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Gallopade Releases Realistic Fiction Books for Middle School
Gallopade International — Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Summer reading for kids is in full swing now that school is out, and that means more popular realistic fiction for middle school-age students. No author produces more fun realistic fiction that mystery author Carole Marsh. School classes and families even trek to the real sites she's written fictional stories about. "A lot of it is true!" the author confesses. Read More »
Unique Classroom Reward Solution Launches in US
School Stickers — Wednesday, June 12, 2013
School Stickers enables teachers to motivate and encourage their pupils like never before, using a selection of fully flexible and interactive systems that can be tailored to the needs of each school, whether they are looking for a tailored school wide or classroom specific solution. It promises to revolutionize the way schools raise standards of behavior and achievement. Read More »
Atlanta PS Integrate Four Content Providers in One PD System
Truenorthlogic — Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Atlanta Public Schools recently integrated with four leading content providers within a single sign-on, professional learning management system, managed by Truenorthlogic. Educators have on-demand access to professional development resources and tools from multiple content providers, including district-created content. Read More »
Time To Know To Present Groundbreaking New Research
Time To Know — Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Time To Know announced that it will be presenting two innovative research papers at the Eden and ISTE conferences this summer. The Eden paper will describe findings about the potential for T2K's 1:1 computing platform to deliver a holistic solution, creating more joyful learning and teaching. The study showed significant increases in student motivation and engagement ... Read More »
Madison Metropolitan Selects CCC! Streaming Media
New Dimension Media — Monday, June 10, 2013
Madison Metropolitan School District in Madison, Wisconsin will provide over 24,000 students with CCC! Streaming Media, from New Dimension Media, for the 2013-2014 school year. With CCC!, teachers, students, and staff have access to a library of over 5,000 media titles and 100,000 teaching segments, from top educational producers... Read More »
Rediker Software Introduces New TeacherPlus Web Gradebook
Rediker Software — Monday, June 10, 2013
Rediker Software announced the launch of the new browser-based gradebook, TeacherPlus. Seamlessly integrated with Rediker Software’s student information system Administrator’s Plus, TeacherPlus Gradebook provides the necessary tools to help track student growth and monitor student progress. Read More »
Philadelphia Adds Adaptive Curriculum to High School RTI Recommended List
Adaptive Curriculum — Monday, June 10, 2013
To infuse cutting-edge technology into its standard-driven curriculum and improve student performance in math and science, the School District of Philadelphia has added Adaptive Curriculum (AC) to its list of Recommended Products for Response to Instruction and Intervention (RtII) for tier 1 and tier 2 for all high schools. Read More »
Waterford To Launch Instructional Tool for Interactive Whiteboards
Waterford Research Institute — Monday, June 10, 2013
Waterford Research Institute will launch Classroom Advantage at ISTE in late June. Classroom Advantage is a cloud-based library of learning activities for large and small group instruction using an interactive whiteboard. Teachers can easily create their own playlists – developing customized lessons from the 4,800 activities that include books, songs and games, aligned to CCSS. Read More »
WV Selects WIN Learning Career Readiness System
WIN Learning — Monday, June 10, 2013
In West Virginia, a new Personalized Career Readiness System from WIN Learning is playing a critical role in helping high school students across the state persist and complete high school, and prepare for the postsecondary education and workforce training that will be critical to the state's future economic success. Read More »
High School Graduation Rate Reaches Highest Point in 40 Years
Editorial Projects in Education Research Center — Thursday, June 06, 2013
A new national report from Education Week and the Editorial Projects in Education (EPE) Research Center finds that the nation's graduation rate has posted a solid gain for the third straight year, following a period of declines and stagnation. Amid this continuing turnaround, the nation's graduation rate has risen to almost 75 percent, the highest level of high school completion since 1973. Read More »
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