Weekly Reader: An Important Part of Classrooms for Many Years

On September 21, 1928, "My Weekly Reader" magazine made its debut. I particularly enjoyed the Weekly Reader Book Club. Y mother always scraped up enough for us to get a book. From the article:

"Several generations of Americans remember Weekly Reader as a source of news in the classroom.

The goal of the four- to eight-page weekly paper, which was distributed via the classroom, was to bring awareness to children of what was happening in the world, so that one day they might become daily newspaper readers.

Schools purchased the publication in bulk, and a nominal fee (about $2 in the 1950’s) was collected from parents to offset district charges. (Schools generally had money for those who could not afford it.)

The weekly was distributed on Friday afternoons, and must have offered a welcome relief to teachers who were ready for something to fill the final afternoon before the weekend. "