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Research Study Finds Espresso Increases Student Performance in Math
Espresso Education — Monday, January 23, 2012
The statistical data suggests that the use of Espresso as part of the everyday math curriculum, even when used for a little more than one hour per week, helped students to achieve at higher levels than their counterparts who were taught without Espresso. Read More »
Student Math Scores Jump 20% with HMH Algebra Curriculum
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt — Saturday, January 21, 2012
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt announced the results of a yearlong pilot of HMH Fuse: Algebra I, the world's first full-curriculum Algebra app developed exclusively for the Apple iPad....The pilot showed that over 78% of HMH Fuse users scored Proficient or Advanced on the spring 2011 California Standards Tests, compared with only 59% of their textbook-using peers. Read More »
Contest Winner’s Pets Featured in DC Super-Pets Book
Capstone — Saturday, January 21, 2012
Capstone announces the publication of its highly anticipated new chapter book, The Amazing Mini-Mutts, which stars the pets of its nationwide student writing contest winner Cloey Nyberg.Cloey’s fictional characters, are featured characters in The Amazing Mini-Mutts.. Read More »
McGraw-Hill To Deliver Curricula with Apple's iBooks Textbooks;
McGraw-Hill Education — Saturday, January 21, 2012
McGraw-Hill Education today is bringing its leading K-12 curricula and instructional expertise to Apple's iPad with innovative iBooks Textbooks. McGraw-Hill Education is now offering five high school math and science titles designed specifically for the iPad, and the company expects to double its program offerings for the iPad during the year. Read More »
Environmental Exploration Program from the Smithsonian
Smithsonian Institution — Saturday, January 21, 2012
The Smithsonian is offering teachers a multidimensional resource for expanding and enriching curriculum with Shout, a free environmental exploration program. Through interactive webinars, comprehensive lesson-planning materials and hands-on activities, Shout features renowned Smithsonian scientists and other experts in the arts and humanities. Read More »
Kurzweil Educational Systems Releases firefly
Cambium Learning Group, Inc. — Saturday, January 21, 2012
Kurzweil Educational Systems announced today the release of firefly , a completely web-based solution that delivers anytime, anywhere access to digital, text-based content. firefly joins the Kurzweil Educational Systems product line and works in concert with the award-winning Kurzweil 3000 software solution. Read More »
FL District Launches Educator Evaluation System To Drive Professional Growth
Truenorthlogic — Thursday, January 19, 2012
Volusia County School District in Florida, in partnership with Truenorthlogic, recently launched a comprehensive leader evaluation platform in their nearly 61,000 student district. The system follows the State of Florida’s Individual Professional Development Plan guidelines and allows the district to incorporate its own educator effectiveness vision, including evaluations, observations and growth plans. Read More »
Cerebellum Corp.’s New DVD Series Teaches the Science behind Sports and Recreational Activities
Cerebellum Corporation — Thursday, January 19, 2012
Cerebellum Corporation has released the Daily Planet: Sports & Recreation Series for grades 9-12. The Daily Planet DVD programs explore the scientific aspects of current topics and events though the use of interviews, field pieces and real-life experiments to support science and STEM curricula. Read More »
School Specialty Integrations Introduces the CATT(TM) Intervention System
School Specialty, Inc. — Wednesday, January 18, 2012
A comprehensive, problem-solving system for the K-6 student, the CATT™ Intervention System addresses the intervention areas that bridge the gap between straight academic and behavioral approaches. Over 85 evidence-based products, hundreds of instructional strategies and techniques, and individually-tailored professional development empower teachers ... Read More »
Maine DOE Renews State and District-level Contracts with Infinite Campus
Infinite Campus — Wednesday, January 18, 2012
The Maine Department of Education (DOE) renewed their state and district-level contract with Infinite Campus as a preferred vendor for another three years. This contract provides the Maine DOE with a true statewide data collection system gathering data from districts using Infinite Campus and third-party student information systems for compliance, accountability and funding reporting. Read More »
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