(New York, NY, November 23, 2009) – Highlighting the emerging talent of American teen writers, the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers has released THE BEST TEEN WRITING OF 2009 (Scholastic (NASDAQ; November 2009).

New York, NY, October 27, 2009 (NASDAQ: SCHL) — The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC), our nation's watchdog for effective educational research, has completed its review of the evidence on READ 180®, a reading intervention program from Scholastic. The WWC concludes that the extent of evidence for READ 180 is “medium to large for comprehension and medium to large for general literacy achievement.”

Teen Magazine Announces Video Contest to Celebrate Its 10th Anniversary

New York, NY (October 26, 2009) – The New York Times UPFRONT®, the leading teen magazine covering national news edited and published by Scholastic in conjunction with The New York Times, announces its 10th Anniversary Video Contest.  UPFRONT is inviting junior high and high school students from across the country to create a video up to 3 minutes long showing what they think are the Top 10 News Stories of 2009. 

“Book 6: In Too Deep” by Jude Watson, the newest title in the bestselling multi-media adventure series by Scholastic, to be released on November 3, 2009

Charlene A. Green Presented with the 2009 Scholastic Leadership in Urban Education Award (The URBIE)

NEW YORK, N.Y — Oct. 7, 2009 A.C.E. — Mt. Olympus meets new media in a new book series from Scholastic (NASDAQ: SCHL).

New York, NY — October 6, 2009 — Scholastic today announced the National Center on Response to Intervention (NCRTI) has given Scholastic Reading Inventory™ (SRI) the highest possible rating for validity and reliability. NCRTI reviewed SRI, the leading progress monitoring tool for grades 1-12, as a part of the organization's first annual evaluation of Reading Screening Tools.