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Peoria Public Schools Partners with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt to Spur 21st Century Transformation

PEORIA, ILL. -- Global education leader Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) today announced that Peoria Public Schools District 150 has implemented a multifaceted education solution aimed at fostering a digital culture and...

HMH Programs Selected as 2012 CODiE Awards Finalists

BOSTON -- Global education leader Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) today announced it has been selected as a finalist in three categories at this year’s prestigious CODiE Awards.  Presented by the Software &a...

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Reissues Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation, as US Reexamines Ground Beef Quality

NEW YORK -- With news media shining a spotlight on the quality of US ground beef, especially the addition of "pink slime" — beef trimmings treated with ammonium hydroxide — Houghton Mifflin Harcou...

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt to Help Showcase the Strength of Singapore Math to Educators at Newark Public Schools

NEWARK, NJ -- Global education leader Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) today announced the Singapore Math Symposium, exclusively organized for administrators of Newark Public Schools.  The seminar is an opportunity...

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and Big Ideas Learning Unveil a New Solution in Mathematics Education

BOSTON -- Global education leader Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH), in coordination with Big Ideas Learning, an award-winning mathematics textbook publisher, today announced the completion of a dual pathways curriculum ...

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Acquires Memoir By Iconic Singer Jessye Norman

BOSTON -- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) announced today that the company has acquired STAND UP AND SING! by Jessye Norman, a memoir by the iconic singer that will discuss her family’s deeply American story of r...

School Districts in New Jersey and Kentucky Choose Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s Singapore Math, Bar Models App for iPad to Engage Math Students Like Never Before

BOSTON -- Global education leader Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) today announced year-long pilot programs of its Singapore Math, Bar Models App for iPad®  in school districts in New Jersey and Kentucky.  ...

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Releases Carmen Sandiego Adventures in Math Educational App for Windows 8

BOSTON -- Global education leader Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) today launched Carmen Sandiego Adventures in Math, the world's first series of education apps designed with all new features exclusively for Micros...

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Donation Makes Possible Union Hill Elementary School Library

BOSTON -- Global education leader Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) today announced the donation of 5,000 books to the Union Hill Elementary School in Worcester, Mass., which will enable the opening of its new student li...

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Releases the Late Anthony Shadid’s Most Personal, Heartfelt Work: House of Stone: A Memoir of Home, Family, and a Lost Middle East

BOSTON -- On February 16, 2012, the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist Anthony Shadid died while on assignment in Syria. He was just weeks away from publishing his lyrical and powerful book House...

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Appoints Mary Cullinane to Senior Vice President of Global Corporate Social Responsibility

BOSTON -- Global education leader Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) today announced the appointment of Mary Cullinane to Senior Vice President of Global Corporate Social Responsibility. Cullinane is based in HMH's c...

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Launches Engaging New Video Tutorial Series in the App Store

BOSTON -- Global education leader Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) has launched Math on the Spot, a collection of entertaining video tutorials for the iPhone®, iPad® and iPod touch®, aimed at math students a...

Peterson Birds of North America Wins 2011 Best App Ever Award

SAN ANSELMO, CA -- Peterson Birds of North America, an app for iPhone and iPad, based on Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s (HMH) best-selling Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America book and seven other Peterson...

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Enhances its Social Studies Online Content with SpeechStream Literacy Support from Texthelp Systems

ORLANDO, FL --  Global education leader Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s (HMH) award-winning HMH Social Studies Series is now speech-enabled with Texthelp System's web based literacy and language support tec...

Virginia Public Schools to Conduct State’s First Ever Algebra 1 Pilot on Apple® iPad®, using HMH FuseTM

BOSTON -- Global education leader Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) and the Virginia Department of Education have partnered to conduct a first-ever 18-month pilot of HMH Fuse™: Algebra 1, the world's only full...

Student Math Scores Jump 20 Percent with HMH Algebra Curriculum for Apple® iPad®; App Transforms Classroom Education

BOSTON -- Global education leader Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) today announced the results of a yearlong pilot of HMH Fuse: Algebra I, the world's first full-curriculum Algebra app developed exclusively for the...

Albuquerque Public Schools and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Blaze the Trail to National Implementation of Common Core Standards

BOSTON -- Global education leader Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) today announced that it has partnered with Albuquerque Public Schools (APS) to develop a systematic approach to implementing the Common Core Standards. ...

Innovators of Acclaimed Singapore Math Program Develop Pioneering Math App for iPad

BOSTON -- Global education leader Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) today announced Singapore Math, Bar Models, an exciting new educational app for iPad® now available in the Apple App Store. Closely aligned with HMH...