NEW YORK, Dec. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Scholastic

NEW YORK, Dec. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Scholastic (NASDAQ: SCHL), the global children's publishing, education, and media company, today announced two key leadership appointments. Effective January 1, 2021, Beth Polcari, current Executive Vice President and President, Scholastic Magazines Group, will transition to the role of President, International. She succeeds Nelson Hitchcock who, after a 15-year career at Scholastic, will retire at the end of this year. Rose Else-Mitchell is rejoining Scholastic as President, Education Solutions and over the next six months, will work with current Scholastic Education President Greg Worrell and Ms. Polcari to combine their existing two divisions into a single Education Solutions group, which Ms. Else-Mitchell will lead effective June 1, 2021. After leading his division through this transition, Mr. Worrell will continue to advise on strategic partnerships until his planned retirement after 30 years in December 2021. In these roles, Ms. Polcari, Ms. Else-Mitchell, and Mr. Worrell will report directly to Richard Robinson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Scholastic.