools Launch District-Wide Summer Reading Initiative Giving Book Packs to Every K-6 Student
CONTACT: Nadia Almahdi - 212-343-6635; nalmahdi@scholastic.com
Daytime Entertainment Emmy Award for "Outstanding Writing in Animation" Goes to "WordGirl"
New York, NY – June 19, 2012 – Scholastic Media, a division of Scholastic Inc, the global children’s publishing, education and media company, announced today that its popular animated series WordGirl®, produced by its animation studio Soup2Nuts, was awarded the Emmy® Award for "Outstanding Writing in Animation," in recognition of WordGirl’s mastery of the English language and the series' witty use of characters and storylines to convey entertaining, educational vocabulary lessons.
Scholastic Earns Eight Educational Publishing Awards for its Education Programs and Magazines
Contact: Kristen Joerger, 212-389-3343, kjoerger@scholastic.com
Math Solutions Wins industry’s top honor, a Golden Lamp Award, for professional development
Scholastic Names Jenny Frost Senior Vice President, E-Publisher and E-Book Strategy for Scholastic's E-Commerce Group
New York, NY — May 16, 2012 — Scholastic (NASDAQ: SCHL), the global children's publishing, education and media company, announced today that Jenny Frost has joined the company as Senior Vice President, E-Publisher and E-Book Strategy for the company’s E-Commerce Group. Ms.
School is Out, Learning Apps are In: New Ways to Keep Reading and Math Skills Sharp During Summer
New Middle School Non-fiction Program Teaches Reading and Writing Through Profiles of Contemporary Figures
Designed to meet common core state standards in language arts, On the Record helps students read critically, Write passionately and build resilience
Get Ready to Set a New Scholastic World Record for Summer Reading
The Scholastic Summer Challenge invites kids to keep reading this summer by logging reading minutes to win virtual rewards
Scholastic Updates Fiscal 2012 Earnings Guidance
New York — April 30, 2012 — Scholastic Corporation (NASDAQ: SCHL), the global children’s publishing, education and media company, announced today that it was increasing its earnings guidance for the fiscal year ending May 31, 2012, based on stronger than anticipated sales of The Hunger Games trilogy following the March 23rd movie release.
All New "FASTT Math" Next Generation Helps Students Achieve Math Fact Fluency, a Critical Component of the Common Core Standards
New FASTT Math® includes educator dashboards, 18 new games built by experts in educational game design and 24/7 at-home access
Scholastic Acquires Five-Book Middle Grade Series by Bestselling Authors Holly Black and Cassandra Clare
New York, NY — April 19, 2012 — Scholastic, the global children’s publishing, education and media company, has acquired North American rights to a five-book middle grade fantasy series by bestselling authors Holly Black and Cassandra Clare; the first full-length collaboration between the authors. The first book in the series, The Iron Trial, is planned for release in 2014. The deal was negotiated by Barry Goldblatt from Barry Goldblatt Literary (for Holly Black), Russell Galen from Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary Agency, Inc.
