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In 1999, Scholastic partnered with The New York Times, and Update became The New York Times Upfront. The idea was to combine the journalistic resources of the Times and the reporting from its news bureaus around the world with Scholastic's ability to create magazines that meet the curricular needs of high school teachers.
One of the best-known events in the magazine's history is its quadrennial "Weekly Reader Student Presidential Election Poll". The poll is an educational exercise in which Weekly Reader-subscribing teachers conduct mock elections to find their students' preference for president. Teachers tabulate the results, then send them to Weekly Reader ...
In February 2012, Scholastic bought Weekly Reader Publishing from Reader's Digest Association, and announced in July 2012 that it planned to discontinue separate issues of Weekly Reader magazines after more than a century of publication, and co-branded the magazines as Scholastic News/Weekly Reader. [10] Scholastic sold READ 180 to Houghton ...
Current Events was for students in grades 1–10. In-depth coverage of world and national news in a student-friendly format. Current Health 1 & 2 – for students in grades 6–8 and 1–12 respectively. Covered most state health curricula, so it could be used as a stand-alone teaching tool. Current Science – for students in grades 3–10 ...
The Kids Press Corps consists of more than 30 kid reporters covering events in the U.S. and around the world. Every October, the organization accepts new applicants as kid reporters. During the year, the reporters cover local and national events. Their articles are published on Scholastic News Online and in Scholastic classroom magazines.
Scholastic has reversed a decision to allow school districts running book fairs to exclude books about race and gender after facing widespread criticism. Scholastic backtracks on policy that ...
The Spectator is a not-for-profit and is financially independent from the school, but remains a prime news source for students, teachers, and administrators. The Spectator distributes 3,000 copies to the Stuyvesant community and surrounding neighborhoods free of charge.
Over the summer a teacher in Georgia was fired for reading a book to her students that she said she purchased at a Scholastic event. Balkan, the book fair organizer from New York state, is a ...