March 02, 2004

By: Maureen Clark
Website: http://www.1st-in-kids.com

Educational Publisher To Provide Newswire For Kids on Yahooligans

Scholastic Inc., the global children's publishing and media company, today announced a content services agreement with Yahoo! Inc., a leading global Internet communications, commerce and media company. Scholastic is providing the award-winning Yahooligans! Web guide for kids ages 7 - 12, with daily news articles, pop culture features and special in-depth news bulletins written specifically for children. The agreement brings together two global companies, both committed to providing high-quality educational information and a safe environment for children on the Internet.

The Scholastic and Yahooligans! co-branded area provides age-appropriate news and entertainment stories with links back to Scholastic.com where children can find additional news reports and interactive activities such as news quizzes and polls.

Scholastic is thrilled to provide a dedicated newswire for kids to Yahooligans!. We are confident that we can connect more children to exciting current events and interesting issues in the news through this relationship, said Victor Aluise, director, Scholastic Internet Group.

The Yahooligans! Web guide always has been committed to providing the highest quality content available to children, parents and teachers, and our relationship with Scholastic is a further extension of that commitment, said Catherine Davis, producer and managing editor, Yahooligans!. The Scholastic content is tailored specifically for children and designed to be educational, interactive and fun.

Launched in November 1999 as the Teachers' Place in Cyberspace, Scholastic.com is already one of the leading web sites for teachers and classrooms in schools throughout the country. Scholastic.com provides new and timely teaching resources, thousands of classroom-tested, and ready-to-use lesson plans, research, teaching tools and online activities, transforming classrooms into global learning communities and offering safe learning opportunities for children. Scholastic.com also provides in-school and at-home components that directly support student learning.

Launched in 1996, the Yahooligans! Web guide continues to be one of the leading resources for safe, friendly, kid-appropriate information on the Web. In addition to the extensive Yahooligans! Directory, the site has grown to include a Teachers' Guide; Parents' Guide; Kids' Almanac; Games; Downloader, where kids can download thousands of cool images, sounds and video right onto their desktop; as well as daily news, sports, jokes, and pop culture content.

About The Author:

Maureen Clark is a successful author and regular contributor to http://www.1st-in-kids.com.  Helping parents find kid-approved clothes, toys, games, books, activities and more.