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New Hands-On PD from Inspiration Software
Inspiration Software — Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Educators around the country can learn how to use visual thinking and learning strategies to improve student achievement with new hands-on professional development workshops from Inspiration® Software, Inc. The three-hour, on-site workshops will help participants increase their knowledge of visual learning concepts and techniques... Read More »
TX Districts Go Digital with McGraw-Hill's CINCH Science
McGraw-Hill Education — Tuesday, October 18, 2011
More than 140 school districts have adopted McGraw-Hill Education's CINCH® Science program for use in grades 5-12. CINCH Science and its companion, CINCH® Math, are the first comprehensive all-digital curricula available for the K-12 market and are compatible with most devices,... Read More »
Espresso Elementary Announces New Lesson Planner Tool
Espresso Elementary — Monday, October 17, 2011
The Lesson Planner is an upgrade to the popular Route creator tool, which allowed teachers to gather resources from around the Espresso site and put them in sequential order with instruction or further guidance. The new Lesson Planner allows teachers to also create their own quizzes, build classes, set assignments and track student usage on Espresso. Read More »
Principal Training Studies Reveal Better Way To Raise Student Achievement
National Institute for School Leadership — Monday, October 17, 2011
Two new scientifically rigorous studies found that school principals who had completed a National Institute for School Leadership (NISL) training program were able to lead their schools to significantly greater gains in mathematics and reading/English language arts than comparison schools. Read More »
American Reading Company's Customized Text Sets
American Reading Company — Sunday, October 16, 2011
Today, districts from across the country – including Chicago, New York, and Washington, D.C. – are turning to American Reading Company for leveled text sets to support the swift and integrated implementation of their district curricula and the recently approved Common Core State Standards. Read More »
Lexia Reading Used in Growing Number of Mississippi Schools
Lexia Learning — Sunday, October 16, 2011
Lexia Reading program has been implemented in nearly 75 schools and districts across the state of Mississippi. The reading software, with its ground-breaking, technology-based system of differentiated skills practice, embedded assessment, and targeted instruction, is uniquely designed to advance reading skills development... Read More »
NJ Districts Turn to HMH’s Math in Focus
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt — Saturday, October 15, 2011
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) today announced that more than a dozen school districts in New Jersey have adopted its revolutionary program Math in Focus: Singapore Math by Marshall Cavendish. The Edison Township School District is the latest to implement the program, joining several other districts across New Jersey. Read More »
PBS TeacherLine® Offers ‘Global Climate Change Education’ Course
PBS TeacherLine — Saturday, October 15, 2011
To help schools improve environmental education and nurture a future STEM workforce, PBS TeacherLine® is offering a new online course for high school teachers, part of its series of professional development resources on climate change developed through a grant from NASA. Read More »
First Global Education Roundtable Focuses on Improving Processes
American Productivity & Quality Center — Saturday, October 15, 2011
The American Productivity & Quality Center is hosting the first-ever Global Education Roundtable on October 18, 2011/..This event will include participants from government, education, military, business and healthcare sectors to focus on the importance of implementing process and performance management in order to improve and transform education at all levels ... Read More »
TIES Partners with Atomic Learning To Offer Blended PD Courses
Atomic Learning, inc. — Saturday, October 15, 2011
Two Minnesota-based entities, TIES Education Technology Collaborative and Atomic Learning, Inc. announce a new partnership. Through this partnership, Minnesota educators have access to a number of new professional development opportunities delivered in a blended learning format. Read More »
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