Education Blog
Westchester Wrap-up: January – March 2019
by Nicole Tomassi, Marketing & Conference Manager Westchester is proud to be celebrating 50 years of providing publishers with quality pre-press services. The ways that content can be delivered and accessed are more numerous now than at any other time since Gutenberg invented the printing press, but our primary mission continues to be ensuring that…
Read MoreWalter Henderson Jr., ELT Expert
Westchester K-12 is extremely pleased to announce the addition of Walter Henderson Jr. to our already top-flight editorial content development team. Joining Anne Riccio, Supervising Editor for ELA & Humanities, and Dave Bailis, STEM Content Director — Walter adds to the Westchester K-12 team the extremely important element of English Language Training (ELT). Walter’s…
Read MoreMeet Chris Herrfurth
Chris Herrfurth, Production Manager at Westchester K-12 talks about his career, from his start at an advertising firm which sparked an interest in production work to his transition into the K-12 publishing industry. Learn more about Chris, and why he enjoys what he’s doing here at Westchester K-12 Publishing Services. You worked at other…
Read MoreSXSW EDU 2019 and the future of K-12 education
by Kevin J. Gray, Managing Director, Westchester K-12 Publishing Services What does the future hold for K-12 education? That question was a central theme of this year’s SXSW EDU conference, held in March in Austin, TX. Throughout the hours of sessions and meetings, several recurring themes permeated discussions around the prompt. First and foremost, there…
Read MoreIn the Community: DECA Prep, Dayton, Ohio
While attending the 2019 SXSW EDU Conference, Kevin J. Gray, Westchester K-12’s Managing Director completed a brief survey and received a gift card in return. That doesn’t seem very significant, however, the idea that it sparked has the potential to make a meaningful difference for many people. The gift card was for DonorsChoose.org, an…
Read MoreMarie’s Musings – December 2018
Thoughts on education, publishing, and other intellectual titillations – by Marie Brown, Consulting Editorial Project Director ***The following comments, views, and opinions are solely those of Marie Brown, and do not necessarily reflect those of Westchester Publishing Services, its management, and staff.*** As 2018 is winding down, I’m taking the space this month to reflect…
Read MoreNational Council of Teachers of English 2018 Annual Conference
by Kevin J. Gray, Managing Director, Westchester K-12 Publishing Services Anne Riccio (Sr. Supervising Editor, ELA and Humanities) and I recently attended the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) annual conference in Houston, TX. The theme of this year’s conference was Raising Student Voices, with an emphasis on extending the diverse array of voices…
Read MoreMarie’s Musings – November 2018
Thoughts on education, publishing, and other intellectual titillations –by Marie Brown, Consulting Editorial Project Director ***The following comments, views, and opinions are solely those of Marie Brown, and do not necessarily reflect those of Westchester Publishing Services, its management, and staff.*** QUOTE OF THE MONTH “Here come the Millennials.” – Several media outlets commenting on…
Read MoreMarie’s Musings – October 2018
Thoughts on education, publishing, and other intellectual titillations – by Marie Brown, Consulting Editorial Project Director ***The following comments, views, and opinions are solely those of Marie Brown, and do not necessarily reflect those of Westchester Publishing Services, its management, and staff.*** (I was away on vacation the first two weeks of October, so this month’s blog is…
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