Hotmath News Release
Media Contact:
Chuck Grant
510.524.5525
cgrant@hotmath.com
Now in Spanish, Math Homework Help Available 24/7
Online Tutorials for Math Textbook Problems
San Francisco, January 11, 2006 -- Hotmath, Inc. announced today that its award-winning website, www.hotmath.com , which offers tutorial homework support for over 100 middle school, high school, and college math textbooks, has begun offering its tutorials in Spanish to ensure that ESL and Hispanic students have a convenient resource to understand and complete their math homework.
Solutions in Spanish are now available on Hotmath.com for the popular McDougal Littell middle school math textbook Mathematics: Concepts and Skills, Course 1 by Larson, Boswell, Kanold, and Stiff.
With Hotmath, students are able to get immediate help when they are stuck, so they can continue working on homework assignments at any time (24/7) and gain confidence in their ability to succeed in math.
Chuck Grant, president of Hotmath said, "Every student can use help on math homework from time to time. Math is the gateway subject for graduation and successful careers. We are very pleased to begin serving ESL and Hispanic students."
Janet Tedesco, a New Orleans high school math department chair, said, "Hotmath is a terrific homework resource, and is far more affordable for parents than most alternatives. The whole class benefits when students come to class prepared."
About Hotmath, Inc.
Founded in 2000 by math educators, Hotmath enhances student learning by helping them complete their math homework with understanding. Based on research showing that students learn better with guided help on homework, Hotmath.com provides step-by-step help with hints for the actual odd-numbered homework problems in math textbooks. Hotmath is a full-service math help resource including such resources as graphing calculator training, review lessons, remediation/intervention support, math workbooks, and math games.
Active partnerships with leading organizations in support of math learning include Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, Microsoft Encarta, Smarthinking, and Texas Instruments.
Recent awards include eSchoolnews Best-in-Class award in five math categories, an SIIA CODIE Award, and the award of Excellence from Technology and Learning .
Hotmath now serves over one million US students through a combination of school and parent licenses. Parents can purchase a 12-month license for unlimited personal use of Hotmath for $49. Alternatively, schools can provide Hotmath for all their students for 75 cents per student per year.
