CLASSROOM CONNECT TO BE ACQUIRED BY HARCOURT, INC.Classroom Connect (CC; Brisbane Brisbane (brĭz`bən), city (1991 pop. 1,145,537), capital of Queensland, E Australia, on the Brisbane River above its mouth on Moreton Bay. , CA), a provider of professional and classroom learning resources related to the use of the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the in K-12 education, has agreed to be acquired by Harcourt Education Harcourt Education, is a publisher serving the pre-Kindergarten to Grade 12 school, assessment and trade publishing markets in the US and primary and secondary school markets internationally. Inc. (Orlando, FL), now a unit of Reed Elsevier. No terms of the deal were given. Classroom Connect provides professional and classroom learning resources supported by onsite training and ongoing support. CC clients, including teachers and educators, have access to features and tools designed to help enhance and assess their students' development of skills in reading and language arts language arts pl.n. The subjects, including reading, spelling, and composition, aimed at developing reading and writing skills, usually taught in elementary and secondary school. , math, science and social studies. Its primary brands include: Connected University (professional development); Classroom Today (classroom cirriculum); The Quest Channel Quest Channel () is a channel leading southwestward from Adelaide Anchorage between Hibbert Rock and Henkes Islands, off the south end of Adelaide Island. (adventure learning expeditions); Connected Conferences (nationwide events); Connected Workshops (live seminars); and, Classroom Connect Newsletter (monthly Internet education journal). The company has over 170 employees. Harcourt Education ceo Tony Lucki said the deal "brings our group the strength of a leadership position in the discipline of technology enabled learning, an area that we believe will be increasingly important in the future of the education sector." Harcourt Education units include Harcourt School publishers (K-6); Holt holt n. Archaic A wood or grove; a copse. [Middle English, from Old English.] holt Noun the lair of an otter [from , Rein-hart & Winston (6-12 grades); Steck-Vaughn (supplemental materials); Harcourt Trade (fiction and non-fiction); and, Harcourt Educational Measurement. |
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