The name comes from Donald W. Jones, the company's founder, and Arthur Bartlett, the first editor.
[citation needed] In 1988, the company was named by New England Business Magazine as one of the 100 fastest-growing companies in New England.
[citation needed] In 1989, they opened their first office in London.
[citation needed] Their corporate headquarters moved to Sudbury, Massachusetts in 1995.
[5] In 2011, Jones & Bartlett Learning moved its offices in Sudbury and Maynard, Massachusetts to Burlington, Massachusetts, sharing a building with other Ascend Learning corporate offices.