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Responsive Classroom One of Most Effective Ways To Teach Social, Emotional, and Academic Skills
Northeast Foundation for Children, Inc. — Tuesday, September 25, 2012
The Responsive Classroom® approach to elementary education is among a prestigious list of 23 effective social-emotional learning programs. The list, developed by CASEL, identifies programs that successfully promote students' self-control, relationship-building, and problem-solving, among other competencies, and is the first review of its kind in nearly a decade. Read More »
HMH and Center for Green Schools Commit to 'Green Apple' Initiative
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, The Center for Green Schools — Monday, September 24, 2012
Today at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Annual Meeting in New York, global education leader Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) and The Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced a national Commitment to Action to provide more than 2 million children with access to safer, healthier learning environments. Read More »
ePals®, Curriki Partner To Expand OER
ePals Corporation, Curriki — Sunday, September 23, 2012
With ePals connecting 800,000 classrooms across 200 countries, and Curriki reaching more than seven million users in 192 countries with upwards of 45,000 digital learning objects, together the two provide educators and learners around the world with unprecedented scope and access to rigorous and engaging global online content. Read More »
Carson-Dellosa’s New eCatalog Meets Need for CCSS Materials
rson-Dellosa Publishing, LLC — Saturday, September 22, 2012
This month Carson-Dellosa released a new eCatalog of its products that directly align with the Common Core State Standards.The company developed the eCatalog to respond to the needs of teachers, many of whom are seeking to replace or update materials in their classroom that do not align with the more rigorous standards. Read More »
Shmoop Launches Calculus Guide
Shmoop — Saturday, September 22, 2012
Shmoop, a publisher of digital curriculum and online test prep, is proud to announce the launch of its new Calculus Guide. Here, students can learn that “dy is over dx.” (Or is it in denial? It does still keep dx’s photo in a frame on its desk…) Read More »
NSF Funds Project Integrating Arts-based Learning and STEM
National Science Foundation — Saturday, September 22, 2012
The National Science Foundation grant will fund arts-based incubators for innovation in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) learning, as well as the development of a new arts-based STEM curriculum; experimental research to measure the impact of arts-based learning on creativity, collaboration and innovation; and public programs using the project’s activities to advance civic engagement with STEM. Read More »
Arkansas DOE Brings Britannica Resources to Schools
Britannica Digital Learning — Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Arkansas students are starting the school year with a dynamic suite of high-quality digital resources from Britannica Digital Learning, courtesy of the Arkansas Department of Education. Under a new licensing agreement by the department, every school, teacher and student in the state-as well as their families-have unlimited access to five of Britannica's major online education services... Read More »
GetEdFunding.com and CDW-G Help Educators Find New Funding Sources
CDW Government LLC — Wednesday, September 19, 2012
A new website launched by CDW Government LLC (CDW-G), a leading provider of technology solutions to education and government, is an easy-to-use, relevant and reliable source of active grants and awards to help offset budget challenges in pre-kindergarten through grade 12 and higher education institutions. Read More »
Pre-K Data Available in First-of-Its Kind Database
New America Foundation — Wednesday, September 19, 2012
The New America Foundation's Federal Education Budget Project and Early Education Initiative jointly announce today an expansion of FEBP's education funding database (www.edbudgetproject.org). The database now includes data on funding and enrollment for publicly funded pre-kindergarten programs. The new data include funding and enrollment for fiscal years 2007 through 2011 at the state and school district levels... Read More »
50% of MD School Systems Embrace Performance Matters Solutions
Performance Matters — Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Like numerous other Maryland districts, Wicomico County Public Schools (WCPS) has opted to implement FASTe (Formative Action System for Teacher Effectiveness) from Performance Matters to help connect the dots between student results and educator practices, and comply with the State’s new educator evaluation criteria. Read More »
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