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Students Achieve Dramatic Increases in Math Performance
MIND Research Institute — Wednesday, September 07, 2011
The non-profit education researcher MIND Research Institute announced that third-grade students and their teachers at Ivey Lane Elementary School using MIND’s ST Math® visual math software program achieved a dramatic 26-point gain in grade-level math achievement on the 2011 FCAT 2.0. Read More »
Opt-in Program Replaces TX State-Funded K-12 Databases Program
Education Service Center, Region 20 — Tuesday, September 06, 2011
Budget cuts may have caused changes to the K-12 Databases Program, but schools are still able to subscribe to the EBSCO K-12 Reference Package and the Britannica Online School Edition through an opt-in program offered through a partnership between the Texas State Library and Archives Commission and Education Service Center, Region 20. Read More »
Labor’s Story Left Out of High School History Textbooks
Albert Shanker Institute — Tuesday, September 06, 2011
American Labor and U.S. History Textbooks: How Labor’s Story is Distorted in High School History Textbooks, sponsored by the Albert Shanker Institute, in cooperation with the American Labor Studies Center, surveys four major textbooks that together account for most of the market in U.S. history textbooks. Read More »
Prestwick House Develops New ACT Prep Program
— Saturday, September 03, 2011
Prestwick House introduced its first vocabulary series tailored to the needs of ACT students, Vocabulary Power Plus for the ACT. Based on the same techniques used in Prestwick House’s best-selling Vocabulary Power Plus for the New SAT vocabulary series with over 700,00 copies sold since 2004... Read More »
Cisco and MIND Research Institute Partner for AZ Students
MIND Research Institute — Wednesday, August 31, 2011
The Cisco Foundation awarded a $250,000 grant to the non-profit education researcher MIND Research Institute, to bring MIND’s innovative visual math education program to 4,000 students in Arizona. ... MIND will launch its ST Math® instructional software program this fall at 12 Phoenix-area schools Read More »
FL District Finds Instructional Improvement Solution
Truenorthlogic and Public Consulting Group — Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Alachua County Public Schools selected Truenorthlogic and Public Consulting Group (PCG) to implement a robust Local Instructional Improvement System (LIIS) that will better equip educators with the resources and support needed to become more effective and efficient. Read More »
McGraw-Hill Delivers Personalized Math Instruction
McGraw-Hill School Education — Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Students in Perry Township, Ind., will be going back to a different kind of school this fall – one where math class doesn't require a textbook and each day's lesson is tailor-made, based on the student's progress the previous day. McGraw-Hill Education's Power of U is an all-digital math program that uses an adaptive, personalized model to drive student achievement. Read More »
America’s Promise Alliance and Apex Learning® Partner with School Districts to Increase Nation’s Graduation Rate
America’s Promise Alliance and Apex Learning — Tuesday, August 30, 2011
America’s Promise Alliance and Apex Learning® today announced a three-year partnership with four school districts- Miami-Dade School District (Florida), Norman Public Schools (Oklahoma), St. Mary’s School District (Maryland), and Cross County School District (Arkansas) - to provide comprehensive digital curriculum at no cost. Read More »
Zaner-Bloser Publishes Voices Leveled Library
Zaner-Bloser — Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Zaner-Bloser has published Voices Leveled Library, an extensive collection of books for Grade K-6 developed to meet students at any reading level. The library's 648 titles are flexible enough to be used in any literacy framework for small-group guided reading instruction and independent reading. Read More »
Killeen ISD Partners with ASCD for PD
ASCD — Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Killeen ISD chose ASCD’s PD In Focus® professional development solution, which the district began to implement in July. ASCD’s PD In Focus provides educators with on-demand access to hundreds of hours of high-impact videos, plus related resources and activities. T Read More »
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