NEW
YORK, March 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/
-- Scholastic (NASDAQ: SCHL), the global children's
publishing, education and media company, today announced that
Alix Guerrier and Kaya Henderson were appointed to its board of
directors (the "Board") as independent directors, effective
March 20, 2024. Mr. Guerrier was
appointed to the Board by the directors elected by holders of
Scholastic's Common Stock, and Ms. Henderson was appointed to the
Board by the directors elected by holders of its Class A Stock,
resulting in both current vacancies on the Board, including that
created as a result of the recent expansion of the Board to eleven
members, now being filled.
Iole Lucchese, Chair of the
Board, said, "We are very pleased to welcome two accomplished
leaders in K-12 education and education technology, with extensive
direct-to-consumer experience and expertise in non-for-profit and
for-profit enterprises, to our Board. Mr. Guerrier contributes over
20 years of experience in the education sector including as a
teacher and an educational technology entrepreneur. Ms. Henderson's
career spans over three decades of work in schools, policy, and the
not-for-profit sector, earning her a reputation as one of the most
admired school leaders in America. The Board believes each of these
individuals will make valuable and distinct contributions to
Scholastic's business as we continue to build on our over 100-year
legacy of supporting the personal and intellectual growth of all
children, beginning with reading and literacy."
Alix Guerrier
Mr. Guerrier currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer for
DonorsChoose, a leading nonprofit organization that supports public
schools in the United States
through the use of its crowdfunding platform. As CEO, Mr. Guerrier
works to ensure DonorsChoose maintains a focus on equity while
expanding its broad appeal and advancing its mission to serve
students in every community. Prior to DonorsChoose, Mr. Guerrier
served for three years as the CEO of GlobalGiving, a nonprofit
organization and global crowdfunding community that enables donors
to support charitable projects around the world.
In 2011, Mr. Guerrier co-founded LearnZillion, an educational
technology company offering school districts a free, cloud-based
curriculum. The company was acquired by Edgenuity and Weld North
Education. Prior to that, Mr. Guerrier had a five-and-a-half-year
career with McKinsey & Company, first as an Associate in the
company's Healthcare Practice and then as an Engagement Manager and
Expert in McKinsey's Education Practice.
Mr. Guerrier began his career in education by serving as a
teacher for the Pan American School of Porto Alegre in Brazil and then as a sixth-grade math and
science teacher at Costaño Elementary School in East Palo Alto, California, as part of Teach
for America. He then spent two years as a math teacher for
Leadership High School in San Francisco,
California. Mr. Guerrier has an AB degree in Physics from
Harvard University, a Master's degree
in Education from Stanford University,
and an MBA from Stanford
University.
Kaya Henderson
Ms. Henderson currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of
Reconstruction US, a technology company she co-founded and launched
in April 2020. Reconstruction US
delivers a K-12 supplemental curriculum that situates Black people,
culture, and contributions in an authentic, identity-affirming way
for the benefit of students from all backgrounds. Before serving in
her current role, Ms. Henderson served as Principal for her
consulting company, Kaya Henderson Consulting. She also previously
worked for Teach for All for over two years as Head of the Global
Learning Lab for Community Impact. In that role, she led the
organization's international community strategy across 60
countries.
From 2007 to 2016, Ms. Henderson had a successful tenure with
the District of Columbia Public
Schools. She first served as Deputy Chancellor and was subsequently
promoted to Interim Chancellor and then Chancellor, a role she held
for five years. Under her leadership, the school district
experienced consecutive years of enrollment growth, an increase in
graduation rates, wider access to advanced courses for all
students, and improvements in student satisfaction and teacher
retention. Additionally, her legacy in the D.C. public school
system includes major gains in reading and math performance.
In her early career, Ms. Henderson taught Spanish to sixth
through eighth grade students in New York
City via Teach for America, and she later spent six years
working with Teach for America in roles of increasing
responsibility. In her last role with Teach for America, she served
as Executive Director in Washington,
D.C. She also spent seven years with The New Teacher
Project, first as Partner and then as Vice President for Strategic
Partnerships.
Ms. Henderson has served as a Distinguished Scholar in Residence
for Georgetown University, as
Superintendent in Residence for The Broad Center, and as a Fellow
for the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. Ms. Henderson has a Bachelor of
Science degree in Foreign Service, a Master of Arts in Leadership,
an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Georgetown University, and an Honorary Doctorate of
Humane Letters from Trinity Washington
University.
About Scholastic
For more than 100 years, Scholastic
Corporation (NASDAQ: SCHL) has been encouraging the personal
and intellectual growth of all children, beginning with literacy.
Having earned a reputation as a trusted partner to educators and
families, Scholastic is the world's largest publisher and
distributor of children's books, a leading provider of literacy
curriculum, professional services, and classroom magazines, and a
producer of educational and entertaining children's media. The
Company creates and distributes bestselling books and e-books,
print and technology-based learning programs for pre-K to grade 12,
and other products and services that support children's learning
and literacy, both in school and at home. With international
operations and exports in more than 135 countries, Scholastic makes
quality, affordable books available to all children around the
world through school-based book clubs and book fairs, classroom
libraries, school and public libraries, retail, and online. Learn
more at www.scholastic.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains certain forward-looking statements
relating to future periods. Such forward-looking statements are
subject to various risks and uncertainties, including the
conditions of the children's book and educational materials markets
generally and acceptance of the Company's products within those
markets, and other risks and factors identified from time to time
in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Actual results could differ materially from those
currently anticipated.
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