“In partnering with educators for a sustainable future, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is committed to providing the tools and opportunities for a responsible future,” said Margaret deBoer, senior vice president of K–12 marketing, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. “Save-a-Tree, in conjunction with virtual sampling and other online educational solutions, demonstrates a commitment to the environment, to teaching students the benefits of an eco-friendly lifestyle and to providing opportunities for a better experience.”

The Company will select an additional five thousand teachers and classrooms to receive trees in the spring of 2010, aiming to provide 20,000 trees over the next few years. Trees help reduce the greenhouse effect by absorbing carbon dioxide, and one tree can remove up to a ton of carbon dioxide in a year.

With Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s virtual sampling, teachers and administrators can evaluate program components, as well as search standards, skills and favorite topics, by clicking a mouse instead of leafing through printed pages. In addition to providing a faster, easier and more powerful way to evaluate the Company’s acclaimed and award-winning learning solutions, virtual sampling vastly minimizes printed resources and transportation miles, making it a far more environmentally friendly choice, and a better experience overall.

Teachers and classrooms that choose not to participate in virtual sampling will receive sample packs made from one-hundred-percent-recycled fiber and printed with water- and soy-based ink.

To learn more about virtual sampling and the Save-a-Tree campaign, visit http://hmheducation.com/virtualsampling/.