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Four Years of U.S. Department of Education Research Shows "READ 180" Effective in Combating Adolescent Illiteracy

Submitted by rthomas on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 14:49.

READ 180® students in Newark, N.J., Springfield/Chicopee, Mass., and Ohio Department of Youth Services Striving Readers programs show significant gains in achievement

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Scholastic Announces New Team Focused on Family and Community Engagement (FACE) to Raise Student Achievement

Submitted by rthomas on Thu, 10/20/2011 - 10:06.

Scholastic Family and Community Engagement (FACE) helps Communities, families and organizations support the learning needs of children both within the classroom and beyond the school day
In new survey, 98 percent of teachers say more family involvement and support would have a strong impact on academic achievement

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Scholastic.com Unveils Upgrade of Most Trafficked Website for Teachers, Serving 1.6 Million Unique Visitors Weekly

Submitted by rthomas on Tue, 10/18/2011 - 12:23.

Scholastic.com teacher site is the content and e-Commerce hub for digital distribution of educational tools and materials for teachers and classrooms from "The Most Trusted Name in Learning®"

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Keith Malone Joins Scholastic as Creative Director, Scholastic Education

Submitted by rthomas on Mon, 10/03/2011 - 14:19.

October 3, 2011 — New York, N.Y. — Scholastic (NASDAQ: SCHL), the global children’s publishing, education and media company, announced today that Keith Malone has been named Creative Director for Scholastic Education, the company’s instructional and educational technology development group.

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Scholastic, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Donorschoose.org Launch the "Teacher Wall," a Video Network for Teachers

Submitted by rthomas on Mon, 09/26/2011 - 16:39.

Teachers use video to share ideas on teaching and add their experienced voices to the conversation on America’s schools at www.teacherwall.org

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Scholastic Offers a Live Virtual Author Visit and a Thanksgiving Virtual Field Trip to Bring History to Life in Classrooms

Submitted by rthomas on Fri, 09/23/2011 - 12:22.

Free webcasts allow students to experience historical events and places -- including the first Thanksgiving — without leaving the classroom

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Scholastic Reports $50 Million in Sales of "READ180 Next Generation" Since Launch in May

Submitted by rthomas on Thu, 09/22/2011 - 10:07.

New Version of the country’s most-studied and successful reading intervention program infuses new technology & alignments to common core state standards