New York,
NY (November
18,
2003) --
Scholastic.com, the award-winning educational Internet destination for teachers, students and families, today announced the launch of an important web site for K-12 superintendents, technology specialists, principals, and other school leaders. The new site at
www.scholastic.com/administrator offers best practice strategies, resources and information on the latest education trends in one location, online, to help school leaders meet the mandate of the federal No Child Left Behind legislation.
“With an 83 year history in education, Scholastic understands the increased demands on K-12 administrators, at this time of tight budgets and new state and federal performance requirements,” said Donna Iucolano, President, e-Scholastic. “School and district leaders need easy-to-find information, case studies and research that supports their decision-making processes and resources that will help them meet the No Child Left Behind requirements. Scholastic.com has already established itself as a leading web destination that supports the work of classroom teachers, so expanding our online community of educators to include administrators is the right next step at the right time.”
The new Administrator site offers practical strategies and draws upon the wealth of resources available from Scholastic, including access to articles written by Scholastic Administr@tor
TM Magazine. The magazine reaches more than 100,000 superintendents and assistant superintendents, principals, school board presidents, chief technology officers/tech coordinators, and provides information and data from leading educational research firm Quality Education Data (QED).
The site launches this month with the timely theme of “Leading a Learning Community,” which includes information on the principal's role in staff development and making reading a community event by participating in school-wide literacy events that motivate children to become life-long readers. Each month, administrators will find the latest
Trend Report,
Hot Topics, profiles of innovators in
Spotlight School as well as Viewpoints from their peers in the field focused around a specific monthly topic. In addition, school leaders can also browse the site by other perennial areas of interest such as
Staff Development,
Funding,
Technology,
School Success and
Leadership as well as
Policies that are affecting today's classrooms.
Scholastic.com is an award-winning portal for school-based professionals including teachers, administrators, librarians, and technologists, and families and kids. Featuring rich content, community and live events, productivity and communication tools, and e-commerce, Scholastic.com helps teachers integrate technology into the classroom and supports the way today's students learn. It also provides a unique link between the home and the classroom to enable parents to supplement their child's education at home.
About Scholastic
Scholastic Corporation (NASDAQ: SCHL) is the world's largest publisher and distributor of children's books. 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, 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, school-based and direct-to-home continuity programs; retail stores, schools, libraries, and television networks; and the Company's Internet Site,
www.scholastic.com.