Weekly Reader Publishing is a publisher of educational materials in the United States that has been in existence for over 100 years. It provides teaching materials to elementary and secondary schools that are used by more than 90 percent of that country's school districts.
The company’s flagship publication is Weekly Reader, a grade-specific classroom magazine that serves elementary students in over 50,000 schools across the country.
Weekly Reader also publishes branded periodicals and instructional materials for middle and high school students, along with a full range of supplementary educational materials for grades Pre-K–9. These curriculum-specific products include classroom magazines, workbooks, reproducibles, early learning centers, and more.
The company’s age- and grade-appropriate elementary and secondary publications integrate reading, writing, science, math, social studies, current events, and life skills topics into “news-style” classroom magazines and other formats.
In 2007, Weekly Reader Corporation became part of The Reader's Digest Association, based in Chappaqua, New York. Weekly Reader's main office was relocated from Stamford, Connecticut, to Chappaqua at the end of May 2007. It was acquired by Scholastic Corporation in 2012, which shut down its title publication and integrated the company into its Scholastic News division.
Read more about Weekly Reader Publishing: Elementary School Classroom Magazines, Middle School and High School Classroom Magazines, Supplementary Educational Materials
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