Tag: student engagement
Turning D.C.’s struggling readers into top-notch tutors
By Megan on January 22nd, 2013
As part of Scholastic’s global literacy campaign, Read Every Day. Lead a Better Life., we’ve identified organizations that work every day to see that children learn to read, love to read, and have access to books. We call them “Literacymore… full post
Looking for miracles
By Suzanne on January 10th, 2013
This is one in a series of posts examining the Common Core State Standards and the conversation surrounding their impact on teaching and learning. Welcome, Suzanne McCabe, a longtime editor of Junior Scholastic magazine. If you’re grapplingmore… full post
Pencils of Promise & Justin Bieber team up for education
By Megan on January 8th, 2013
As part of Scholastic’s global literacy campaign, Read Every Day. Lead a Better Life., we’ve identified organizations that work every day to see that children learn to read, love to read, and have access to books. We call them “Literacymore… full post
New at Instructor: craft videos for teachers
By Guest Blogger on December 13th, 2012
Guest blogger Tara Welty, editor of Instructor magazine, shares the latest videos for teachers. The minute Jim Noonan walked into my office I knew he was perfect for Instructor. He’s the kind of person who is an endless well of creativemore… full post
A DIY project: using Scholastic’s celebrity Bookprints in school
By Megan on November 26th, 2012
We love when parents and teachers share with us stories about how they use our books, products or programs at home or in the classroom. When a mom posts on her blog about how she loves using Storia with her child who is learning to read, or amore… full post
A ghostly tale!
By Scholastic on October 25th, 2012
Admit it. You read the headline and just couldn’t resist reading more. What is it about ghost stories that fascinate us so? Ghosts are scary and spooky. We’re supposed to fear them but yet when there’s a ghost story to be heard, we inchmore… full post
Imagine a school where the cool kids are the chess team
By Alex on October 19th, 2012
As many of you already know, the movie Brooklyn Castle hit theaters today. Last night I was lucky enough to attend a pre-screening of the film in the Scholastic Auditorium sponsored The Afterschool Alliance and our Scholastic Classroom and Communitymore… full post
Why Choices magazine loves Karli
By Guest Blogger on October 19th, 2012
Judy Goldberg is the “newish” (she started this summer) editor of Choices magazine, the health and well-being publication for teens. This is her first post for OOM, but she hopes to make regular appearances to share amazing stories like the onemore… full post
Families, oral language, and the recipe for success at the 2nd Annual FACE Symposium
By Alex on October 17th, 2012
If you attended the 2nd Annual Family and Community Engagement Symposium in New Orleans or joined the conversation via twitter using the hashtag #facenola2012, then you know all about the passionate speakers we had at this event. If you weren’tmore… full post
Live from Edinburgh: J.K. Rowling invites classrooms into the world of Harry Potter
By Megan on October 11th, 2012
“Wherever I am, if I’ve got a book with me, I have a place I can go and be happy.” That’s how J.K. Rowling ended today’s enchanting webcast, “Harry Potter, Beyond the Page,” which streamed live from Edinburgh to classrooms around themore… full post
