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Vernier Shares Findings on Value of Probeware
Vernier Software & Technology — Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Vernier Software & Technology has released a free white paper, entitled "What the Research Says About the Value of Probeware for Science Instruction," that presents research-based evidence supporting the value of probeware as part of effective science instruction. Read More »
Alexander Street's Archive of Black Studies in Video
Alexander Street Press — Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Alexander Street Press announces the release of Black Studies in Video, the newest streaming video collection in its award-winning black studies portfolio. Black Studies in Video will weave together seminal documentaries, powerful interviews, and previously unavailable archival footage surveying the black experience. Read More »
Curriki Launches Project-Based Algebra Course
Curriki — Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Curriki launched its free Algebra 1 course, which addresses each of the Algebra 1 Common Core State Standards. Available online, the project-based modular course engages students through real-world examples, engaging projects, interactive web 2.0 tools, videos and targeted feedback. Read More »
GA District Leads in Teacher, Leader and Staff Evaluations
Truenorthlogic — Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Gwinnett County Public Schools, the 14th largest school district in the U.S. and the largest school district in Georgia, strives to be a system of world-class schools. In order to reach this goal, Gwinnett partnered with Truenorthlogic to develop a performance-based evaluation system for all employees. Read More »
ODYSSEYWARE Helps Schools Transition to CCSS
ODYSSEYWARE — Tuesday, September 11, 2012
ODYSSEYWARE’s online curriculum for students in grades 3-12 is correlated to these standards with English language arts and math courses that support the proficiencies recommended by the teachers, researchers, and content experts from across the country that collaborated to determine CCSS. Read More »
StudySync Unveils VOTES Project Blast Poll Questions
StudySync — Tuesday, September 11, 2012
The only program of its kind in the country, the VOTES Project will ask students nationwide to weigh in on a series of potentially decisive issues, among them the American economy, money in politics, Iran, same-sex marriage, and healthcare. The polls will wrap up just prior to Election Day, when students will choose one of the two candidates. Read More »
Educators "Flip" Over Innovative Conference Session Model
Staff Development for Educators — Monday, September 10, 2012
Educators from across the country took part in the first-ever "flipped" conference sessions at Staff Development for Educators' National Conference on Differentiated Instruction. ...Taking its cue from the growing trend of "flipped' classrooms in America, SDE offered K-12 educators the opportunity to experience the "flipped" approach to instruction from a student's perspective. Read More »
Shmoop Partners with College Prep Site Zinch
Shmoop — Monday, September 10, 2012
The two companies are offering a six-month program during which Zinch users will have special access to Shmoop material through Chegg Presents Zinch Prep, a college counseling program providing information and materials to guide high school seniors through the college admissions process. Read More »
Adaptive Curriculum Now on Alleyop
Sebit Inc. — Saturday, September 08, 2012
Adaptive Curriculum (AC), a web-based concept mastery solution that improves student achievement in math and science via its real-world active learning approach, has been selected as a key content provider for Alleyoop, the online college prep tutoring site created in conjunction with Pearson (NYSE:PSO), the global education company. Read More »
Oakland USD Partners with Scientific Learning Corp.
tific Learning Corp. — Saturday, September 08, 2012
The Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) has partnered with Oakland-based Scientific Learning Corp. to implement two educational software programs designed to help students accelerate their acquisition of cognitive, language, and reading skills essential for learning success. Read More »
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