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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.
The Dick and Jane readers inspired other publishers to adopt a similar format, but Scott Foresman's Dick and Jane series were the market leaders until the early 1960s, [8] In Catholic editions of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s series (including the Cathedral Basic Readers and the New Cathedral Basic Readers), the "Sally", "Dick", and "Jane ...
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.
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Pearson Education, known since 2011 as simply Pearson, is the educational publishing and services subsidiary of the international corporation Pearson plc.The subsidiary was formed in 1998, when Pearson plc acquired Simon & Schuster's educational business and combined it with Pearson's existing education company Addison-Wesley Longman. [1]
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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)