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Shmoop Launches AP Art History Guide
Shmoop — Saturday, March 10, 2012
Shmoop, a publisher of digital curriculum and test prep, announces the arrival of a brand new addition to our AP test guide family. The AP Art History guide breaks down what you can expect to see on the test, and delves deeply into all material on which you are likely to be quizzed... Read More »
Achieve and Education First Release CCSS Tool
Achieve, Education First — Thursday, March 08, 2012
To assist states in gauging the strength of their implementation plans and to illustrate how to improve them, Education First and Achieve have partnered on the development of a new "Common Core State Standards Implementation Rubric and Self-Assessment Tool." Read More »
LDF on 2009-10 School Year "Civil Rights Data Collection"
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. — Tuesday, March 06, 2012
This year's data collection for the 2009-2010 school year confirms what many civil rights and education advocates have feared. Stark racial disparities across various indicators are hampering educational access and opportunity. According to the Department of Education, black students are more than three-and-a-half times as likely to be suspended or expelled compared to their white peers. Read More »
PTC and DoD STARBASE Offer Science and Technology Opportunities
PTC — Tuesday, March 06, 2012
PTC® announced it is continuing its support of the United States Department of Defense-sponsored STARBASE national youth program to deliver STEM learning opportunities to students in Georgia, Michigan and Minnesota. The program’s goal is to motivate young people to pursue science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education and careers. Read More »
Shmoop Launches AP Physics B
Shmoop — Tuesday, March 06, 2012
Shmoop, a publisher of digital curriculum and test prep, announces the launch of its new AP Physics guide. Here you will learn about Newtonian Mechanics, Fluids and Thermal Physics, Electricity and Magnetism, Waves and Optics, and Laboratory and Experimental Situations. Read More »
eScholar Introduces Personalized Learning Management System
eScholar LLC — Tuesday, March 06, 2012
eScholar LLC announced availability and response to eScholar U. eScholar U is a robust and highly customizable online learning management system that supports the delivery of valuable information from subject matter experts into the hands of educators. Read More »
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and Big Ideas Learning Unveil a New Solution in Mathematics
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Big Ideas Learning — Monday, March 05, 2012
With the release of the Big Ideas Math Accelerated Grade 7 and Big Ideas Math Algebra 1, Big Ideas Math is now the only program to offer the complete Common Core State Standards solution with both regular and compacted pathways. Read More »
New Guide: Strengthening Teacher and Principal Performance
Pearson — Monday, March 05, 2012
To assist states and school districts as they undertake the critical task of developing and launching next-generation educator effectiveness systems, Pearson today unveiled a new guide, "Evaluating Teachers and Principals: Developing Fair, Valid, and Reliable Systems." Read More »
MA Schools Show Dramatic Gains for Low Income, Minority College Prep
Mass Insight Education — Saturday, March 03, 2012
ss Insight Education has released an independent evaluation of its Massachusetts Math + Science Initiative (MMSI), a public/private partnership that increases college opportunities by expanding Advanced Placement (AP) participation and performance in high schools and currently supports close to 8,000 students in more than 50 high schools throughout the state. Read More »
Vernier Launches New 'LabQuest 2'
Vernier Software & Technology — Thursday, March 01, 2012
Vernier Software & Technology's new LabQuest 2 features faster computing, a large high-resolution screen, wireless data sharing, and five built-in sensors, including GPS. LabQuest 2 is compatible with all Vernier probes, which includes more than 70 different sensors used in experiments to study physics, chemistry, biology... Read More »
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