Press Release for Publishing for the PreK-12 Market, 2008-2009

STANFORD, Conn., May 9 /PRNewswire/ — Publishing for the PreK-12 Market, 2008-2009, a new strategic market report from media industry forecast and analysis firm Simba Information, projects the market for educational materials in the U.S. will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 2.5% to almost $10 billion in 2011. The need to raise student achievement in the U.S. presents educational publishers with a good market opportunity even as optimism about the industry's future is tempered by growing economic concerns, most prominently a difficult revenue picture in many states.