Corrections

The Business page story in the March 27, 2002, issue of Education Week ( "Wizards and Web Sites: Diversified Scholastic Thriving" ) mischaracterized Scholastic Inc.'s Literacy Place reading program. The program does in fact include phonics as its foundation. The company says its decision not to revise the program for adoption in California was based on state guidelines for reading programs that call for extensive lesson plans aligned with the state's standards. Meeting those guidelines would have made Literacy Place specifically tailored for California but more difficult to sell...