May 2010
Boston -- May 5th, 2010 -- The West Virginia Department of Education has named global education leader Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) an external provider for its School Turnaround Plan, an initiative to improve chronically low-performing schools through improved content, processes and professional development.The...
Boston -- May 10th, 2010 -- Clarion Books, an imprint of global education leader Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, announces a new digital project with the Newbery medalist and National Book Award–winning author Katherine Paterson.Clarion will publish a series of Ms. Paterson’s essays on writing and...
Boston -- May 11th, 2010 -- Global education leader Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) today announced that Tennessee businessman Bill Hagerty has joined its Board of Directors. Hagerty brings to HMH a successful investment career background and national political service.“Bill provides proven expertise...
Boston -- May 18th, 2010 -- According to a new book, The Men Who Would Be King: An Almost Epic Tale of Moguls, Movies, and a Company Called DreamWorks (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) by Nicole LaPorte, Shrek almost did not happen. LaPorte, who covered DreamWorks, the company founded by Steven Spielberg,...
Boston -- May 18th, 2010 -- Global education leader Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) today celebrates their five-year partnership with Action Learning Systems (ALS), a company that identifies strategic curriculum and professional development solutions to increase student achievement across California schools...
Boston -- May 21st, 2010 -- Steven Rattner, author of Overhaul: An Insider’s Account of the Obama Administration’s Emergency Rescue of the Auto Industry (October, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), will discuss his time working with President Obama, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and Economic Adviser...
Boston -- May 24th, 2010 -- There have been dozens of quick and dirty tell alls about Barbra Streisand. But now, according to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, acclaimed biographer William Mann will write the definitive biography.
“As far as I’m concerned, previous books have failed to capture the...
Boston -- May 25th, 2010 -- The Arkansas Department of Education has named global education leader Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) an external provider for its School Turnaround Plan, an initiative that utilizes data-driven curricular and professional development strategies to improve chronically low-performing...
