Baker & McKenzie LLP 1114 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10036, USA Tel: +1 212 626 4100 Fax: +1 212 310 1600 www.bakernet.com
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Asia Pacific Bangkok Beijing Hanoi Ho Chi Minh City Hong Kong Jakarta Kuala Lumpur Manila Melbourne Shanghai Singapore Sydney Taipei Tokyo Europe & Middle East Almaty Amsterdam Antwerp Bahrain Baku Barcelona Berlin Bologna Brussels Budapest Cairo Düsseldorf Frankfurt / Main Geneva Kyiv London Madrid Milan Moscow Munich Paris Prague Riyadh Rome St. Petersburg Stockholm Vienna Warsaw Zurich North & South America Bogotá Brasilia Buenos Aires Caracas Chicago Chihuahua Dallas Guadalajara Houston Juarez Mexico City Miami Monterrey New York Palo Alto Porto Alegre Rio de Janeiro San Diego San Francisco Santiago Sao Paulo Tijuana Toronto Valencia Washington, DC	May 29, 2009 Scholastic Corporation 557 Broadway New York, NY 10012 Ladies and Gentlemen: We have acted as special counsel for Scholastic Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the preparation of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on the date hereof (the “Registration Statement”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), for the registration of 500,000 additional shares of the Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Shares”), issuable pursuant to the Company’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”). As the Company’s legal counsel, we have examined the proceedings taken and are familiar with the proceedings proposed to be taken by the Company in connection with the sale and issuance of the Shares under the ESPP and have examined such records and documents as we have deemed necessary to form a basis for the opinions expressed herein. Based on the foregoing and subject to the qualifications set forth below, and having regard to the legal considerations we deem relevant, we are of the opinion that the Shares covered by the Registration Statement, when issued, sold and delivered in accordance with the provisions of the ESPP, and subject to the Company completing all actions and proceedings required on its part to be taken prior to the issuance of the Shares pursuant to the ESPP, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. We are admitted to practice in the State of New York, and we express no opinion as to any matters governed by any laws other than the laws of the State of New York, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (including all applicable provisions of the Delaware Constitution and reported judicial decisions interpreting those laws) and the Federal laws of the United States of America. Baker & McKenzie LLP is a member of Baker & McKenzie International, a Swiss Verein.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Commission as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not hereby admit that we are included in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission.

Very truly yours,

/s/ BAKER & MCKENZIE LLP

BAKER & MCKENZIE LLP

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