McGraw-Hill Education and HotChalk Deliver Just-In-Time Professional Development for U.S. Secondary Schools

McGraw-Hill Professional Development, a provider of online video-based professional development courses, together with HotChalk, a corporate sponsored learning management system for K-12 schools, today announced an agreement to make unlimited use of the McGraw-Hill Education online course list available to schools on a subscription basis.

"School districts across the country are making major efforts to enhance instruction and help drive student achievement," said Beth McBride, vice president of McGraw-Hill Professional Development, which is part of the McGraw-Hill School Solutions Group. "Professional development plays a critical role in these efforts, and access to easy-to-use, high quality programs that emphasize content and teaching strategies are essential to the success of every school and district. Through HotChalk's online community, we are providing educators with an effective, affordable, and convenient way of ensuring that teachers have the skills and tools they need to succeed."

Schools may purchase an annual subscription providing unlimited use of the entire McGraw-Hill Education online course list beginning this month. Pricing is based on the number of teachers at the school building. For more information, contact HotChalk customer service at 1-888-468-2336 Option 1 or visit www.hotchalk.com for more information.

"Offering McGraw-Hill School Solutions Group online professional development to schools and districts on a subscription basis makes life easier for teachers and helps administrators get better results," said HotChalk president and CEO Edward Fields. "We're pleased to expand our alliance with McGraw-Hill Education as we continue to deliver on our mission of improving the professional lives of teachers."

McGraw-Hill Education's online professional development programs provide teachers with the skills they need to succeed in a challenging education environment. Subjects covered include K-12 reading, literature, math, science and social studies. Through the HotChalk content repository, teachers in more than 27,000 K-12 U.S. schools will have access to McGraw-Hill Education's online professional development resources, more than 3,000 teacher-contributed lesson plans, and other curricula resources created and refined by teachers.

HotChalk also provides other instructional opportunities through other alliances including NBC News. Through the NBC News archives, teachers and students have access to additional primary source content, original audio, video and current material from "NBC Nightly News" and "Meet the Press." The HotChalk Learning Environment also includes collaborative learning tools to encourage students to share comments and content with classmates and an easy- to-use homework distribution and online grading system. HotChalk makes it easy for teachers to communicate with parents, turning teachers, students, and parents into high-performance teams that produce measurable academic results.

About McGraw-Hill Professional Development

McGraw-Hill Professional Development is part of McGraw-Hill Education's School Solutions Group. The group combines Macmillan/McGraw-Hill, which focuses on Grades PreK-6, and Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, which serves Grades 6-12. McGraw-Hill Education is a leading global provider of instructional, assessment and reference solutions that empower professionals and students of all ages. McGraw-Hill Education, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP), has offices in 33 countries and publishes in more than 40 languages. Additional information is available at http://www.mheducation.com/.

About HotChalk

HotChalk is focused on improving the lives of teachers. By using HotChalk, teachers can work together and share lesson plans and best practices, resulting in time savings so teachers can spend more time teaching. HotChalk, the market leading Web 2.0 learning community, serves millions of teachers, students and parents every month in more than 159 countries worldwide. Additional information is available at http://www.hotchalk.com/

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   Tom Stanton
   McGraw-Hill Education
   212-904-3214
   tom_stanton@mcgraw-hill.com

   Yolanda Celi
   HotChalk, Inc.
   888-468-2336, ext. 508
   yolanda@hotchalk.com

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SOURCE: McGraw-Hill Education

CONTACT: Tom Stanton
McGraw-Hill Education
212-904-3214
tom_stanton@mcgraw-hill.com
Yolanda Celi
HotChalk, Inc.
888-468-2336, ext. 508
yolanda@hotchalk.com

Web site: http://www.mheducation.com/
http://www.hotchalk.com/