Contributed byScholastic

Scholastic, the world’s largest publisher of educational magazines with 34 titles for grades Pre-K through 12, will host its annual classroom magazine teacher advisory board meeting at Scholastic’s worldwide headquarters in New York City on April 15–17, 2005. Jennifer Chandler, a National Board certified teacher and language arts department chair who teachers sixth grade law and social studies at E.L. Wright Middle School in Columbia, SC is one of 44 teachers from around the country who has been selected to participate in this year’s advisory board meeting where teachers will share with Scholastic’s editors their classroom experiences with the magazines, and their curriculum needs and instructional goals.

Since Scholastic began publishing classroom magazines 84 years ago, Scholastic editors have partnered with teachers to ensure that every issue provides high–quality, high–interest coverage of current events and content–area information to help students understand and learn about the world around them. Chandler will provide valuable feedback on Write It: The Publishing Home for High School Writers, a new online writing resource for students and teachers currently in development to be previewed in April 2005 and will officially launch September 2005.

“Just as teachers have come to rely on Scholastic Classroom Magazines for our age–appropriate reporting of current events, curriculum–based content, and up–to–the–minute support for classroom lessons, our editors rely on teachers to provide feedback on how our magazines can best be aligned to their curriculum, engage their students, and help them develop exciting, educational lessons,” said Rebecca Bondor, Editor in Chief, Scholastic Classroom Magazines . “The advisory board is a wonderful opportunity for our editors to interact directly with teachers, who we view as partners when creating our magazines, and to learn how the magazines can continue to deliver the most effective teaching materials and student resources.”