Fiscal year 2026 executive and director compensation, incentive-plan design, equity activity, and governance — every figure in this brief is traceable to its exact location in the company’s SEC filing — the document, the section, the page, and the table, linked directly.
Each company listed discloses SCHL in its own benchmarking peer group, as disclosed in each company's most recent proxy statement within the last two proxy seasons. Two companies are therefore absent by design: one that named SCHL in an earlier year and no longer does, and one whose own most recent disclosure is older than the last two seasons.
| Named executive officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension / NQDC | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Warwick | $1,079,231 | $0 | $1,374,978 | $125,016 | $1,101,808 | $0 | $61,939 | $3,742,972 |
| President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||||||
| Iole Lucchese | 849,039 | 0 | 899,980 | 0 | 683,013 | 0 | 39,905 | 2,471,936 |
| Chair of the Board, Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer and President, Scholastic Entertainment | ||||||||
| Jeffrey Mathews | 634,808 | 400,000 | 614,982 | 0 | 419,992 | 0 | 47,517 | 2,117,299 |
| Executive Vice President, Chief Growth Officer and President, Scholastic Education | ||||||||
| Sasha Quinton | 774,039 | 0 | 774,998 | 0 | 510,547 | 0 | 30,516 | 2,090,100 |
| Executive Vice President and President, Children's Book Group | ||||||||
| Haji Glover | 625,000 | 400,000 | 624,985 | 0 | 329,832 | 0 | 17,196 | 1,997,013 |
| Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column; 0 means it reported zero. Figures are as printed in the filing, without adjustment.
| Named executive officer | FY2026 total | FY2025 total | FY2024 total | Δ FY2025→2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Warwick | $3,742,972 | $3,300,513 | $2,038,591 | +442,459 |
| Iole Lucchese | 2,471,936 | 2,210,896 | 1,465,522 | +261,040 |
| Jeffrey Mathews | 2,117,299 | 2,680,448 | 1,080,212 | −563,149 |
| Sasha Quinton | 2,090,100 | 1,606,027 | 1,386,585 | +484,073 |
| Haji Glover | 1,997,013 | 1,365,358 | 611,475 | +631,655 |
Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.
No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.
| Executive | Award | Grant date | Threshold | Target | Granted | Maximum | Grant-date fair value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haji Glover | OPTION | 2025-09-23 | — | — | — | — | $374,996 |
| Haji Glover | OPTION | 2025-09-23 | 4,849 | 9,697 | — | 19,394 | 249,989 |
| Iole Lucchese | OPTION | 2025-09-23 | — | — | — | — | 539,988 |
| Iole Lucchese | OPTION | 2025-09-23 | 6,982 | 13,964 | — | 27,928 | 359,992 |
| Jeffrey Mathews | OPTION | 2025-09-23 | 4,771 | 9,542 | — | 19,084 | 245,993 |
| Jeffrey Mathews | OPTION | 2025-09-23 | — | — | — | — | 368,989 |
| Sasha Quinton | OPTION | 2025-09-23 | 6,012 | 12,024 | — | 24,048 | 309,979 |
| Sasha Quinton | OPTION | 2025-09-23 | — | — | — | — | 465,020 |
| Peter Warwick | OPTION | 2025-07-15 | — | 46,425 | — | 69,638 | 999,995 |
| Peter Warwick | OPTION | 2025-07-01 | — | — | — | — | 374,984 |
| Peter Warwick | OPTION | 2025-07-01 | — | — | 18,092 | — | 125,016 |
| Named executive officer | Time-vested (RSU) | Performance-vested (PSU) | Options / SARs | % performance-vested |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haji Glover | $0 | $0 | $624,985 | 0.0% |
| Iole Lucchese | 0 | 0 | 899,980 | 0.0% |
| Jeffrey Mathews | 0 | 0 | 614,982 | 0.0% |
| Sasha Quinton | 0 | 0 | 774,999 | 0.0% |
| Peter Warwick | 0 | 0 | 1,499,995 | 0.0% |
% performance-vested = PSU grant-date fair value ÷ (RSU + PSU + Options), a computed value with the derivation shown in the register.
| Executive | Award | Shares unvested | Exercise price | Market value unvested |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeffrey Mathews | Option | 4,579 | 36.96 | — |
| Peter Warwick | RSU | 46,425 | — | 1,880,213 |
| Jeffrey Mathews | RSU | 25,286 | — | 1,024,083 |
| Jeffrey Mathews | RSU | 21,408 | — | 867,024 |
| Iole Lucchese | RSU | 20,946 | — | 848,313 |
| Sasha Quinton | RSU | 18,038 | — | 730,539 |
| Peter Warwick | RSU | 17,539 | — | 710,330 |
| Haji Glover | RSU | 14,546 | — | 589,113 |
| Jeffrey Mathews | RSU | 14,313 | — | 579,677 |
| Iole Lucchese | RSU | 13,964 | — | 565,542 |
| Sasha Quinton | RSU | 12,024 | — | 486,972 |
| Iole Lucchese | RSU | 11,678 | — | 472,959 |
| Iole Lucchese | RSU | 10,003 | — | 405,122 |
| Haji Glover | RSU | 9,697 | — | 392,729 |
| Jeffrey Mathews | RSU | 9,542 | — | 386,451 |
| Haji Glover | RSU | 6,487 | — | 262,724 |
| Sasha Quinton | RSU | 6,487 | — | 262,724 |
| Haji Glover | RSU | 5,558 | — | 225,099 |
| Sasha Quinton | RSU | 5,558 | — | 225,099 |
| Iole Lucchese | RSU | 3,247 | — | 131,504 |
| Sasha Quinton | RSU | 2,706 | — | 109,593 |
| Jeffrey Mathews | RSU | 2,165 | — | 87,683 |
| Haji Glover | RSU | 1,020 | — | 41,310 |
| Peter Warwick | Option | 18,092 | 21.38 | — |
| Haji Glover | Option | 2,162 | 39.21 | — |
| Iole Lucchese | Option | 6,867 | 36.96 | — |
| Sasha Quinton | Option | 5,723 | 36.96 | — |
The Company’s goal is to provide a strategic compensation framework that aligns with the Company’s financial position and performance as well as the forward looking business strategy of the Company, using a combination of fixed and variable compensation to attract, motivate, and retain employees while aligning short-term and long-term strategic goals with stockholders.
| CEO STI target (% of salary) | — |
|---|---|
| CEO LTI target (% of salary) | — |
| Independent consultant | Pay Governance LLC |
| Clawback policy | true |
| Anti-hedging | true |
| Anti-pledging | false |
| Meeting year | Meeting date | For | Against | Abstain | Support | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2023-09-20 | 1,656,200 | 0 | 0 | 100% | Passed |
| 2020 | 2020-09-23 | 1,656,200 | 0 | 0 | 100% | Passed |
| 2017 | 2017-09-20 | 1,656,200 | 0 | 0 | 100% | Passed |
Rows are labeled by annual-meeting year, with the meeting date beside each; the vote held in a given year acts on the prior fiscal year's compensation.
| Meeting year | Meeting date | Approval — company's computation |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2023-09-20 | 100%a |
| 2020 | 2020-09-23 | 100%b |
| 2017 | 2017-09-20 | 100%c |
a. Voting standard not stated in the filing.
b. Voting standard not stated in the filing.
c. Voting standard not stated in the filing.
Approval percentages are the company's own reported computations under its own stated standard, not recomputed by Velarion. Where a company does not state a standard, none is assumed.
| Ratio (CEO : median employee) | 85 : 1 |
|---|---|
| CEO total compensation | — |
| Median employee compensation | $44,104 |
| Annual cash retainer | $95,000 |
|---|---|
| Annual equity retainer | $120,000 |
| Per board meeting fee | — |
| Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov) | 20,000 / 15,000 / 15,000 |
| Stock ownership guideline | — |
The compensation peer group as the company disclosed it in its own proxy — the reference set behind the percentile above.
Of the companies Scholastic names as compensation peers, which name it back in their own disclosed peer groups. A peer set the market reciprocates reads differently from one selected in a single direction.
Reciprocity shown where the peer's own current proxy has been read — each mark is cited in the register to that peer's filing. A dash means the peer's current proxy was read and names no reciprocal group including Scholastic.
Most recent fiscal-year chief executive compensation at each disclosed peer, taken from that company's own proxy statement.
| Rank | Company | FY | Chief executive | Salary | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stride, Inc. | 2025 | James Rhyu | $1,000,000 | $16,860,903 | $0 | $3,619,426 | $21,496,095 |
| 2 | The New York Times Company | 2025 | Meredith Kopit Levien | 995,577 | 5,848,379 | 0 | 1,822,118 | 8,862,362 |
| 3 | Perdoceo Education Corporation | 2025 | Todd Nelson | 835,192 | 2,287,577 | 0 | 2,125,000 | 5,473,723 |
| 4 | Scholastic | 2026 | Peter Warwick | 1,079,231 | 1,374,978 | 125,016 | 1,101,808 | 3,742,972 |
| 5 | Graham Holdings Company | 2026 | Matthew Malone | 462,769 | 600,004 | 0 | 636,308 | 1,809,120 |
Each peer's compensation is from its most recently filed proxy; fiscal years differ by company. Each peer's figures come from its own filings; the subject company is highlighted. Peers whose chief executive compensation is outside our coverage universe are stated as such, never left blank.
| Company | Annual incentive payout | Long-term vehicle mix | PSU measures include TSR | Compensation consultant |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scholastic | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | Pay Governance LLC |
| Graham Holdings Company | not disclosed | RSU 50 · PSU 50 | not disclosed | Frederic W. Cook & Co., Inc. |
| Perdoceo Education Corporation | not disclosed | RSU 50 · PRSU 50 | not disclosed | Pay Governance |
| Stride, Inc. | 181% | PSU 60 · RSU 40 | No | Compensia |
| The New York Times Company | 149% | PSU 80 · RSU 20 | Yes | Exequity |
Read from each company's Compensation Discussion and Analysis: annual incentive payout as a percentage of target, the disclosed long-term vehicle mix, whether performance-share measures include a total shareholder return component, and the retained compensation consultant. “Not disclosed” appears only where the company's filing does not state the item.
Each figure's location is given both for the eye (section · page · table · row · column) and for a script (table/row/column index and exact character span in the filed document). Any figure can be independently confirmed against the source.
| # | Supports | Document | Filed | Accession | Location in document |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Section 01, Peter Warwick | DEF 14A | 2026-08-07 | 0001193125-26-340209 | Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 22. As printed: 3,742,972. Filing ↗machine: span 567857–567866 |
| 2 | Section 01, Iole Lucchese | DEF 14A | 2026-08-07 | 0001193125-26-340209 | Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 22. As printed: 2,471,936. Filing ↗machine: span 643694–643703 |
| 3 | Section 01, Jeffrey Mathews | DEF 14A | 2026-08-07 | 0001193125-26-340209 | Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 22. As printed: 2,117,299. Filing ↗machine: span 681766–681775 |
| 4 | Section 01, Sasha Quinton | DEF 14A | 2026-08-07 | 0001193125-26-340209 | Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 22. As printed: 2,090,100. Filing ↗machine: span 719641–719650 |
| 5 | Section 01, Haji Glover | DEF 14A | 2026-08-07 | 0001193125-26-340209 | Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 22. As printed: 1,997,013. Filing ↗machine: span 605857–605866 |
| 6 | Section 03, Haji Glover OPTION | DEF 14A | 2026-08-07 | 0001193125-26-340209 | Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 1045371–1045378 |
| 7 | Section 03, Haji Glover OPTION | DEF 14A | 2026-08-07 | 0001193125-26-340209 | Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 1060902–1060909 |
| 8 | Section 03, Iole Lucchese OPTION | DEF 14A | 2026-08-07 | 0001193125-26-340209 | Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 1088024–1088031 |
| 9 | Section 03, Iole Lucchese OPTION | DEF 14A | 2026-08-07 | 0001193125-26-340209 | Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 1103574–1103581 |
| 10 | Section 03, Jeffrey Mathews OPTION | DEF 14A | 2026-08-07 | 0001193125-26-340209 | Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 1146236–1146243 |
| 11 | Section 03, Jeffrey Mathews OPTION | DEF 14A | 2026-08-07 | 0001193125-26-340209 | Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 1130705–1130712 |
| 12 | Section 03, Sasha Quinton OPTION | DEF 14A | 2026-08-07 | 0001193125-26-340209 | Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 1188915–1188922 |
| 13 | Section 03, Sasha Quinton OPTION | DEF 14A | 2026-08-07 | 0001193125-26-340209 | Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 1173365–1173372 |
| 14 | Section 03, Peter Warwick OPTION | DEF 14A | 2026-08-07 | 0001193125-26-340209 | Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 1018244–1018251 |
| 15 | Section 03, Peter Warwick OPTION | DEF 14A | 2026-08-07 | 0001193125-26-340209 | Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 1002684–1002691 |
| 16 | Section 03, Peter Warwick OPTION | DEF 14A | 2026-08-07 | 0001193125-26-340209 | Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 989029–989036 |
| 17 | Section 07, pay ratio | DEF 14A | 2026-08-07 | 0001193125-26-340209 | Section “CEO Pay Ratio”. As printed: 85 : 1. Filing ↗ |
| 18 | Section 06, 2023 vote | Form 8-K | 2023-09-25 | 0001193125-23-241322 | Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 100% (votes for as printed: 1,656,200). Filing ↗ |
| 19 | Section 06, 2020 vote | Form 8-K | 2020-09-25 | 0001193125-20-254579 | Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 100% (votes for as printed: 1,656,200). Filing ↗ |
| 20 | Section 06, 2017 vote | Form 8-K | 2017-09-22 | 0001193125-17-291367 | Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 100% (votes for as printed: 1,656,200). Filing ↗ |
| 21 | Section 01 trend, Δ column (computed) | Computed | — | computed | Δ = current-FY total − prior-FY total per named officer.machine: formula: Δ = FY(n) − FY(n−1) |
| 22 | Section 03b vehicle mix (computed) | Computed | — | computed | RSU / PSU / Options grant-date fair values summed per officer from the grants table; % performance-vested = PSU ÷ (RSU+PSU+Options).machine: formula: sums + PSU ratio |
| 23 | Stride, Inc., Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2025-10-24 | 0001140361-25-039264 | CEO total compensation as printed in Stride, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 21,496,095. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c22 · span 1185718–1185729 |
| 24 | The New York Times Company, Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-03-13 | 0000071691-26-000016 | CEO total compensation as printed in The New York Times Company's own proxy. As printed: 8,862,362. Filing ↗machine: t66 · r6 · c16 · span 862166–862175 |
| 25 | Perdoceo Education Corporation, Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-04-09 | 0001193125-26-149814 | CEO total compensation as printed in Perdoceo Education Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 5,473,723. Filing ↗machine: span 927815–927824 |
| 26 | Scholastic (subject), Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-08-07 | 0001193125-26-340209 | CEO total compensation as printed in Scholastic's own proxy. As printed: 3,742,972. Filing ↗machine: span 567857–567866 |
| 27 | Graham Holdings Company, Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-07-14 | 0001193125-26-302521 | CEO total compensation as printed in Graham Holdings Company's own proxy. As printed: 1,809,120. Filing ↗machine: span 1148738–1148747 |
| 28 | Section 10a, Stride, Inc. reciprocity | DEF 14A | — | 0001140361-25-039264 | Stride, Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Scholastic. Filing ↗ |
| 29 | Section 10a, Perdoceo Education Corporation reciprocity | DEF 14A | — | 0001193125-26-149814 | Perdoceo Education Corporation's most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Scholastic. Filing ↗ |
| 30 | Section 10a, Graham Holdings Company reciprocity | DEF 14A | — | 0001193125-26-302521 | Graham Holdings Company's most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Scholastic. Filing ↗ |