New York, NY (August 9, 2005) -- Just in time for the back-to-school season, Scholastic.com®, the most trusted online destination for children, parents and teachers launches Homework Hub™, a revolutionary site for elementary and middle school students to help enhance their study, organizational and research skills. Students can log-on to www.scholastic.com/homework to experience the new interactive and exciting online learning destination. Scholastic.com is also the hub for everything back-to-school for parents and teachers with educational resources dedicated to support children’s learning at home and in school. 
 
Homework Hub is designed with a cool robot theme to help make homework a more exciting activity. The animated robot tentacles guide students through important aspects of school and homework success with interactive activities including the Book Report Sandwich Station™, which allows kids to create book reports, and the Flashcard Factory where kids can create their own study cards. The easy-to-use site allows children to produce quality homework assignments, research effectively and hone their study skills.  Homework Hub also focuses on strengthening the home-to-school connection, through its online resource guides for parents and teachers.  The site focuses on four key skill-building sections, which include:

· Research – Provides detailed tips, advice and online quizzes to help kids learn how to conduct research projects in the best and most effective ways. 
· Write - A reading and writing skills area that provides all the right ingredients to compose quality reports with the Book Report Sandwich Station, a fun activity where kids create their own online book reports. 
· Practice – An area that provides tips and tools to sharpen skills with challenging and fun interactive activities such as the Spelling Wizard™, where kids can turn their weekly spelling lists into an online word search or scramble.  Also includes study tools such as the Flashcard Factory™, where kids can create their own printable flashcards to study for math and spelling tests. 
· Organize - Offers My Calendar, which kids can personalize to help them plan ahead for big assignments and tests, and My To-Do List to help kids learn the importance of time management. 
 
“Scholastic.com connects parents and teachers in the effort to help children manage the challenges of the new school year,” said Seth Radwell,” President, e-Scholastic. “Homework Hub makes the school-to-home connection come to life by turning drill into fun for kids and creating opportunities for parents to be involved in their child’s learning experience.”
 
In addition to Homework Hub, Scholastic.com offers a variety of specialized resources for kids in elementary through high school to improve and build their skills, including Flashlight Readers™ www.scholastic.com/flashlight, a unique online book club for kids in grades 3-5 who love reading, featuring author chats and inside peeks at first drafts of selected books, games, message boards and more.  Aspiring student writers in grades 7-12 can log-on to Write It™ www.scholastic.com/writeit, a special site devoted to helping students further develop the craft of writing.  Write It offers students the opportunity to post drafts for peers and experts to critique, publish pieces of writing online and build a portfolio to showcase their best work.  Students in grades 1-8 can also visit the Scholastic News www.scholastic.com/news site to keep up with current events, take part in polls and find out about the latest news in movies, sports, books and music. 
 
Parents can also rely on Scholastic.com as a resource to help them stay connected to their child’s school. Parents and teachers can communicate through the Classroom Homepage Builder www.teacher.scholastic.com/homepagebuilder, a free service that allows parents to keep up-to-date on what is happening at school everyday. Teachers post important classroom information such as homework assignments, class trip notices, as well as supply printable parent forms and reading lists.  Parents can log-on from home, work or while traveling to stay connected to their children’s classroom.  In addition, parents can log-on to a special back-to-school guide at www.scholastic.com/backtoschool, a site that is devoted to providing advice from parenting and education experts on back-to-school subjects such as first day jitters, parent-teacher conferences, shopping tips and more. 
 
Additionally, parents can extend the learning experience into their home by shopping at The Scholastic Store Online www.scholasticstore.com, where they can find books, software, games and other “good-for-you” products to supplement a child’s education. Parents can also jumpstart their child’s early reading skills and build their child’s home libraries by signing up for the Scholastic At Home www.homeclubs.scholastic.com themed reading clubs for their children based on their favorite Disney characters, beloved Dr. Seuss series as well as other great books.
 
About Scholastic
Scholastic Corporation (NASDAQ: SCHL) is the world’s largest publisher and distributor of children’s books and a leader in educational technology.  Scholastic creates quality educational and entertaining materials and products for use in school and at home, including children’s books, magazines, technology-based products, teacher materials, television programming, film, videos and toys.  The Company distributes its products and services through a variety of channels, including proprietary school-based book clubs, school-based book fairs, and school-based and direct-to-home continuity programs; retail stores, schools, libraries and television networks; and the Company’s Internet site, www.scholastic.com.
 
About Scholastic.com
Scholastic.com is a leading website for K-8 teachers, students and families. For educators, The Teacher Area offers free, standards-based content, online activities and teacher tools that span reading, language arts, math social studies, and science.  The Teacher Store at Scholastic.com features an extensive, relevant selection of classroom and professional development materials at preferred teacher pricing.  Most recently special interest areas including a Librarian Area and Administrator Area have been created to provide resources and meet the needs for various educational fields.  The Family Area on the site facilitates home-to-school connections with robust resources including rich content and The Scholastic Store Online, which offers a broad mix of merchandise carefully selected for its developmental appropriateness and kid appeal, with learning benefits endorsed by a panel of early childhood experts.  The Kids Area offers games and activities featuring children’s favorite Scholastic characters, including Clifford the Big Red Dog™, Harry Potter™, Maya & Miguel™ and Captain Underpants™.  Scholastic.com receives more than 530 million page views annually.  The site draws about 1.5 million unique visits per month from teachers and 1.6 million unique visits from families.  Visit www.scholastic.com for information.

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