BOSTON, June 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- McGraw-Hill
Education today announced that it will open a new office in
Boston's "Innovation District" in
June that will serve as a hub for the research and development of
education technologies that build on the company's portfolio of
digital learning solutions for the K-12, higher education,
assessment and professional markets. The new office is the
company's latest initiative to develop and integrate cutting-edge
technologies that meet today's education challenges and attract the
best tech talent in the business. The office, which will be located
at 281 Summer St., will employ approximately 60 people before the
end of the year.
For the past 100 years, McGraw-Hill Education has produced
proven educational content and instructional design that is used
every day in classrooms around the world, generating a wealth of
data and insight about how students learn most effectively. Today,
McGraw-Hill Education is offering digital solutions that facilitate
stronger educational results through personalized learning
technologies such as:
- The LearnSmart Advantage adaptive learning suite – which
includes SmartBook, the world's first-ever adaptive e-book
- McGraw-Hill Connect, a digital teaching and learning
environment that incorporates all of the company's digital tools
for higher education on one central platform, and
- ALEKS®, an artificially intelligent, adaptive learning program
distributed by McGraw-Hill Education in higher education for
math
- The McGraw-Hill Practice suite of 3D, multiplayer learning
games
- CINCH Learning, the cloud-based, interactive K-12 curriculum
for math and science
- ConnectED, a digital teaching and learning platform for the
K-12 market
- Acuity InFormative Assessment, an interim benchmark assessment
system for the K-12 market that helps teachers gauge student
performance and deliver personalized instruction
McGraw-Hill Education's Boston
location will continue this tradition of education innovation by
aggregating technologists, developers, education specialists,
cognitive researchers, and people who have a passion for learning
and making education better and more effective.
"We have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to transform
education, and investing in digital technologies – and the best
digital talent that this country and the city of Boston have to offer – is a critical element
of our strategy to do just that," said Stephen Laster, chief digital officer of
McGraw-Hill Education. "McGraw-Hill Education is a $2 billion startup that brings together a strong,
established market presence and an agile, experimental and creative
approach to product development that enables us to bring
industry-leading innovations to market."
The Boston office is one of
McGraw-Hill Education's centers of excellence, joining its other
centers in Bothell, Wash.;
New York; Columbus, Ohio; San
Francisco and Israel. The
office will offer a creative, innovative, team-centered startup
environment and culture, featuring everything from open work spaces
to gaming consoles to flexible work schedules.
"We're looking for people who want to re-imagine what education
can be; who have the vision and desire to change people's lives and
serve a global market. Boston is
well known for its spirit of innovation and focus on producing
technologies that have a real impact on our society, and we're
excited to be a greater part of that," added Laster.
Over the last several months, McGraw-Hill Education has
aggressively recruited the top educational tech talent in the
business, including:
- Chief Executive Officer Buzz Waterhouse, previously chief
executive officer of Harcourt Education and general manager of
e-business services at IBM
- McGraw-Hill School Education Group President Peter Cohen, formerly chief executive officer of
Pearson School at Pearson
Education
- Chief Digital Officer Stephen
Laster, previously chief information officer of Harvard Business School
- Chief Information Officer Ray
Lowrey, formerly chief technology officer of Archipelago
Learning
- Senior Vice President of Learning Platforms and Architecture
Bobby Babbrah, formerly executive
vice president and chief technology officer of Archipelago
Learning
- Vice President of Technical Product Management for McGraw-Hill
Higher Education Richard Keaveny, formerly vice president of
digital strategy for health science and careers at Pearson
Education
- Senior Vice President of Marketing for McGraw-Hill School
Education Victoria Burwell, formerly vice president of marketing
and business development at Headsprout
For more information about the new office or to inquire about
joining the team, please contact us at
http://www.mheducation.com/contact/careers.
About McGraw-Hill Education
McGraw-Hill Education is
a digital learning company that draws on its more than 100
years of educational expertise to offer solutions that improve
learning outcomes around the world. McGraw-Hill Education is the
adaptive education technology leader with the vision for creating a
highly personalized learning experience that prepares students of
all ages for the world that awaits. The Company has offices
across North America, India, China, Europe,
the Middle East and South America, and makes its
learning solutions available in more than 60 languages. For
additional information, visit www.mheducation.com.
Contacts:
Brian
Belardi
McGraw-Hill Education
(212) 904-4827
brian.belardi@mheducation.com
Gerald Kimber White
RF|Binder
(781) 559-0425
gerald.kimberwhite@rfbinder.com
SOURCE McGraw-Hill Education