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McGraw-Hill Education Launches First-ever Interactive Social Studies Program
McGraw-Hill Education — Saturday, December 03, 2011
McGraw-Hill Education's Networks multimedia social studies learning system that brings history to life for middle and high school students. Networks combines engaging print and digital resources to help students discover and learn essential social studies content in world history, U.S. history and civics. Read More »
Saddleback Educational Publishing Joins Capstone Digital’s myON Reader
Capstone Digital — Saturday, December 03, 2011
Capstone Digital, developer of personalized learning environments for students, announces a new partnership with Saddleback Educational Publishing, publisher of educational materials for young adults, to extend the myON platform with the addition of more than 100 new titles. With the additional Saddleback titles, myON will now extend to middle and high school students. Read More »
School Improvement Network Announces a New Set of Tools for Integrating the Common Core
School Improvement Network — Saturday, December 03, 2011
School Improvement Network will release the newest addition to its library of Common Core resources: the Kansas City Missouri School District (KCMSD) case study WHICH will be presented in a series of more than 40 instructional videos, and will provide an extensive field guide for educators faced with the challenge of integrating the Common Core Standards into their schools. Read More »
Learning Bridges and NEA Academy Roll out Innovative New Teacher Support Tool
Learning Bridges — Saturday, December 03, 2011
Learning Bridges announced a new Teacher Support Tool being offered as part of a partnership with the National Education Association, through its NEA Academy. Affordable and easy-to-use, the Teacher Support Tool gives NEA members instant access to customizable PD that increases teacher effectiveness and improves student outcomes. Read More »
Lexia Reading To Be Used in Diocese of Wichita Catholic Schools Pilot Program
Lexia Reading — Saturday, December 03, 2011
This year, students at the Diocese of Wichita Catholic Schools' Blessed Sacrament and Holy Name Elementary Schools will be using some of the world's most advanced technology to improve their reading skills. Lexia Reading®, provides a scientifically proven method for helping students pre-K through 12th grade to rapidly develop and improve their foundational reading skills. Read More »
Revolution K12 Launches New Geometry Program
Revolution K12 — Saturday, December 03, 2011
Revolution K12, a rapidly-growing web-based adaptive software division of Revolution Prep, has released its new Geometry program which diagnoses students’ issues with geometry topics in order to provide educators with detailed reports on student skill acquisition and deficiencies. Read More »
Teacher Engagement Skyrockets with PD 360
l Improvement Network — Saturday, December 03, 2011
The specialized, tailor-fit type of PD has had a remarkable impact on teacher engagement at Ocean Springs School District. Since PD360 was implemented, engagement rates have shot up, with the vast majority of teachers in the district (more than three quarters) beginning to actively participate in professional development. Read More »
Singapore Math Multiplies in U.S. Schools
Marshall Cavendish Education — Saturday, December 03, 2011
First introduced in the early 1980s as an initiative to improve math performance among Singaporean students, Singapore Math has captured the attention of educators worldwide for both its rigor and its unique ability to make math easy to teach and fun to learn. Read More »
Ascend Education Joins Forces with LEARN To Bring Math Intervention to CT Students
Ascend Education — Saturday, December 03, 2011
Ascend Education announces a partnership with LEARN to support and bring Ascend Math to Connecticut schools and students. LEARN, a Regional Educational Service Center (RESC), serves 25 school districts in SE Connecticut. LEARN will be the central contact for Ascend Math purchases in the state for all Connecticut RESCs. Read More »
Staff Development For Eductors To Deliver PD To Private Schools In LAUSD
Staff Development For Educators — Saturday, December 03, 2011
To that end, Staff Development for Educators announced its selection as one of a distinct group of preferred providers to deliver professional development workshops, and the only approved vendor to provide assistance in conference planning and facilitation to private schools within the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). Read More »
