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Kaplan K12 Learning Services and K12 Partner
Kaplan K12 Learning Services, K12 Inc. — Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Kaplan K12 Learning Services, which partners with elementary, middle and high schools to measurably propel student achievement, and K12, a leading provider of online K12 educational curriculum, have partnered to offer a complete portfolio of college preparation solutions. Read More »
Four Years of Research Shows Read 180® Effective
Scholastic — Tuesday, November 15, 2011
A four-year U.S. Department of Education evaluation of adolescent literacy programs shows that students in Newark, N.J., Springfield/Chicopee, Mass., and the Ohio State Department of Youth Services who were enrolled in their READ 180 ® programs significantly outperformed students who were not placed in READ 180 as part of the study. Read More »
Evaluation Tool for Aligning OER To Common Core Now Available at OER Commons
Achieve and the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education — Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Achieve and the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education announced a new tool for users to rate the quality of open education resources (OER) for teaching and student learning. The tool will allow educators to rate the quality of these resources for teaching and student learning, align these resources to the Common Core State Standards Read More »
Laying the Foundation Helps Secondary Teachers Implement CCSS
Laying the Foundation — Monday, November 14, 2011
Laying the Foundation has recently stepped forward to become one of the leading providers of teacher lessons and activities aligned with the Common Core State Standards. ... The nonprofit organization has taken its rigorous program to the next level to help middle school and high school teachers understand and implement the new standards in their classrooms. Read More »
World Book Promotes Fun While Teaching Science Concepts
World Book, Inc. — Monday, November 14, 2011
World Book’s Building Blocks of Science characters have been kidnapped by an Evil Scientist--the dastardly Dr. Edwin Quark. Gasp! He has hidden the Building Blocks of Science characters throughout the universe and World Book needs help in finding them in time to publish the 10-volume series. Read More »
Staff Development For Educators To Manage PD Activities For Pilot Program of Singapore Math in NC
Staff Development For Educators — Saturday, November 12, 2011
Staff Development for Educators has been selected to provide comprehensive curriculum training to support the implementation of the Singapore Math pilot program in six North Carolina elementary schools. Burroughs Wellcome Fund, an independent private foundation, funds the immersive teacher training enterprise as part of the Singapore Math Pilot,,, Read More »
Adaptive Curriculum Now Available in Spanish
Adaptive Curriculum — Saturday, November 12, 2011
Adaptive Curriculum has released its AC Math and AC Science concept-mastery content in Spanish. Designed for grades 6-12, AC Math and AC Science engages digital-age learners by integrating real-world scenarios, cutting-edge graphics and interactive simulations into active, standards-based learning. Read More »
Rourke Classroom Publishes My Science Library
Rourke Publishing LLC — Thursday, November 10, 2011
Rourke Classroom’s new My Science Library series taps into kids’ curiosity while building important science content knowledge. And, to support both English and Spanish readers from kindergarten to third grade, all 36 titles are available in both languages. Read More »
Pearson's AIMSweb Now Features Lexile Measures
Pearson — Thursday, November 10, 2011
Pearson announced today that it is adding Lexile® measures to AIMSweb®, the company's universal screening, progress monitoring and data management system that serves as a framework for Response to Intervention (RTI). The company collaborated with MetaMetrics®, developer of The Lexile Framework for Reading, to add Lexile measures to select AIMSweb benchmark reports. Read More »
School Leaders See Digital Classrooms as Key Component of Student Learning
Time To Know — Thursday, November 10, 2011
Two-thirds of school leaders say 1:1 computing classrooms are the future of education—despite recent public scrutiny about the value of technology in education. More than 300 district leaders and principals participated in a market research survey fielded by Interactive Educational Systems Design, Inc. (IESD). Curriculum provider Time To Know funded the survey, which had a margin of error of +/- 5.5 percent. Read More »
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