Tag: election
Election 2008: the end of the beginning
By Scholastic on June 3rd, 2008
Could it be? The final two Democratic primaries of 2008? It seems like just yesterday we were watching debates on stages with many, many podiums and now here we are…The Scholastic Kids Press Corps continues to report from the campaign trail, eagermore… full post
In DC on Friday? We’ve got the hottest ed tickets in town!
By Scholastic on June 2nd, 2008
On the morning of Friday, June 6th, the Association for Educational Publishers will host a summit on the state of American Education…with, for the first time ever, the Education Policy advisors from the McCain and Obama campaigns. To date, themore… full post
Citizenship and democracy as verbs
By Scholastic on May 23rd, 2008
On the Friday afternoon before the first long weekend kicking off the summer, we wanted to take a moment to recognize the non-cookout dimension of Memorial Day and respectfully remember those who died in military service to the United States and itsmore… full post
Rockin’ the vote
By Tyler on March 27th, 2008
One of the things that’s really exciting to me about Election 2008 is how connected people – I’m mostly talking about young people here – are to the candidates. This story in today’s New York Times puts it all out there. Instead of watchingmore… full post
Brian Williams is as cool as you think
By Scholastic on March 17th, 2008
Since last spring (last spring!) I have had the pleasure of publicizing the election coverage of the Scholastic Kids Press Corps, the under-15 reporters for Scholastic News. These intrepid kids have been all over the campaign trail– from Newmore… full post
