Big Ideas Learning

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].

History

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 June of 2010, Big Ideas Learning signed an agreement with publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt to market and sell the Big Ideas Math line of textbooks.

Publications

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.^[5] In the spring of 2010, Big Ideas Math was adopted by over half of Florida's 67 counties ^[6]. The series won the 2010 Textbook Excellence Award ("Texty") for excellence in textbook publishing in the Elementary-High School Division for Mathematics. ^[7]

In 2010, Big Ideas Learning published a series of middle school mathematics textbooks that implemented the Virginia Standards of Learning.^[8] In 2011, Big Ideas Learning published a series of middle school mathematics textbooks that implemented the Common Core State Standards.

1. Larson, Ron; Laurie Boswell (2010), Big Ideas Math 6, Big Ideas Learning, ISBN 978-1-60840-000-3 (Florida), ISBN 978-1-60840-013-3 (National)
2. Larson, Ron; Laurie Boswell (2010), Big Ideas Math 7, Big Ideas Learning, ISBN 978-1-60840-001-3 (Florida), ISBN 978-1-60840-014-3 (National)
3. Larson, Ron; Laurie Boswell (2010), Big Ideas Math 8, Big Ideas Learning, ISBN 978-1-60840-002-7 (Florida), ISBN 978-1-60840-015-7 (National)
4. Larson, Ron; Laurie Boswell (2012), Big Ideas Math 6 Virginia Edition, Big Ideas Learning, ISBN 978-1-60840-159-8
5. Larson, Ron; Laurie Boswell (2012), Big Ideas Math 7 Virginia Edition, Big Ideas Learning, ISBN 978-1-60840-165-9
6. Larson, Ron; Laurie Boswell (2012), Big Ideas Math 8 Virginia Edition, Big Ideas Learning, ISBN 978-1-60840-171-0
7. Larson, Ron; Laurie Boswell (2012), Big Ideas Math A Common Core Curriculum Green, Big Ideas Learning, ISBN 978-1-60840-226-7 (National)
8. Larson, Ron; Laurie Boswell (2012), Big Ideas Math A Common Core Curriculum Red, Big Ideas Learning, ISBN 978-1-60840-227-4 (National)
9. Larson, Ron; Laurie Boswell (2012), Big Ideas Math A Common Core Curriculum Blue, Big Ideas Learning, ISBN 978-1-60840-228-1 (National)

References

Sources

• 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 Sentinal [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]