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Exhibit 5.1

Coudert Brothers LLP                 NORTH AMERICA
ATTORNEYS AT LAW                     LOS ANGELES, NEW YORK, PALO ALTO,
                                     SAN FRANCISCO, WASHINGTON

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                                     ASSOCIATED OFFICES
                                     BUDAPEST, MEXICO CITY, PRAGUE

April 28, 2003


Scholastic Corporation
557 Broadway
New York, New York 10012


Ladies and Gentlemen:

     In connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933 (the
"Act") of $175,000,000 principal amount of 5% Notes Due 2013 (the "Exchange
Notes") of Scholastic Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), to be
issued in exchange for the Company's outstanding 5% Notes Due 2013 pursuant to
(i) the Indenture, dated as of April 4, 2003 (the "Indenture"), between the
Company and Citibank, N.A., as trustee (the "Trustee"), and (ii) the
Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of April 4, 2003 (the "Registration
Rights Agreement"), between the Company and Salomon Smith Barney Inc., Credit
Suisse First Boston LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., as representatives of
the initial purchasers referred to therein, we, as your counsel, have examined
such corporate records, certificates and other documents, and such questions of
law, as we have considered necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this
opinion.

     Upon the basis of such examination, we advise you that, in our opinion, the
Exchange Notes have been duly authorized by the Company; and when the Securities
and Exchange Commission declares the Company's Registration Statement on Form
S-4 effective and the Exchange Notes have been duly executed, authenticated,
issued and delivered in accordance with the terms of the Registration Rights
Agreement and the Indenture, the Exchange Notes will constitute valid and
legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their
terms, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent
transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability
relating to or affecting creditors' rights and to general equity principles.

     The foregoing opinion is limited to the Federal laws of the United States,
the laws of the State of New York and the General Corporation Law of the State
of Delaware, and we are expressing no opinion as to the effect of the laws of
any other jurisdiction.

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                                                            COUDERT BROTHERS LLP

April 28, 2003
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     In connection with the foregoing, we have assumed that at the time of the
issuance and delivery of the Exchange Notes there will not have occurred any
change in law affecting the validity, legally binding character or
enforceability of the Exchange Notes and that the issuance and delivery of the
Exchange Notes, all of the terms of the Exchange Notes and the performance by
the Company of its obligations thereunder will comply with applicable law and
with each requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental body
having jurisdiction over the Company and will not result in a default under or a
breach of any agreement or instrument then binding upon the Company.

     In rendering the foregoing opinion, we have relied as to certain matters on
information obtained from public officials, officers of the Company and other
sources believed by us to be responsible, and we have assumed (i) that the
Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Trustee, (ii)
that the Exchange Notes will conform to the specimens thereof examined by us,
(iii) that the Trustee's certificates of authentication of the Exchange Notes
will be manually signed by one of the Trustee's authorized officers and (iv)
that the signatures on all documents examined by us are genuine, assumptions
which we have not independently verified.

     We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement and to the reference to us under the heading "Validity of
the Notes" in the Prospectus. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit
that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7
of the Act.

                        Very truly yours,


                        /s/ Coudert Brothers LLP