New York, NY — March 5, 2012Scholastic Corporation (NASDAQ: SCHL), the global children's publishing, education and media company, today announced that Lucinda (Cindy) Durning has joined the company as Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Employee Services. In this role, Ms. Durning oversees human resource staffing, compensation, benefits and HR systems. She joins the Company's Management Executive Committee and reports to Scholastic Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and CFO, Maureen O'Connell.