Scholastic News

Variety reports that Columbia Pictures has acquired rights from Scholastic Media to bring R.L. Stine's young-adult "Goosebumps" series to the big screen. via ComingSoon.net

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“We will talk to them about what they think they need and we will try to incorporate those needs. And if people want to download the catalog, be my guest.”

Big Changes at Penguin Children's President of the Penguin Young Readers Group for over a decade Doug Whiteman is taking on a new role at the company as evp of business operations for Penguin Group USA, ... via Free Lunch

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“I've known Kelly since the sixth grade. She has always stood out as an artist. She can do any kind of art that is presented to her. She is very versatile.”

Kelly Daniel wondered, "Where's Carnegie Hall?" The eighth-grader at Cityside Middle School had been invited to the national celebration of the National Alliance of Young Artists and Writers Scholastic Art and ... via Holland Sentinel

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Naperville Central High School freshman Krystle Leung recently was recognized as one of approximately 1,000 young artists and writers who earned national recognition in the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards ... via Naperville Sun

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“Scholastic applauds NIDA's ongoing efforts to bring relevant educational materials on the science of addiction and its impact on the developing brain and body to schools across the country”

This year, for the first time, three students will receive awards for exemplary projects in Addiction Science at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair , the world's largest science competition ... via National Institutes of Health (NIH) N...

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“I love to read and really enjoyed reading his book before I interviewed him”

Demarian Williams, 12, of Steele, Mo., covers a political event for Scholastic News at the World Wide Technology Warehouse where President George Bush recently spoke about the economy. via Daily Dunklin Democrat

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“I think Dr. Wilcox and staff have been the ones studying the budget before us and it puts an interim in a little bit of an uncomfortable position to be the one to recommend the budget cuts”

The Pinellas School Board discussed how to move forward with selecting a superintendent and interim superintendent at a workshop April 25. via Tampa Bay Newspapers

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Several art students from Dayton High School won honors in the Scholastic Art Contest staged at the Nevada Museum of Art. via Reno Gazette-Journal

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Morra Wins Gold Key Award Bianca Morra, a senior student photographer at Royal Palm Beach High School, has received the Gold Key Award, the highest award possible at the national level given by the prestigious ... via The Town-Crier Newspaper

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“Cause your mind is open and your curves are kickin”

Inspired by my " Baby Got Books " t-shirt post of last Friday, Cheryl Klein , senior editor at Scholastic's Arthur A. Levine Books, penned her own lyrics to the Sir-Mix-A-Lot hit and posted them on her terrific ... via Publishers' Weekly

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