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Classroom Walkthroughs Found To Improve Teaching and Learning

Written to help principals and other administrators succeed as instructional leaders, Classroom Walkthroughs to Improve Teaching and Learning identifies and describes the many ways classroom walkthroughs can be used for continuous, systemic, and long-range school improvement. Read More »

Encouraging the Next Generation of Problem Solvers

Time Warner Cable launched its newly created signature technology curriculum, Cracking the Codes in the Digital World™, for middle school students in after school settings. Showcasing the STEM behind cable television, the curriculum is based on national science standards and will engage Time Warner Cable employees as mentors and role models Read More »

Miller & Levine Biology Digital Path Curriculum Earns Finalist Honors in the 2010 SIIA CODiE Awards

Miller & Levine Biology™ Digital Path from Pearson is a finalist in the 2010 Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) CODiE Awards. The innovative online digital curriculum from the nation’s bestselling high school biology program is a finalist in the Best Science Instructional Solution category. Read More »

Seven Educators Win Vernier Data-Collection Technology and Funding

David and Christine Vernier, founders of Vernier Software & Technology, will award seven educators with the NSTA/Vernier Technology Award at the National Science Teacher Association (NSTA) Conference in Philadelphia, PA on March 19, 2010. Read More »

New SafeSchools Training Program Minimizes Risk of Staff-to-Student Offenses

SafeSchools introduces a new Sexual Misconduct: Staff-to-Student course, written by Dr. Shoop, that educates teachers, coaches, and support staff members about the standards of care required for the education profession – including the legal requirements. Read More »

School Specialty Early Childhood Book Advances Pre-K Literacy in Georgia

School Specialt joined forces with the Bright from the Start: Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning to publish a children's book that commemorates the state's milestone of one million children served by its nationally recognized pre-kindergarten program. Read More »

Teachscape’s Free ‘TEACHER AS HERO’ Program Offers Local Opportunities for Motivating Educators

To help educators rejuvenate their passion for teaching, Teachscape’s higher education division, in partnership with Cardinal Stritch University and Marygrove University, is offering free face-to-face events to learn what quality traits make a teacher a hero to students Read More »

Smart, Mobile Devices and e-Readers; A New CoSN EdTechNext Report

The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) today released an EdTechNext report, titled “3G and Beyond: Smart, Mobile Devices and e-Readers,” which explores how small, handheld devices may have the potential to advance K-12 education in substantial new ways. Read More »

America Chooses The Snowy Day for Jumpstart’s Read for the Record 2010

Today Jumpstart, Penguin Young Readers Group, and the Pearson Foundation announced that The Snowy Day by Ezra John Keats has been selected as the official book to be read by millions on Thursday, October 7, 2010. Read More »

edWeb.net Helps AEP Reach Out to Teachers

The Association of Educational Publishers (AEP) has launched the Teacher Video Challenge in connection with their upcoming Content in Context Conference. AEP is teaming up with edWeb.net to reach out to educators and ask them to submit videos on three crucial questions Read More »