NEW YORK, Aug. 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Drawing upon
100 years of experience covering news for kids, Scholastic is
launching a new free website to help students in grades 3–12 learn
about the 2020 United States Presidential Election. The
website features age-appropriate resources developed by the editors
of Scholastic Classroom Magazines, including videos about
the democratic process, quizzes, and activities, in addition to
rigorously fact-checked candidate profiles and articles focused on
issues that are at the center of this year's election: pandemic
response, racial justice, the economy, health care, climate change,
education, immigration, and national security.
To access the Scholastic Election 2020 website, visit:
www.scholastic.com/election.
Through the site, students also have the opportunity to
participate in the Scholastic Student Vote, a virtual
mock-election that has been running since 1940 and has allowed kids
across the country to cast their votes for President of
the United States online. Results
will be announced in October 2020
before the national election on November 3,
2020. Since 1940, the outcome of the Scholastic Student Vote
has mirrored the results of every presidential election, except
three: Thomas E. Dewey vs.
Harry S. Truman in 1948;
John F. Kennedy vs. Richard M. Nixon in 1960; and Donald Trump vs. Hilary
Clinton in 2016.
For more 2020 U.S. Presidential Election content, students can
also explore stories from Scholastic Kids Press, an
award-winning team of Kid Reporters, ages 10–14, who cover "news
for kids, by kids" from their communities. This year, Scholastic
Kid Reporters are covering the issues that matter most to kids by
interviewing voters, youth activists, scholars, volunteers,
lawmakers, and candidates. Their original articles translate
today's complicated world into engaging news, from the viewpoint of
kids.
For more information about resources from Scholastic Classroom
Magazines, visit: www.scholastic.com/magazines.
For more information about Scholastic (NASDAQ: SCHL), the global
children's publishing, education, and media company, visit the
Company's media room at: http://mediaroom.scholastic.com.
Scholastic Election 2020 Website Methodology:
The Scholastic 2020 Election website was developed by Scholastic
Classroom Magazines editors as a resource to help students
understand how best to exercise their rights as active, engaged
citizens by providing them with the information they need on the
people and critical issues shaping the 2020 U.S. presidential
election. The website incorporates best practices for civics
education, in addition to teacher feedback. Every statement made
about a candidate or their policies has been extensively researched
and fact-checked with consultation from content experts, scholars,
professors, researchers, and authenticity readers.
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