The period from 2000 through 2018 as schools went through the No Child Left Behind and Common Core eras saw intensifying pressure around testing and led to the more recent movement to reduce the amount of time spent taking tests and preparing for them. The state of the industry and the market appears to be calming down.
October 15, 2019Simba Information examines trends surrounding college course materials publishers.
October 2, 2019"K-12 Social Studies Market Survey Report 2019" provides information on what resources educators are using for social studies instruction and sizes the dollar value of the market for social studies instructional materials in 2019.
September 26, 2019Packaged Fact identifies four key ways that U.S. grocers can better attract and meet the needs of this important and influential consumer segment.
September 4, 2019Packaged Facts estimates pet product sales of pet specialty stores other than PetSmart and Petco at under $6 billion. These “other” pet chain or independent stores consist primarily of smaller- and mid-size formats, although also with some superstore-size outlets among the regional chains.
August 15, 2019Simba Information estimates that the PreK-12 instructional materials industry generated $8.51 billion in sales in 2018, down 1.2% from an estimated $8.62 billion in 2017.
August 8, 2019Total public-school enrollment is projected to continue increasing through fall 2028.
June 21, 2019From medicinal marijuana to CBD-infused chewing gum, the human health and wellness market has experienced a surge of interest in cannabis products, a development that has spilled over with gusto into the pet supplements market.
June 3, 2019Food industry players and marketers are aligning as allies to parents in the battle to get kids to eat fruit and veggies through the “stealth health” movement, among other efforts.
May 14, 2019Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis may have thrown a curve ball into publishers’ plans for success in the Florida math adoption in 2018, but he also may have done the industry a favor by smoothing out the adoption opportunity over more years, disrupting the peaks and valleys cycle that has plagued the industry for decades.
May 14, 2019