Curriculum Providers Are Adjusting to Restrictions on Lessons About Race and Gender Identity
Curriculum providers are making subtle adjustments, but also holding their ground, in response to a wave of controversial state policies, according to a consultant who works with those companies.
Publishers and Other Vendors Are Caught in Political Fights
Education publishers and curriculum providers are faced with a raft of new state policies that restrict teaching about racial issues, even as many local district officials are demanding more inclusive resources.
Two months after McGraw Hill announced it was being acquired by Platinum Equity, the education giant has entered into an agreement to acquire digital content provider Achieve3000.
Richard Robinson, who had helmed the giant company in children’s publishing for nearly five decades, passed away at the age of 84.
Revenues for prekindergarten through grade K-12 instructional materials reached $61.4 million in March, up 82 percent over a year ago.
Businesses Across the Education Market Are Wrestling With How to Deliver PD and Help Educators in New COVID Learning Environments
Businesses in the education market face new and unfamiliar obstacles in delivering product support and professional development that spans remote, hybrid, and in-person learning environments.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, a giant in the education sphere, is selling its book publishing business and forming a new platform team to focus on digital-first delivery.
The first seven months of 2020 were tough ones for PreK-12 publishers, according to an analysis by an industry group.
Publishers remain concerned about the ongoing statutory exclusion of educational materials from copyright protection in Canada after a recently concluded trade agreement failed to incorporate language to address the issue.
The Texas Education Agency is looking for a producer of large-print materials, while Nevada’s state education department wants an impact and validity study of Nevada’s teacher and administrator performance evaluation framework. The city of Santa Fe, N.M. is looking for an after-school program.
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