Back to About Us

News Announcements

How to Cook Everything® by Mark Bittman Selected as One of Five ‘Groundbreaking’ Apps by Apple®

NEW YORK - To celebrate the fifth birthday of the App StoreSM, Mark Bittman’s How to Cook Everything®  was selected as one of the top five innovative, non-game apps to have helped make the store a global...

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Introduces One-Stop-Shop for Curious Learners of All Ages at HMHCo.com

BOSTON—Global education leader Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) today introduced the new hmhco.com, a fully integrated content, community and commerce site serving lifelong learners.  Bringing HMH’s ful...

‘Curious George®’s Town’ Breaks Ground in the App Store

BOSTON – Global education leader Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) today announced ‘Curious George’s Town’ for iPad® and iPhone®. Developed for preschool-to-kindergarten-aged children, &ls...

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Announces Forthcoming Memoir by Beloved Boston Mayor Thomas Menino

BOSTON—Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) has acquired publishing rights to longtime Boston Mayor Thomas Menino's story, written with veteran author and journalist Jack Beatty. Mayor Menino will step down in Jan...

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Introduces Only All-In-One Reentry Curriculum Designed for Correctional Facilities

BOSTON – Global education leader Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) today announced its new Reentry Prerelease Program designed specifically for correctional facility education centers. According to 2011 research fr...

HMH and Agilix Collaborate to Power K-12 Blended and Personalized Learning Environments Nationwide

SAN ANTONIO (International Society for Technology in Education Conference) — Global education leader Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) announced today that it has partnered with Agilix Labs, Inc. — a leading p...

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and Educational Testing Service Announce Criterion® Online Writing Evaluation Service Enhancements

SAN ANTONIO – Global education leader Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH), in collaboration with Educational Testing Service (ETS) today announced new powerful enhancements to the Common Core State Standards-aligned ...

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and Knewton Announce Pioneering Partnership to Deliver Adaptive Learning Solutions to K–12 Students

Boston and New York — Today, global education leader Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) announced a major partnership with leading adaptive learning company Knewton. The partnership will introduce truly personalized...

Betty Crocker Introduces “The 20 Best” — A New “Bite-Size” Affordable eBook Series

NEW YORK — With more than 65 million cookbooks sold since 1950, Betty Crocker is both an American cultural icon and touchstone for home cooks. Today, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) has announced the addition of a...

Tennessee Demonstrates its Commitment to Rigorous Reading Instruction with Selection of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s Journeys Common Core © 2014

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Global education leader Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) announced today that Journeys Common Core © 2014, the latest edition of its celebrated, proven effective K-6 reading program, has been...

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Launches New Curious George® Mobile App Series for Young Learners

BOSTON – Global education leader Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) today announced ‘Curious About Shapes & Colors’ for iPad® and iPhone® – the latest release in its popular series of C...

New York City Selects Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s GO Math! As Recommendation for Elementary Math District-wide

NEW YORK – Global education leader Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s (HMH) comprehensive  Common Core aligned mathematics program, GO Math!, has been selected by the New York City Department of Education as ...

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Signs ‘Our Boston’ – A Special Anthology in Celebration of the City, All Proceeds to Benefit The One Fund - Boston

BOSTON — Boston-based publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has acquired Our Boston: Writers Celebrate the City They Love, to be published on Oct. 1, 2013.  The anthology, edited by Andrew Blauner, will featur...

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Launches The Autistic Brain by Best-Selling Author and Autism Activist Temple Grandin and Richard Panek

NEW YORK - The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum is a cutting-edge account of the latest science of autism and promising new ways of understanding the causes, diagnoses, and treatments of the syndrome. Auth...

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Partners with Culinate to Launch How to Cook Everything® Cooking Basics App for iPad®

When people want to cook wonderful yet unpretentious meals, they turn to Mark Bittman, author of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s best-selling How to Cook Everything®  series.  Now they can learn the Coo...

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Launches First Annual Corporate Social Responsibility Review

BOSTON — Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) today launched Changing Lives Through Learning – Corporate Social Responsibility at HMH, the Company’s first annual summary of its social impact as a global ed...

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Acquires 25 Percent Stake in SchoolChapters, Inc.

BOSTON – Global education leader Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) today announced the acquisition of a 25 percent stake in SchoolChapters, Inc., an educational solutions provider dedicated to standards‐based educa...