Jackson Chow went looking for an affordable debate class for his seventh-grader. The search ended with a camp of his own - and a durable lesson in how small classes, repeated practice and civic partners can turn confidence into a teachable product.
A century after a four-page school newsletter, Scholastic still owns one of publishing's strangest advantages: the route into the classroom. Now it is trying to turn that trust, and a deep shelf of children's stories, into a page-to-screen business.