June 2010

Boston -- June 4th, 2010 -- Global education leader Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has partnered with Irish educational publisher CJ Fallon to launch a customized version of the popular K–12 mathematics program Destination Maths to the Irish market.

Primary students and teachers throughout the country...

Boston -- June 8th, 2010 -- Global education leader Houghton Mifflin Harcourt today announced that Dave West has joined the Company as Senior Vice President of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Professional Services. The creation of this position reflects Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s further centralization of its...

Boston -- June 8th, 2010 -- On May 19, global education leader Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s (HMH) Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer Ciara Smyth presented an innovative strategy for attracting, retaining and developing human capital at Mercer’s Global Benefits Outsourcing Conference...

Boston -- June 10th, 2010 -- As we watch the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers trading years as world champions, one can’t help but look back to the last thrilling time that was the case — the 1980s, when Larry Bird and Earvin “Magic” Johnson orchestrated one of the most dramatic eras...

Boston -- June 15th, 2010 -- Global education leader Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s Riverside Publishing division just launched its highly acclaimed Gates-MacGinitie Reading Tests (GMRT) online, a web-based group-administered survey test that assesses reading comprehension among students...

Boston -- June 16th, 2010 -- Global education leader Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) donated 500 books to Link to Libraries, a Massachusetts-based nonprofit organization that collects and distributes books to under-funded elementary-school libraries and charities across New England.

“Service —...

Boston -- June 24th, 2010 -- Tennessee’s Department of Education has named global education leader Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) an official vendor for professional development and the state’s Whole School Reform initiative.

“For schools and districts seeking a successful transformation...

Boston -- June 28th, 2010 -- How could local schools help students with a piece of $40 billion? For those facing deep budget cuts, the possibilities are virtually limitless. Competition for federal grants is fierce but local educators are gaining a competitive advantage with free grant-writing workshops hosted...

Boston -- June 30th, 2010 -- Imagine Entertainment, WGBH Boston and Universal Studios Family Productions are pleased to announce that the celebrated PBS KIDS television series Curious George was presented with the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children’s Animated Program at the 37th-annual Daytime...