Partnering for Success

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Partnering for Success

• Presented by Eric Schmitt, Scholastic, Inc
  Literacy Partners

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Scholastic Literacy Partners

• We have a National Literacy Crisis
• Every school day in America 7,000 students
  drop out!
• Many large urban school districts are
  reporting drops out
• rates in excess of 70 for African
  American males!
• Only 1/3 of 8th grade students read at grade
  level!
• More than 1.6 million youths 18 younger were
  arrested in 2006!
• 70 of unemployed Americans read at the two
  lowest reading levels!
• Parental literacy is one of the single most
  important indicators of a
• childs success. The National Assessment
  of Educational Progress
• (NAEP) has concluded that youngsters whose
  parents are functionally
• illiterate are twice as likely to be
  functionally illiterate themselves.
• Research and statistics provide by National
  Assessment of Educational Progress

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Scholastic Literacy Partners

• We have a National Book Crisis
• 61 of low income families do not own a single
  book!
• A typical middle class child enters 1st grade
  with 1,000
• hours of being read to, while the low-income
  child averages
• 25 hours!
• By age four, children who live in poor families
  will have heard
• 32 million fewer words than children living in
  professional families!
• 80 of the preschools and after school programs
• serving at-risk children have no books!
• The only behavioral measure that correlates
  significantly
• with reading scores is the number of books in
  the home!
• Research and statistics provided by Department
  of Education.

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Scholastic Literacy Partners

• The researchers tell us
• Access to an abundance of books at home as well
  as the
• classroom results in increased reading,
  motivation and
• reading achievement.
• -- Guthrie, Schafer, Von Secker Alban 2000.
• Students provided with well designed libraries-
  read more,
• demonstrate more positive attitudes towards
  reading and score
• higher on standardized tests of reading
  achievement.
• -- NAEP, 2002.
• Its not just about students literacy, its about
  their lives.
• -- Alfred Tatum, 2005.
• 89 of students stated that they picked out their
  favorite
• book.
• -- Yankelovich, 2008.

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Scholastic Literacy Partners

• The experts are saying
• Access to books is critical
• Books need to be
• Appropriate Reading Level
• High interest and Engaging (Critical for at risk
  students)
• Make sure books are relevant to the kids
• Partner with schools, districts, and
  organizations to
• engage parents to support literacy and
  education.
• Typical literate home begins with a
  well-stocked bookshelf
• containing 30-50 or more books.
• -- Cunningham Allington, 1999

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Scholastic Literacy Partners

• About Scholastic?
  Dick Robinson
  Greg Worrell Chairman
  President- Scholastic Classroom
  Library Group- Literacy Partners

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Scholastic Literacy Partners

• Scholastics Mission
• Largest Publishers and distributor of Childrens
  book
• worldwide and a leader in educational technology
  and
• childrens media.
• Scholastic is deeply committed in supporting
  children
• around the world to read and learn.
• In every program we develop our goal is to
  entertain, engage and educator kids and parents.
• For over 87 years, teachers and parents have
  recognized Scholastic as the most trusted name in
  learning.

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Scholastic Literacy Partners

• We created Scholastics Literacy Partners to Meet
  Today Challenges
• A lack of access to books at home helps
  contribute to a massive achievement gap in
  reading and education
• The role of parents, family and child care
  providers in the academic success of our youth
  has increased
• 61 of low-income families have no childrens
  books in their homes
• (U.S. Department of Education)
• 80 of the preschool and after-school programs
  serving at-risk
• children have no books at all (U.S. Department
  of Education)
• In 2006, Scholastic and Yankelovich release Kids
  and Family Reading
• Report, a groundbreaking study showing
  that kids reading drops off
• after age 8, and that parents can have a
  direct influence in getting
• children to read.

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Scholastic Literacy Partners

• Scholastic Literacy Partnerships
• Literacy Partnerships LP is book discounting
  distribution program that allows schools and
  other organizations to purchase deeply discounted
  books.
• Scholastic requires providing these books to
  children, at no cost, for the purpose of home
  ownership
• We believe in More Books, To More Children
• Our LP catalog is filled with Best-Selling,
  Award-Winning, High-Interest, Age-Appropriate
  books
• Up to 80 OFF Collections Paperbacks FREE
  Shipping allows our partners to
• s t r e t c h every single dollar
• The ability to customize and brand program
  product offerings
• Our Goals
• Extend the Learning Environment into the Home
• Create a Text-Rich Environment at Home
• Provide Tools to Encourage Facilitate Family
  Involvement
• Provide Motivational Activities Showing Children
  that Reading is FUN
• We define success annual by how many books we can
  distribute to children!
• Over 16 Million books were distributed in
  2008!!!

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Scholastic Literacy Partners

• Brand Recognition
• Scholastic is recognized by the largest number of
  parents, kids, teachers and school administrators
  as a trusted brand for providing quality
  educational tools, media and entertainment.
• Unique Channel
• Virtually 100 of K-12 schools, 97 of
  classrooms, and nearly every family in America
  have Scholastic products.
• Proven Resources
• Scholastic is an 87year old, 2 billion
  educational and entertainment organization with
  10,000 employees worldwide focused on reaching
  parents, teachers, kids and teens.
• Scholastics powerful blend of integrated
  educational marketing and custom publishing
  services opens classroom doors and delivers
  access to teachers, their students and families,
  more than any other brand.

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Scholastic Literacy Partners

• Scholastic makes a difference together with you
  and your community...
• Lee Y Seras National Council of La Raza
• Read and Rise National Urban League
• Pioneers
• My Time Kits Volunteers of America
• Early Readers Club United Ways
• Boys Girls Clubs
• Big Brothers/Big Sisters
• Real Men Read Mentor Program - Chicago Public
  Schools
• Reading is Fundamental (RIF)
• Reach Out and Read (ROAR)
• National Center for Family Literacy

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Scholastic Literacy Partners

• Feel free to visit our website for additional
  information and free parent
• teacher resources.
• www.scholastic.com
• Scholastic Literacy Partners website for
  quarterly specials and featured books.
• http//teacher.scholastic.com/products/literacypar
  tnerships/index.asp
• Pioneers LP number LP8103
• For additional information or assistance in
  placing an order, pls feel free to contact
• Eric Schmitt Bernadette Levy
• Scholastic Scholastic
• National Director of Strategic Relationships Pion
  eers Sales Representative
• 303-980-1688 800-387-1437 Ext. 382