PreK-12 Instructional Materials Industry Competitive Analysis, 2019 examines the ways publishers are faring against the various market environmental factors. Based on Simba Information's continuous research into the dynamics of the PreK-12 market, this report briefly examines the overall landscape of the PreK-12 market, as well as:
- Which companies are buying, which companies are selling, and which companies are merging;
- What market problem or issue are entrepreneurs trying to solve and which startups are getting the money to do so;
- How well are public companies performing in the fractured market.
- Individual strategic profiles of 13 leading providers of core basal and supplemental instructional materials.
Profile data includes key executive, company overview, K-12 publishing strategy, and financial summary. The financial summary includes 2018 and 2018 actual annual revenue, or revenue for the nine-months that most closely corresponds to the 2018 and 2017 calendar years, as well as projected revenue for 2019.
The 13 featured profiles are: Cambium Learning Group, Cengage (National Geographic Learning), Discovery Education, Goodheart-Willcox, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, K12 Inc., McGraw-Hill Education, Pearson, Renaissance, Rosetta Stone, Scholastic, School Specialty, and Scientific Learning.
Table of Contents
Methodology
Introduction
Investors Stir M&A Activity in 2018
- Francisco Partners Moves into Forefront
- Boxlight Acquires to Accelerate
- Table Simba Information's PreK-12 Merger & Acquisition Index, 2018
- China Invests
- Testing Shake-up
- 2019 Preview Headline
- Startups
- Polyup Focuses on Building Math Skills
- CatchOn Caught on with a Buyer
- Microsoft Acquires Flipgrid
- littleBits Acquires DIY
- Expanding Science Options in Schools
- AT&T Aspire Accelerator's 2018 Cohort
- Milken-Penn 2018 Venture Path Finalists
- Moving Through the Market
Operating Performance
- Big Swings at Goodheart-Willcox
- Table Simba Information's PreK-12 Performance Index, 2018 vs. 2017 ($ in 000; ranked by Operating Margin)
- Business Change at Cengage
- Cambium, Pearson Post Double-Digit Operating Margins
- Greatest Increase in Operating Revenue: K12 Inc.
- School Specialty Misses Goals, Loses CEO
Company Profiles
- Cambium Learning Group
- Key Executives
- Company Overview
- K-12 Publishing Strategy
- Financial Summary
- Cengage (National Geographic Learning)
- Key Executives
- National Geographic Learning (School)
- Company Overview
- K-12 Publishing Strategy
- Financial Summary
- Discovery Education
- Key Executives
- Company Overview
- K-12 Publishing Strategy
- Goodheart-Willcox
- Key Executives
- Company Overview
- Publishing Strategy
- Financial Summary
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Key Executives
- Company Overview
- K-12 Publishing Strategy
- Financial Summary
- K12 Inc.
- Key Executives
- Company Overview
- K-12 Publishing Strategy
- Financial Summary
- McGraw-Hill Education
- Key Executives
- Company Overview
- PreK-12 Strategy
- Financial Summary
- Pearson
- Key Executives
- Company Overview
- K-12 Strategy
- Financial Summary
- Renaissance
- Key Executives
- Company Overview
- K-12 Publishing Strategy
- Rosetta Stone, Inc.
- Key Executives
- Company Overview
- K-12 Publishing Strategy
- Financial Summary
- Scholastic Corp.
- Key Executives
- Company Overview
- PreK-12 Strategy
- Financial Summary
- School Specialty
- Key Executives
- Company Overview
- PreK-12 Curriculum and Instruction Strategies
- Financial Summary
- Scientific Learning Corp.
- Key Executives
- Company Overview
- K-12 Publishing Strategy
- Financial Summary