search for the business and financial information company see mcgraw hill financial . for other uses see mcgraw hill disambiguation . mcgraw hill education the branded mcgraw hill education logo after separation from mcgraw hill financial . founded 1888 founder james h. mcgraw john a. hill country of origin united states headquarters location 2 pennsylvania plaza new york city key people david levin president and ceo 1 2 3 peter cohen group president u.s. education 4 publication types adaptive learning technology educational software platform services curriculum and books owner s apollo global management number of employees 5 000 official website www.mheducation.com mcgraw hill education mhe is a learning science company and one of the big three educational publishers 5 6 that provides customized educational content software and services for pre k through postgraduate education . the company also provides reference and trade publications for the medical business and engineering professions . mcgraw hill education currently operates in 28 countries has more than 4 800 employees globally and offers products and services in nearly 60 languages . formerly a division of the mcgraw hill companies mcgraw hill education was divested from mcgraw hill financial and acquired by apollo global management in march 2013 for 2.4 billion in cash . 7 8 9 10 11 based on the growing demand for classroom technology mcgraw hill education is transitioning from a print based business model to one based on delivering digital content . 12 this shift has accelerated in recent years with an increased focus on developing adaptive learning systems that enable classroom teaching to come closer to a one to one student teacher interaction . these systems allow personalized learning by assessing each student s skill level and using data to determine how each can progress through lessons most effectively . mcgraw hill education provides digital products and services to over 11 million users . in 2013 the company acquired the aleks corporation 13 and after acquiring 20 percent equity stake in area9 aps went on to acquire the company its development partner on the learnsmart advantage suite . 14 in 2015 mhe opened a new r & d office in boston s innovation district . 15 16 in september of 2016 the company acquired adaptive learning technology and content provider redbird learning . 17 contents 1 corporate history 2 corporate organization 3 acquisitions 4 presidents of the company 5 controversies 6 see also 7 references 8 external links corporate history edit mcgraw hill education traces its history back to 1888 when james h. mcgraw co founder of the company purchased the american journal of railway appliances . he continued to add further publications eventually establishing the mcgraw publishing company in 1899 . his co founder john a. hill had also produced several technical and trade publications and in 1902 formed his own business the hill publishing company . in 1909 both men agreed upon an alliance and combined the book departments of their publishing companies into the mcgraw hill book company . john hill served as president with james mcgraw as vice president . 1917 saw the merger of the remaining parts of each business into the mcgraw hill publishing company inc. 18 in 1986 mcgraw hill bought out competitor the economy company then the nation s largest publisher of educational material . the buyout made mcgraw hill the largest educational publisher in the u.s. 19 in 1979 mcgraw hill publishing company purchased byte from its owner publisher virginia williamson who then became a vice president of mcgraw hill . mcgraw hill publishing company inc became the mcgraw hill companies in 1995 as part of a corporate identity rebranding . 20 not in citation given in 2007 the mcgraw hill companies launched an online student study network gradeguru.com . this offering gave mcgraw hill an opportunity to connect directly with its end users the students . the site closed on april 29 2012 . on november 26 2012 the mcgraw hill companies announced it was selling its entire education division to apollo global management for 2.5 billion . 21 on march 22 2013 it announced it had completed the sale and the proceeds were for 2.4 billion in cash . 22 in 2014 mcgraw hill education india partnered with greycampus to promote online learning courses among university grants commission national eligibility test aspirants . 23 mcgraw hill education india is located in noida area of delhi ncr . the company also sells books online at www.mheducation.co.in on june 30 2015 mcgraw hill education announced that data recognition corporation drc had agreed to acquire key assets of the ctb mcgraw hill assessment business . 24 corporate organization edit divisions of mcgraw hill education include mcgraw hill education school which develops solutions for k 12 learners and adult education . mcgraw hill education higher ed which focuses on college level learners . mcgraw hill education professional focused on post graduate and professional learners . mcgraw hill education international which focuses on learners outside of the united states . other major subsidiaries partners and investments aleks 25 26 27 area9 aps 28 29 30 engrade 31 32 key curriculum 33 34 studysync 35 36 mcgraw hill education is also established in asia australia canada as mcgraw hill ryerson europe india and latin america as mcgraw hill interamericana . in 2013 mcgraw hill education acquired the entirety of shares in tata mcgraw hill education private limited the company s long existing joint venture with tata group in india . the company is now known as mcgraw hill education in india as well . acquisitions edit during the course of its history the mcgraw hill companies expanded significantly through acquisition not just within the publishing industry but also into other areas such as financial services the purchase of standard & poor s in 1966 and broadcasting the 1972 acquisition of time life broadcasting . many of these acquisitions stayed with mcgraw hill education after their acquisition by apollo global management in 2013 . date of acquisition asset acquired industry 1920 newton falls paper company 37 1928 a.w. shaw company 37 publisher of magazines and textbooks 1950s gregg company 37 publisher of vocational textbooks 1953 companies of warren c platts including platts 37 38 publisher of petroleum industry information 1961 f.w. dodge corporation 39 publisher of construction industry information 1965 california test bureau 37 developer of educational testing systems 1966 standard & poor s 39 financial services 1966 shepard s citations 40 legal publisher 1968 national radio institute correspondence school 1970 the ryerson press educational and trade publishing 1972 television stations of time life broadcasting 39 broadcasting 1986 the economy company educational publishing 1996 random house schools and colleges 41 educational publishing 1996 times mirror higher education 42 educational publishing 1997 micropal group limited 43 financial services 1999 appleton & lange 44 publisher of medical information 2000 tribune education including ntc contemporary 45 publisher of supplementary educational materials 2002 open university press university press academic publications 2005 j.d. power & associates 46 marketing information provider 2013 key curriculum 47 math technology firm 2013 aleks 48 adaptive learning firm 2014 area9 aps 49 adaptive learning firm 2014 engrade 50 learning management system 2016 redbird advanced learning 51 adaptive learning firm presidents of the company edit james h. mcgraw 1917 1928 johnathan heflin 1928 1948 james mcgraw jr. 1948 1950 curtis w. mcgraw 1950 1953 donald c. mcgraw 1953 1968 shelton fisher 1968 1974 harold mcgraw jr. 1974 1983 joseph dionne 1983 1998 harold w. mcgraw iii 1998 2013 buzz waterhouse 2013 2014 david levin 2014 present controversies edit in october 2015 mcgraw hill education was accused of whitewashing history after it had published a caption in a geography textbook referring to american slaves as workers . 52 the company quickly apologized promised to update the digital version of the materials and offered schools replacement texts at no charge . 53 since the controversy began in houston it has been linked to broader controversies about conservative texts at the texas education agency . 54 see also edit mcgraw hill financial references edit mcgraw hill education names david levin as ceo . retrieved 2014 01 13 . united business media chief david levin moves to mcgraw hill . financial times . retrieved 2014 01 13 . mcgraw hill education appoints david levin as chief executive officer . wall street journal . retrieved 2014 01 13 . executive changes at mcgraw hill education . publishersweekly.com . retrieved 2014 11 18 . davis michelle r. big three publishers rethink k 12 strategies . education week . retrieved 2014 03 25 . noonoo stephen . how big three publishers are approaching ipad textbooks . the journal . retrieved 2014 03 25 . mcgraw hill financial 2013 annual report pdf . henry david . mcgraw hill sells textbook unit to private equity . reuters . retrieved 2014 03 25 . mcgraw hill completes sale of education division . businessweek . 2013 03 22 . retrieved 2014 03 25 . mcgraw hill sells education unit to apollo bellwether for educational publishing . forbes . 2012 11 28 . retrieved 2014 03 25 . robinson matt 2013 03 22 . mcgraw hill closes 2.4 billion education unit sale to apollo . bloomberg . retrieved 2014 03 25 . tim feran 2013 10 24 . textbook publisher mcgraw hill writing digital future . columbus ceo . retrieved 2014 03 25 . mcgraw hill education agrees to acquire aleks corporation developer of adaptive learning technology ... new york june 20 2013 . prnewswire . retrieved 2014 03 25 . mcgraw hill acquires 20 % stake in area9 the adaptive learning company behind its new smart ebooks . techcrunch . 2013 01 24 . retrieved 2014 03 25 . 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2012 08 02 . mcgraw hill acquires math technology company key curriculum marketplace k 12 .