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Scott Foresman and Company was founded in 1896 by Erastus Howard Scott, editor and president; Hugh A. Foresman, salesman and secretary; and his brother, William Coates Foresman, treasurer. However, the company's origins extend back several years earlier.
Scott Foresman made changes in their readers in the 1960s in an effort to keep the stories relevant, updating the series every five years. [9] The 1965 edition, the last of the Dick and Jane series, introduced the first African American family as characters in a first-grade reader. The family included two parents and their three children: a son ...
Scott Foresman made changes in their readers in the 1960s in an effort to keep the stories relevant, updating the series every five years. [6] In 1965, Scott Foresman became the first publisher to introduce an African American family as characters in a first-grade reader series. The family included two parents and their three children: a son ...
He co-authored with William H. Elson the Elson Basic Readers (renamed the Elson-Gray Basic Readers in 1936) and served as director of the Curriculum Foundation Series at Scott Foresman. [4] Gray also worked with Zerna Sharp , a reading consultant and textbook editor for Scott Foresman, on reading texts for elementary school children.
Smith's first textbook series, The Modem Music Series, in six volumes [1] was published in 1898 by Scott, Foresman and Company, with rights later purchased by the Silver Burdette Company. It was a collaboration with Robert Foresman, another music educator who believed that children should be allowed to learn intuitively.
Clarence Lewis Barnhart (1900–1993) was an American lexicographer best known for editing the Thorndike-Barnhart series of graded dictionaries, published by Scott Foresman & Co. which were based on word lists and concepts of definition developed by psychological theorist Edward Thorndike. Barnhart subsequently revised and expanded the series ...
Thomas H. Tietenberg (1988), Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Scott-Foresman. ISBN 0-673-18945-7. [4] Tietenberg, Thomas H., and Lynne Lewis. Environmental economics and policy. New York: Pearson, 2010. Thomas H. Tietenberg and Lynne Lewis. Environmental and natural resource economics. Routledge, 2016. Articles, a selection
While clearly a for-profit business, Pearson Scott Foresman has a mission of education. The information came from research I have put together from the Pearson Scott Foresman web site as well as from contacts I made at the company. I hope this helps. Please let me know what I'm missing. Regards, ChicagoRookie 20:36, 30 November 2006 (UTC)