Alexandra Alter

Scholastic has been providing child-friendly election coverage to teachers and classrooms for nearly a century, starting with the 1924 race between Calvin Coolidge and John W. Davis. It introduced its children’s press corps program in 2000, and for the last five presidential elections, Scholastic has sent precocious young political reporters to cover rallies, debates and stump speeches around the country. 2016's press corps includes children in 22 states and the District of Columbia. The children cover their local areas, and their reports appear on the Scholastic News website and occasionally in its classroom magazines, which reach about 25 million students. Many of the young reporters say it is exhilarating to witness history unfolding before their eyes. But this election has presented challenges, as the race has devolved into one of the most vicious contests in the nation’s history. Even the most grizzled, jaded campaign veterans have been shocked by the barrage of insults and controversies that have defined this year’s race. Kaitlin Clark, 12, of New Hampshire, said that when she was in a news media pen at a rally for Donald Trump. “You could feel that the crowd didn’t really want us there,” she said.

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