Our colleagues at Macmillan Publishers have curated a new list of must-read books for Black History Month. These books tell the stories of the black experience from a variety of perspectives. Let us know which one is your favorite and why you loved it.   I am Perfectly Designed Karamo Brown, Jason "Rachel" Brown, illustrated by Anoosha Syed   For Black Girls Like Me Mariama J. Lockington   A Blade So Black L.L. McKinney   A Dream So Dark L.L. McKinney   The Good Luck Girls Charlotte Nicole Davis   Black is a Rainbow Color Angela Joy; illustrated by Ekua Holmes   Children of Blood and Bone Tomi Adeyemi   Children of Virtue and Vengeance Tomi Adeyemi   Song Below Water, A Bethany C. Morrow   Epic Athletes: Serena Williams Dan Wetzel, Sloane Leong   Epic Athletes: LeBron James Dan Wetzel, Setor Fiadzigbey   Epic Athletes: Stephen Curry Dan Wetzel, Zeke Peña   Epic Athletes: Kevin Durant Dan Wetzel, Marcelo Baez   Serena: The Littlest Sister Karlin Gray, Monica Ahanonu   Birth of the Cool: How Jazz Great Miles Davis Found His Sound Kathleen Cornell Berman, Keith Henry Brown   So Tall Within : Sojourner Truth's Long Walk Toward Freedom Gary D. Schmidt, Daniel Minter   28 Days : Moments in Black History that Changed the World Charles R. Smith, Jr., Shane W. Evans   We March Shane W. Evans, Shane W. Evans   Woke : A Young Poet's Call to Justice Mahogany L. Browne, Elizabeth Acevedo, Olivia Gatwood, Theodore Taylor, III (Illustrated by), Jason Reynolds (Contributions by)   All Boys Aren't Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto George M. Johnson   Black Girl Unlimited: The Remarkable Story of a Teenage Wizard Echo Brown   If It Makes You Happy Claire Kann   Let's Talk About Love Claire Kann   The Sun Does Shine Anthony Ray Hinton   What Truth Sounds Like Michael Eric Dyson   When They Call You A Terrorist Patrisse Khan-Cullors, asha bandele   Meals, Music, and Muses : Recipes from My African American Kitchen Alexander Smalls, Veronica Chambers   Black Man in a White Coat Dr. Damon Tweedy   Luster Raven Leilani   Blacktop Wasteland S.A. Cosby   Riot Baby Tochi Onyebuchi   Remembrance Rita Woods   dayliGht: Poems Roya Marsh   The Black God's Drums Djèlí Clark   The Haunting of Tram Car 015 Djèlí Clark   More Myself Alicia Keys   Jay-Z Michael Eric Dyson   24: Life Stories and Lessons from the Say Hey Hid Willie Mays and John Shea   Path Made Clear, The Oprah Winfrey   Prince: A Private View Afshin Shahidi   The Mamba Mentality Kobe Bryant   Vibrate Higher: A Rap Story Talib Kweli   So Close to Being the Sh*t, Y'all Don't Even Know Retta ... View more

Today Macmillan Learning announced that the STEM Education Summit  will focus this year on the future of work. The meeting -- held annually with us and Scientific American, the longest-running magazine in the US -- was established to help find solutions to best educate and empower the next generation of STEM students; for the seventh year, the event will bring together thought leaders from the education, business, policy, and technology communities to explore how to best do that.  T he STEM Education Summit will be held on Sept. 26 at the Central Library in Austin, Texas. The event is free to the public via livestream . “As we enter what many are calling the fourth industrial revolution, this year’s focus on the future of work couldn't be more timely. We believe that the STEM Summit is a great way to bring together education’s evangelists to discuss how to prepare students for their best future,” said Susan Winslow, General Manager, Macmillan Learning. Sessions include*:  The Merger of Education and Work Brandon Busteed , President, Kaplan University Partners Access, Equity, & Engagement: Equipping Students to Thrive After Graduation Panel features Dr. Danette Howard , SVP & Chief Strategy Officer, Lumina Foundation, Dr. Allen Delong , Senior Associate Dean, Center for Purposeful Work, Bates College and Scott Carlson , Senior Writer, The Chronicle Gigged Sarah Kessler , Author & Editor-in-Chief, Quartz Magazine Developing a STEM Workforce at Scale: The Power of a Coalition Supporting Education Janet Auer , Global Advisor Education Programs, Chevron and Susanne Thompson , SVP, Corporate Education Partnerships, Discovery Education The Entrepreneurial Future of Education Fireside chat between Susan Winslow and Dr. Robert Lue , Director of the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, Harvard University. Computer Science Education for All Matt Dawson, Engineering Education Program Manager, Google Teaching AI Lightning talk by Michelle Zimmerman , Director of Teaching and Learning Sciences,  Renton Prep Big Data, Wellness and Disease Dr. Lee Hood , SVP and Chief Science Officer, Providence St. Joseph Health; Chief Strategy Officer, Co-founder and Professor, ISB Diverse Pathways to Career Success Dr. David Soo , Chief of Staff, Jobs for the Future and Jennifer Stredler , VP of Workforce Development, Salesforce Foundation, Caitlyn Brazill , EVP, Development & Communications, Per Scholas Student Perspectives on STEM & Work Tricia Berry , Director, Texas Girls Collaborative Project, The University of Texas at Austin along with three students from Cockrell School of Engineering Reflections from a former Google Science Fair Winner Kenneth Shinozuka, Current Harvard College Student Ethics in Tech: Casey Fiesler , Assistant Professor, University of Colorado, Boulder  In addition to presentations and panels, the conference will include a demo from Komal Dadlani, CEO and Founder, Lab4U on a mobile technology she believes is poised to help democratize science. Follow #STEMSummit2019 on Twitter and on @MacmillanLearn. Media interested in attending should email marisa.bluestone@macmillan.com .    *Speakers and sessions are as of September 6, 2019 and are subject to change.   About Macmillan Learning Macmillan Learning is a privately-held, family-owned company that improves lives through learning. By linking research to learning practice, we develop pioneering products and learning materials for students that are empathetic, highly effective, and drive improved outcomes. Our engaging content is developed in partnership with the world's best researchers, educators, administrators, and developers. To learn more, please visit macmillanlearning.com or see us on Facebook , Twitter , LinkedIn or join our Macmillan Community . ... View more

Finding the right course materials can be critical to helping students on their learning journey. That’s why we really enjoyed learning that The Open Syllabus Project found, a fter reviewing more than six million syllabi,  that Macmillan Learning course materials were assigned by the most college instructors for courses in English Literature, History and Psychology.   The Open Syllabus Project found that A Writer's Reference from Bedford/St. Martin’s was the second most assigned title from every course material being used across college campuses today, appearing in more than 7,500 course syllabi. It also beat out classics like  Canterbury Tales  to become the most assigned text in English Literature .  Other top titles are The American Promise: A History of the United States by James L. Roark published by Bedford/St. Martin’s, which was the most assigned title in History appearing in more than 4,000 course syllabi; and Psychology by David G. Myers from Worth Publishers, which was the most assigned title in Psychology appearing in more than 2,000 course syllabi.    Some of the other course materials from Macmillan Learning and our imprints (including imprints Bedford/St. Martin’s, W.H. Freeman, and Worth Publishers) that were among the top 10 most assigned materials in their respective subjects include:     Astronomy Discovering the Universe , Neil F. Comins  Universe , William J. Kaufmann   Biology: Molecular Cell Biology , Harvey F. Lodish   Chemistry: Quantitative Chemical Analysis , Daniel C. Harris   Economics: Macroeconomics , N. Gregory Mankiw   English Literature: A Writer's Reference,  Diana Hacker  A Pocket Style Manual,  Diana Hacker    Geography: World Regional Geography: Global Patterns, Local Lives , Alex Pulsipher, Lydia Mihelic Pulsipher    History: The American Promise: A History of the United State s, James L. Roark  A Pocket Guide to Writing in History , Mary Lynn Rampolla     Mathematics: Introduction to the Practice of Statistics , George P. McCabe, David S. Moore    Media/Communications: A Pocket Guide to Public Speaking , Dan O.'Hair, Hannah Rubenstein, Robert A. Stewart A Speaker's Guidebook: Text and Reference , Dan O.'Hair, Hannah Rubenstein, Robert A. Stewart    Psychology: Psychology , David G. Myers  Exploring Psychology , David G. Myers    We don’t plan on resting on our laurels, and will continue to invest in new and diverse voices and content. New course materials for use in the upcoming academic year will be announced soon, and we’re very much looking forward to issuing these future classics.   The Open Syllabus Project uses machine learning to analyze millions of syllabi to understand the college teaching, publishing, and intellectual traditions around the world. They are based at the American Assembly, non-profit organization affiliated with Columbia University. ... View more

It is with great sadness that we share with you the passing this weekend of ground-breaking economist, professor, and Macmillan Learning author Alan Krueger. We’ve had the pleasure of working with and learning from Alan for more than 15 ye ars and deeply admired his commitment to secondary and post-secondary education, both as an instructor and researcher at Princeton and through his authorship. He believed strongly that through an understanding of economics, students would be better learners and develop practical skills to make them better decision makers. While Alan was widely known for his public service as an economist who served in both the Clinton and Obama administrations and for leading ground-breaking research in labor economics, specifically on minimum wage policies, we knew him as part of the Macmillan family of authors. We are proud to have published his book Explorations in Economics, which serves as another tribute to his scholarship and commitment to education. Charles Linsmeier‌ & craig bleyer‌ ... View more

This year marks the 175th anniversary of Macmillan. What began as a bookshop founded by two brothers, Daniel and Alexander Macmillan, spawned a global publishing house with business lines ranging from literature, poetry, research, and of course, learning solutions. With no formal education, Daniel and Alexander launched their bookshop at the tender ages of 30 and 25, respectively. Alexander Macmillan was renowned for his support for authors and for bringing thought leaders together from the fields of science, philosophy, literature, politics and the arts. His salons in the London offices of Macmillan, dubbed ‘Tobacco Parliaments’, formed the hub of conversation about books, writing and reading, which led to the development of friendships and new ideas, including the foundation of Nature and the publishing of Millicent Fawcett, Thomas Hardy, Henry James, Rudyard Kipling and Alfred, Lord Tennyson, in Macmillan’s Magazine . Through our work with students and instructors, we honor the same values that have sustained Macmillan for 175 years: quality, innovation, independence, and a passion for learning and communicating the joy of discovery. The imprints and enterprises that make up Macmillan Learning each have distinctive origin stories—stories of individuals with unique ideas for producing educational materials using the latest technology, created in full awareness of what works best for teaching and learning. "If a large tree grows from this small seed we shall be grateful." Daniel Macmillan, London, 1843 We'll be posting more about #Macmillan175 throughout the year. Check back for updates and watch this fun video about our history: Macmillan 175th Anniversary - YouTube.  ... View more