Harcourt School Publishers Correlates to Schlessinger Media in New California Science Text Adoption with Programs Also Available Digitally on SAFARI Montage

Wynnewood, PA (June 19, 2006) - 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 and VHS, and also digitally on SAFARI Montage, 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 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,” 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. 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, 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, Inc., and Harcourt Education International. For more information, please visit www.harcourtschool.com.

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Contact: Nancy Mote, Science Product Manager
407-345-3747