type private industry publishing founded 2008 founder ron larson headquarters erie pennsylvania key people matthew totzke ceo denise mcdowell vp sales & marketing products mathematics textbooks number of employees 80 website www.bigideaslearning.com big ideas learning llc is an educational publisher in the united states . the company s headquarters is located in erie pennsylvania . it publishes mathematics textbooks and instructional technology materials . big ideas learning is a privately owned limited liability company . 1 contents 1 history 2 publications 3 awards 4 references 5 sources 6 external links history edit the origins of big ideas learning go back to 1980 when mathematics textbook author ron larson started a small company called larson texts . the company became incorporated in pennsylvania in 1992 and became larson texts inc. 2 in 2008 the owners of larson texts formed a separate publishing company called big ideas learning . 3 big ideas learning develops and publishes mathematics textbooks . the name of the company is related to the 2006 focal point recommendations of the national council of teachers of mathematics . 4 in september 2006 nctm released curriculum focal points for prekindergarten through grade 8 mathematics a quest for coherence . in the focal points nctm identifies what it believes to be the most important mathematical topics the big ideas for each grade level including the related ideas concepts skills and procedures that form the foundation for understanding and lasting learning . in 2010 big ideas learning signed an agreement with publisher houghton mifflin harcourt to market and sell the big ideas math line of textbooks . 5 publications edit the first publication for big ideas learning was a series of middle school mathematics textbooks that implemented the nctm s focal point curriculum . each book had a national edition and a florida edition which was submitted for adoption in the state of florida . 6 in the spring of 2010 big ideas math was adopted by over half of florida s 67 counties . 7 the series won the 2010 textbook excellence award texty for excellence in textbook publishing in the elementary high school division for mathematics . 8 in 2010 big ideas learning published a series of middle school mathematics textbooks that implemented the virginia standards of learning . 9 in 2011 big ideas learning published a series of middle school mathematics textbooks that implemented the common core state standards . the series won the 2012 textbook excellence award texty for excellence in textbook publishing in the elementary high school division for mathematics . 10 in 2013 big ideas math a common core curriculum algebra 1 received the award for most promising textbook from the text and academic authors association . in 2014 big ideas learning debuted the big ideas math algebra 1 geometry and algebra 2 common core high school mathematics curriculum . the company also announced that it will be releasing the big ideas math course 1 course 2 and course 3 common core integrated high school mathematics curriculum in the spring of 2015 . larson ron ; 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laurie boswell 2015 big ideas math algebra 1 texas edition big ideas learning larson ron ; laurie boswell 2015 big ideas math geometry texas edition big ideas learning larson ron ; laurie boswell 2015 big ideas math algebra 2 texas edition big ideas learning awards edit ron larson text and academic authors association textbook excellence award 2010 big ideas math 1st edition big ideas learning ron larson text and academic authors association textbook excellence award 2012 big ideas math a common core curriculum 1st edition big ideas learning ron larson text and academic authors association most promising new textbook award 2013 big ideas math a common core curriculum algebra 1 1st edition big ideas learning ron larson text and academic authors association textbook excellence award 2014 big ideas math a common core curriculum 7 book series 2nd edition big ideas learning learning references edit pennsylvania corporations pennsylvania corporations big ideas learning national council of teachers of mathematics focal points houghton mifflin harcourt press release educational marketer june 8 2009 florida instructional materials web site texty award 2010 virginia textbooks and instructional materials web site texty award 2012 sources edit ed pub ohio ron larson introduces new focal points curriculum 1 florida association of school administrators 2 math and literacy intervention 3 camt online 4 ten county mathematics education association 5 florida department of state 6 utah state office of education 7 orlando sentinel 8 florida association of district instructional materials administrators 9 florida diagnostic and learning resources system 10 the steve colgan gallery 11 2009 2010 florida short bid report 12 virginia approved k 12 mathematics textbooks 13 alabama recommendations for adoption mathematics 2011 14 external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title big ideas learning & oldid 649328489 categories publishing companies established in 2008book publishing companies based in pennsylvaniaeducational publishing companies of the united statescompanies based in erie pennsylvania navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 1 march 2015 at 04 32 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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