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eScholar Delivers Enhanced Version of Data Warehouse
eScholar — Tuesday, July 10, 2012
eScholar announced immediate availability of version 14.0 of the eScholar Complete Data Warehouse® (CDW). eScholar CDW v14.0 includes a slew of enhancements in support of tailoring education for each individual, including support for the Common Core State Standards Initiative, analysis of effective teaching techniques, and transportation information to improve operational efficiencies. Read More »
Oklahoma Approves Marzano School Leadership Evaluation Model;
Learning Sciences Marzano Center — Tuesday, July 10, 2012
On the recommendation of the Oklahoma Commission for Teacher and Leader Effectiveness (TLE), the Oklahoma State Board of Education has approved the Marzano School Leadership Evaluation Model for Oklahoma districts implementing leadership evaluation during the 2012-2013 school year. Read More »
New Dimension Media More Than Doubles Its Total Adoptions
New Dimension Media — Monday, July 09, 2012
New Dimension Media (NDM) has more than doubled its total number of subscribing students in the first six months of 2012. Recent additions include over 250,000 students added in New York, over 200,000 in Illinois, and over 100,000 in Colorado, Indiana, and Minnesota, with thousands more coming from Wyoming, South Carolina, and Florida. Read More »
SchoolReach Now Embedded in PowerSchool
SchoolReach — Monday, July 02, 2012
SchoolReach Instant Parent Contact, a leading parent notification system for K-12 schools and districts, is now embedded in Pearson’s PowerSchool®. The new SchoolReach for PowerSchool program will help schools and districts save valuable time and resources by providing direct access to the SchoolReach application while working within PowerSchool. Read More »
Vocabulary Builder's Innovative Word Messenger™ Feature
eReflect — Monday, July 02, 2012
Ultimate Vocabulary™ 2012 has steadily grown to become one of the world’s most trusted vocabulary improvement software packages. Today, following the recent launch of the software’s 2012 upgrade, the team behind Ultimate Vocabulary™ 2012 introduce the world to Word Messenger™. Read More »
netTrekker Upgraded To Streamline the Path to Differentiated Instruction
Knovation, — Sunday, July 01, 2012
Knovation, the leader in personalized learning solutions, will unveil its new version of netTrekker Search in late July. Developed in partnership with current clients, the new netTrekker Search will empower teachers and students with a more effective and more engaging experience. Read More »
iPrep Academy Achieves Top Scores in FL End-of-Course Exams
Penda Learning — Sunday, July 01, 2012
Miami-Dade Superintendent Albert Carvalho's brainchild project - iPrep Academy - has scored top in the Florida state end-of-course exams (EOC) using online learning. iPrep's students have blown away the Florida state average with 100% of its 9th grade students passing the end of year exam in Biology and Geometry. Read More »
A New Level of Financial Transparency Available to Ontario School Districts
SRB Education Solutions Inc., V Group Inc. — Sunday, July 01, 2012
KEV Group, the North American leader in school generated funds management and school fraud prevention and SRB Education Solutions Inc., the provider of industry leading student information, assessment, library management, and, financial management tools are pleased to announce their new partnership and commitment to provide seamless online payment and fraud prevention options to the K-12 education sector. Read More »
Kendall Hunt Announces PD Partnership with Clarke University
Kendall Hunt Publishing Company — Sunday, July 01, 2012
To better serve its customers and the educational community, Kendall Hunt Publishing Company has announced a new partnership with Clarke University, which will now provide both Continuing Education Hours (CEH) and graduate credit options for its PreK-12 professional development programs. Read More »
Vermont Becomes 17th State To Join Partnership for 21st Century Skills
Partnership for 21st Century Skills — Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Vermont has joined the P21 Leadership State Initiative, working in concert with 16 states committed to fusing the 3Rs and 4Cs - critical thinking and problem solving, communication, collaboration, and creativity and innovation within standards, assessments and professional development programs. Read More »
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