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PD Package Helps Schools Create More Inclusive Classrooms for Students with Autism
Brookes Publishing — Friday, September 30, 2011
Schools that are looking for ways to make classrooms more inclusive have a new resource for preparing teachers with “You’re Going to Love This Kid!” A Professional Development Package for Teaching Students with Autism in the Inclusive Classroom Read More »
Edina PS Expand Use of Lexia Reading District-Wide
Lexia Learning Systems — Thursday, September 29, 2011
Edina (MN) Public Schools to expand use of Lexia Reading® district-wide. Lexia will provide Edina students with its breakthrough, technology-based reading curriculum that advances reading skills development for all students pre-K through grade 4, and intensifies and accelerates learning for at-risk students in grades 4-12. Read More »
HOPE Foundation & Editorial Projects in Education Unveil Partnership
Corwin Press — Thursday, September 29, 2011
This new relationship provides HOPE schools and districts with access to print and online Education Week subscriptions at reduced rates, and to the upcoming Education Week Leadership Forums, Scaling Up Student Success. Read More »
Revolution Prep’s Academic Tutoring Helps All Students REACH for School Success
Revolution Prep — Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Revolution Prep, an educational software and services provider, has expanded its academic subject tutoring program to counter a tutoring trend voiced by educators that much of the tutoring parents are paying for is counter-productive and makes students dependent on their tutor to succeed in the classroom. Read More »
STI Supports West Point SD Laptop Initiative
STI — Wednesday, September 28, 2011
This school year West Point School District (MS) has launched the IMPACT laptop initiative to increase student attendance and graduation rates. The program enables every senior student to checkout a laptop, for a nominal usage fee, for the year, enhance classroom instruction and allow learners to complete homework online. Read More »
Voyager Hosts Complimentary Webinar on Early Literacy
Voyager — Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Voyager, a member of Cambium Learning Group serving the needs of at-risk and special student populations through strategic and intensive comprehensive interventions, will host a complimentary early literacy webinar, From Decoding to Comprehension: Building Reading Skills that Promote Understanding on Monday, October 10... Read More »
LoudCloud Systems To Design Instructional Improvement System for Jeffco PS
LoudCloud Systems — Tuesday, September 27, 2011
LoudCloud Systems, provider of LoudCloud University Suite, a Higher Education Learning Management System, has been awarded the Instructional Improvement System bid from Jefferson County School District (CO). The process to reach a final decision involved a detailed review of six prominent software contenders over several months, .... Read More »
A.D.A.M. Education Interactive Tools Now Available Through Learning.com
A.D.A.M. Education — Tuesday, September 27, 2011
A.D.A.M. Education, a business unit of Ebix Health announced that teachers will now have access to award-winning interactive learning tools through its collaboration with Learning.com. This relationship will enhance A.D.A.M. Education's product outreach promoting student achievement in science education, health literacy and learning. Read More »
Shmoop Adds SAT and ACT Prep
Shmoop — Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Shmoop, a publisher of digital curriculum and test prep, today announced the earth-shattering event in launching Shmoop Dashboards as part of its Enhanced 2012 SAT and ACT exam prep courses. Read More »
Summer School Success Leads TX District To Use Time To Know
Time To Know — Monday, September 26, 2011
A successful summer school pilot program has led the Wylie Independent School District in Texas to implement Time To Know in 16 fifth grade math classes plus sixth graders who would benefit from additional math practice, giving more than 340 students access to the program this fall. Read More »
