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== Company Website ==
== Company Website ==
* http://www.hmco.com/
* http://www.hmco.com/
* Subsidiary of [http://www.riverdeep.net/ Riverdeep]


== Location ==
== Location ==
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== Product Divisions ==
== Product Divisions ==
* K-12: yes
* K-12: yes
* Higher-Education: yes
* Higher-Education: no (http://www.hmco.com/divisions/college_division.html)


=== Summary ===
=== Summary ===
*School, Great Source, McDougal Littell, Learning Technology, College, Riverside Publishing, Trade and Reference, and International [[Bibliography for Item 6 in EM|(Source: ORBIS)]]
"Eight" Divisions: School, Great Source, McDougal Littell, Learning Technology, College (now [[Cengage Learning]]), Riverside Publishing, Trade and Reference, and International [[Bibliography for Item 6 in EM|(Source: ORBIS)]]
**"Houghton Mifflin School division publishes resources for teachers, students, and parents for pre-K-8. Products such as workbooks, teacher guides, audio-visual guides, and computer software provide additional support for students and teachers at each grade level. Houghton Mifflin School Division publishes science, reading, language arts, mathematics, and social studies textbooks, as well as an integrated pre-K curriculum. In addition, the division produces programs for reading and math intervention, professional development tools, and learning technologies.
 
**"Great Source publishes standards-based, proven solutions for reading, language arts, math, and science for pre-K-12. Great Source also produces effective materials for summer school, afterschool, and intervention programs, quality test preparation, and resources to meet the needs of a wide variety of learning styles, including those of English learners. McDougal Littell offers a wide range of standards-driven programs that reflect the latest in educational research and address the needs of all learners, providing teachers and students with solutions for success in the classroom. It publishes an extensive offering of print and technology materials for language arts, mathematics, social studies, world languages, and science for grades 6-12.  
==== School Division ====
**"Houghton Mifflin Learning Technology develops and delivers highly engaging, interactive pre-K-12 solutions that inspire excellence and innovation, and raise student achievement. This division publishes some of the most well-known brands in the industry, including Destination Math and Destination Reading, Earobics, Larson Learning, SkillsTutor, and Learning Village. Supplemental titles, such as the Edmark House Series, Reader Rabbit, Oregon Trail, Carmen Sandiego, and The Print Shop, completes the division's offerings.  
"[http://www.eduplace.com Houghton Mifflin School Division] publishes resources for teachers, students, and parents for pre-K-8. The School Division's renowned author teams rely on extensive market and independent research to inform the pedagogical structure of each program. Ancillary products such as workbooks, teacher guides, audio-visual guides, and computer software provide additional support for students and teachers at each grade level. (http://www.hmco.com/divisions/school_division.html)
**"Houghton Mifflin College Division makes knowledge accessible and meaningful to learners at four-year, community, and career colleges. With an inclusive approach to content and pedagogy, the division publishes textbooks, study guides, technology tools, and other materials primarily for introductory-level college courses.  
 
**"Riverside Publishing offers a wide range of highly regarded clinical, state, formative, educational, and group assessment products. As a charter member of the Association of Test Publishers, Riverside serves both the K-12 educational market and the clinical assessment market with print, CD-ROM, and online assessment tools."
[...]
 
"Houghton Mifflin School Division publishes science, reading, language arts, mathematics, and social studies textbooks, as well as an integrated pre-K curriculum. In addition, the division produces programs for reading and math intervention, professional development tools, and learning technologies." (http://www.hmco.com/divisions/school_division.html)
 
==== Great Source ====
"[http://www.greatsource.com Great Source] publishes standards-based, proven solutions for reading, language arts, math, and science for pre-K-12. Great Source also produces effective materials for summer school, afterschool, and intervention programs, quality test preparation, and resources to meet the needs of a wide variety of learning styles, including those of English learners. Outstanding research-based professional development offerings solidify Great Source’s commitment to helping educators make a difference in classrooms every day." (http://www.hmco.com/divisions/great_source.html)
 
=== McDougal Littell ====
[http://www.mcdougallittell.com/ McDougal Littell] "offers a wide range of standards-driven programs that reflect the latest in educational research and address the needs of all learners, providing teachers and students with solutions for success in the classroom.
 
"McDougal Littell publishes an extensive offering of print and technology materials for language arts, mathematics, social studies, world languages, and science for grades 6-12.
 
"Houghton Mifflin acquired the company in 1994." (http://www.hmco.com/divisions/mcdougal_littell.html)
 
==== Learning Technology ====
"[http://www.hmlt.hmco.com/ Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Learning Technology] specializes in developing highly engaging, interactive pre-K-12 solutions that inspire excellence and innovation in education, and raise student achievement.
 
"Bringing together some of the most well-known brands in the industry, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Learning Technology provides research-proven solutions that serve thousands of schools and districts around the world. The division’s approach integrates core and supplemental instruction with intervention, assessment, and reporting, as well as professional development and school-to-home connections to help enhance teaching and learning, and accelerate proficiency.
 
"Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Learning Technology provides a rich portfolio of high-value educational software solutions in reading, language arts, mathematics, social studies and science. Its full portfolio of pre-K-12 solutions includes Destination Math, Destination Reading, Edmark House Series, Learning Village, SkillsTutor, and Earobics, as well as popular supplemental titles such as Mavis Beacon, Print Shop, Carmen Sandiego, Oregon Trail, Reader Rabbit, and KidPix." (http://www.hmco.com/divisions/learning_tech.html)
 
==== Riverside Publishing ====
"[http://www.riversidepublishing.com/ Riverside Publishing] offers a wide range of highly regarded clinical, state, formative, educational, and group assessment products. As a charter member of the Association of Test Publishers, Riverside serves both the K-12 educational market and the clinical assessment market with print, CD-ROM, and online assessment tools." (http://www.hmco.com/divisions/riverside_publishing.html)


== Business Strategy ==
== Business Strategy ==

Revision as of 17:25, 15 June 2009

For Houghton Mifflin's College Division (sold in 2008) see Cengage Learning.

Company Website

Location

Boston, MA, USA

Financial Information

  • Owned by a consortium of private equity groups (Thomas H. Lee Partners, Bain Capital, and Blackstone Group)
  • Annual Operative Revenues (as of 12/2006): $1,282 million (HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT PUBLISHING COMPANY) (Source: ORBIS)

Merges and Acquisitions

  • Absorbed: D.C. Heath and McDougal Littell

Product Divisions

Summary

"Eight" Divisions: School, Great Source, McDougal Littell, Learning Technology, College (now Cengage Learning), Riverside Publishing, Trade and Reference, and International (Source: ORBIS)

School Division

"Houghton Mifflin School Division publishes resources for teachers, students, and parents for pre-K-8. The School Division's renowned author teams rely on extensive market and independent research to inform the pedagogical structure of each program. Ancillary products such as workbooks, teacher guides, audio-visual guides, and computer software provide additional support for students and teachers at each grade level. (http://www.hmco.com/divisions/school_division.html)

[...]

"Houghton Mifflin School Division publishes science, reading, language arts, mathematics, and social studies textbooks, as well as an integrated pre-K curriculum. In addition, the division produces programs for reading and math intervention, professional development tools, and learning technologies." (http://www.hmco.com/divisions/school_division.html)

Great Source

"Great Source publishes standards-based, proven solutions for reading, language arts, math, and science for pre-K-12. Great Source also produces effective materials for summer school, afterschool, and intervention programs, quality test preparation, and resources to meet the needs of a wide variety of learning styles, including those of English learners. Outstanding research-based professional development offerings solidify Great Source’s commitment to helping educators make a difference in classrooms every day." (http://www.hmco.com/divisions/great_source.html)

McDougal Littell =

McDougal Littell "offers a wide range of standards-driven programs that reflect the latest in educational research and address the needs of all learners, providing teachers and students with solutions for success in the classroom.

"McDougal Littell publishes an extensive offering of print and technology materials for language arts, mathematics, social studies, world languages, and science for grades 6-12.

"Houghton Mifflin acquired the company in 1994." (http://www.hmco.com/divisions/mcdougal_littell.html)

Learning Technology

"Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Learning Technology specializes in developing highly engaging, interactive pre-K-12 solutions that inspire excellence and innovation in education, and raise student achievement.

"Bringing together some of the most well-known brands in the industry, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Learning Technology provides research-proven solutions that serve thousands of schools and districts around the world. The division’s approach integrates core and supplemental instruction with intervention, assessment, and reporting, as well as professional development and school-to-home connections to help enhance teaching and learning, and accelerate proficiency.

"Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Learning Technology provides a rich portfolio of high-value educational software solutions in reading, language arts, mathematics, social studies and science. Its full portfolio of pre-K-12 solutions includes Destination Math, Destination Reading, Edmark House Series, Learning Village, SkillsTutor, and Earobics, as well as popular supplemental titles such as Mavis Beacon, Print Shop, Carmen Sandiego, Oregon Trail, Reader Rabbit, and KidPix." (http://www.hmco.com/divisions/learning_tech.html)

Riverside Publishing

"Riverside Publishing offers a wide range of highly regarded clinical, state, formative, educational, and group assessment products. As a charter member of the Association of Test Publishers, Riverside serves both the K-12 educational market and the clinical assessment market with print, CD-ROM, and online assessment tools." (http://www.hmco.com/divisions/riverside_publishing.html)

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