THE WEEKLY READER and the electronic publishing company iUniverse announced last week a joint venture that will allow students and their teachers to write and publish books quickly and inexpensively.

Weekly Reader, a staple in American classrooms for a century, has some hard news for its young readers: it’s shutting down. Chief rival Scholastic, which bought the school newspaper earlier this year, ...

Weekly Reader is kaput. A staple of classrooms that started in 1928, Weekly Reader compiled news stories and educational pieces into a print magazine tailored toward students from Pre-K to 10th grade.

The election of presidents, the invention of television, the exploration of space. For nearly a century, the Weekly Reader explained it all to generations of elementary school readers, from the ...

(USA Today) -- My Weekly Reader, a fixture in American classrooms for more than 100 years, is shutting down, The New York Post reports. The Post, quoting unidentified sources, say Weekly Reader was ...

Scholastic has owned Weekly Reader, a magazine aimed at children and what can only be described as a grammar school must-read, for about six months and today they've announced that they're shutting ...

Weekly Reader Connect isa cutting-edge school-wide online reading program for grades 1 through 6. It requires no additional software or tech expertise. Developed by the trusted, innovative educational ...

With visions of Weekly Readers in their heads, the four fifth-graders tried to sum up their feelings about the elementary set’s newspaper of choice. Chris Curcija recalled feeling as worldly as a ...

Some of you may remember “My Weekly Reader,” a current events newsmagazine for school kids that teachers handed out once a week. A short report called “The Air Is Changing” made a lasting impression ...

Pleasantville, NY–November 2009—This January, Weekly Reader introduces an extraordinary new tool for schools—a multimedia reading-comprehension program that combines high-interest, real-world ...