Scholastic has named Tara Welty editor-in-chief of Instructor magazine. Welty was most recently the editor of Scholastic Art, where she oversaw a re-launch of its print and web versions.

“Tara has extraordinary gifts as an editor and educator. She made a profound contribution to arts education in re-launching Scholastic Art,” said Hugh Roome, president of Scholastic Consumer and Professional Publishing. “She brings to this important new assignment both the vision and skills which will sustain Instructor’sunique role in advising and inspiring K-12 teachers.”

In this episode of “Cubes,” we tour the corporate world headquarters of Scholastic. The company known for Harry Potter, The Hunger Games, and, of course, Clifford the Big Red Dog is based out of two conjoined buildings in Manhattan’s SoHo district. The space includes Scholastic’s flagship bookstore, a huge rooftop terrace, one-of-a-kind Harry Potter memorabilia, and a 4,000-square-foot auditorium that recently hosted a performance from Taylor Swift.

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Our colleagues at GalleyCat have news that Scholastic laid off 11 employees last week from its Klutz and trade publishing departments.

It’s been an eventful week for lay offs in the media world. Yesterday, we reported that Zagat Survey had laid off 16 employees on Wednesday.

The up side? It’s summer — you couldn’t pick a better time of year to be unemployed.