Harcourt School Publishers Correlates to Schlessinger Media in New California Science Text Adoption with Programs Also Available Digitally on SAFARI Montage.WYNNEWOOD, Pa. -- Schlessinger Media, the largest producer of K-8 curricular programming, and Harcourt School Publishers, one of the nation's largest educational publishers, have entered into an agreement to correlate the video publisher's programs to Harcourt's new K-6 program, California Science. All video programs will be available on both DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. and VHS (Video Home System) A half-inch, analog videocassette recorder (VCR) format introduced by JVC in 1976 to compete with Sony's Betamax, introduced a year earlier. , and also digitally on SAFARI On Safari was a children's game show series set in the jungle that was produced by Television South, and aired on the ITV network for 4 seasons from 1982 until 1985. Montage montage (mŏntäzh`, Fr. môNtäzh`), the art and technique of motion-picture editing in which contrasting shots or sequences are used to effect emotional or intellectual responses. , a new video-on-demand server for schools. "We are honored that Harcourt has chosen an extensive collection of our educational science video programs to correlate to the Teacher Editions of their distinguished texts," said Andrew Schlessinger, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Schlessinger Media. "California schools that own SAFARI Montage will be able to integrate the programs into lesson plans seamlessly," he added. "The Schlessinger Media Video programs, with their award-winning science content, provide tremendous support for the California Science Standards," said Peggy Smith-Herbst, Editor-in-Chief for Science. "Schools that use California Science and the Schlessinger videos will have powerful tools for helping all California students achieve science literacy science literacy A general term for the awareness a person or the public has of basic scientific facts, concepts, and theories ," she added. The Schlessinger Media programs featured in Harcourt's California Science program have been selected from the award-winning Schlessinger Science Library. To learn more about Schlessinger Media or the Schlessinger Science Library, please visit www.LibraryVideo.com or call 800-843-3620. To learn more about video-on-demand for schools with SAFARI Montage, please visit www.SAFARIMontage.com. About Schlessinger Media and SAFARI Montage Since 1990, the educational programs produced, acquired and distributed by Schlessinger Media have become essential components of school and public library video collections across North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . This dynamic programming division of Library Video Company, the largest distributor of educational video in the U.S., has set the standard for outstanding supplemental learning in and out of the classroom. With more than 1,000 educational videos, Schlessinger Media assists educators in their teaching through supplemental video programs on important curriculum-related subjects. SAFARI Montage is a video-on-demand server that provides schools, districts and states with a choice of the best new video programs digitally from Library Video Company's vast network of the finest educational video publishers and distributors, including the award-winning Schlessinger Media content library. More information is available at www.SAFARIMontage.com. About Harcourt School Publishers Harcourt School Publishers is the elementary basal publishing unit of 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. , a global education provider serving students and teachers in PreK through grade 12, adult learners, and readers of all ages. The Harcourt Education companies include Harcourt School Publishers, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Harcourt Achieve Professional and Trade, Harcourt Assessment Harcourt Assessment, previously known as "The Psychological Corporation" is a company that publishes and distributes psychological assessment tools and therapy resources. The company is currently in the process of being bought by Pearson. , Inc., and Harcourt Education International. For more information, please visit www.harcourtschool.com. |
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