http://www.ednetinsight.com en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Central by Imulus (http://imulus.com) info@ednetinsight.com http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/prek-12-market-headlines/studysync-announces-upgrades.html StudySync from BookheadEd Learning has upgraded several features and added a mobile application. The upgrades improve teachers' delivery of high-quality reading and writing assignments while embedding sought-after communication skills, important for career and college readiness in the 21st century marketplace. ]]> Wednesday, June 19, 2013 http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/prek-12-market-headlines/studysync-announces-upgrades.html http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/prek-12-market-headlines/atomic-learning-announces-expanded-pd-opportunities.html Atomic Learning showcases its latest technology training at ISTE 2o13. The company will release six new technology training offerings to expand its resources of more than 250 education-specific software application and device tutorials. These additions highlight the most recent versions of popular programs, enabling teachers to master updated interfaces and features. ]]> Tuesday, June 18, 2013 http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/prek-12-market-headlines/atomic-learning-announces-expanded-pd-opportunities.html http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/prek-12-market-headlines/ks-selects-lexia-reading-core5-for-statewide-reading-program.html The State of Kansas has established a two-year pilot program for improving reading outcomes using educational technology and has chosen to implement Lexia Reading Core5™ based on a review of stringent requirements. The state budget includes up to $6M in both 2014 and 2015 to implement the program, providing as many as 50,000 students in grades pre-K-5 with free access to Lexia Reading Core5. ]]> Tuesday, June 18, 2013 http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/prek-12-market-headlines/ks-selects-lexia-reading-core5-for-statewide-reading-program.html http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/prek-12-market-headlines/comprehensive-literature-review-on-flipped-learning-now-available.html Today at FlipCon13, the sixth annual flipped learning conference, the Flipped Learning Network, George Mason University and Pearson's Center for Educator Effectiveness released, "A Review of Flipped Learning," a comprehensive review of the emerging literature on flipped learning to support the growth of this teaching model that appears to be improving student achievement. ]]> Monday, June 17, 2013 http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/prek-12-market-headlines/comprehensive-literature-review-on-flipped-learning-now-available.html http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/prek-12-market-headlines/hmh-s-literacy-intervention-program-builds-student-success.html Houghton Mifflin Harcourt today announced the availability of Earobics © 2014, the latest version of its proven-effective, hybrid reading intervention solution. Combining innovative software and engaging classroom resources, Earobics directly impacts reading achievement with targeted instruction and customizable assessment tools for educators. ]]> Monday, June 17, 2013 http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/prek-12-market-headlines/hmh-s-literacy-intervention-program-builds-student-success.html http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/prek-12-market-headlines/mycore-s-on-demand-support-for-creating-ccss-lessons.html Insight Education Group announce its flagship Common Core solution, myCore, which offers teachers on-demand support in creating rigorous, engaging, standards-aligned lessons. "Conversations" between teacher and instructional coach are stored in a Facebook-type mail system so they can be easily tracked and reviewed as needed. ]]> Thursday, June 13, 2013 http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/prek-12-market-headlines/mycore-s-on-demand-support-for-creating-ccss-lessons.html http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/prek-12-market-headlines/shelby-county--tn--selects-tyler-technologies--school-solution.html Tyler Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: TYL) has signed a contract with Tennessee’s Shelby County Schools Board of Education for its Versatrans®student transportation management solution, part of Tyler’s integrated software solutions for the K-12 school market. ]]> Thursday, June 13, 2013 http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/prek-12-market-headlines/shelby-county--tn--selects-tyler-technologies--school-solution.html http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/prek-12-market-headlines/tx-charter-schools-select-observe4success-6-13-2013.html observe4success announces The Ranch Academy has chosen its platform for their two campuses. The Ranch Academy's Superintendent, Melissa Pardue, needed a customizable observation solution to meet the unique needs of their campuses in Tyler and Canton Texas where teacher support and collaboration are top priorities. ]]> Thursday, June 13, 2013 http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/prek-12-market-headlines/tx-charter-schools-select-observe4success-6-13-2013.html http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/prek-12-market-headlines/conceptua-math-announces-grade-3-5-rollout.html Conceptua Math announced the rollout of a comprehensive digital mathematics curriculum for grades 3-5. Sunnyside Unified School District in Tucson, AZ.; Henry County Schools in McDonough, GA.; and Grandview School District in Grandview, WA. are the first three districts to adopt this new program. Conceptua will launch grades 3-5 curriculum units in a staged release over the next two school years. ]]> Wednesday, June 12, 2013 http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/prek-12-market-headlines/conceptua-math-announces-grade-3-5-rollout.html http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/prek-12-market-headlines/forsyth-county-chooses-learningstation-for-student-assessment.html Forsyth County Schools (FCS) is putting its i3 grant funds to excellent use, implementing a first of its kind combined assessment-LMS solution. The unique, comprehensive solution blends the robust LearningStation™ student assessment platform with the personalized digital learning platform from itslearning. ]]> Wednesday, June 12, 2013 http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/prek-12-market-headlines/forsyth-county-chooses-learningstation-for-student-assessment.html http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/prek-12-market-headlines/gallopade-releases-realistic-fiction-books-for-middle-school.html Summer reading for kids is in full swing now that school is out, and that means more popular realistic fiction for middle school-age students. No author produces more fun realistic fiction that mystery author Carole Marsh. School classes and families even trek to the real sites she's written fictional stories about. "A lot of it is true!" the author confesses. ]]> Wednesday, June 12, 2013 http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/prek-12-market-headlines/gallopade-releases-realistic-fiction-books-for-middle-school.html http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/prek-12-market-headlines/unique-classroom-reward-solution-launches-in-us.html School Stickers enables teachers to motivate and encourage their pupils like never before, using a selection of fully flexible and interactive systems that can be tailored to the needs of each school, whether they are looking for a tailored school wide or classroom specific solution. It promises to revolutionize the way schools raise standards of behavior and achievement. ]]> Wednesday, June 12, 2013 http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/prek-12-market-headlines/unique-classroom-reward-solution-launches-in-us.html http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/prek-12-market-headlines/atlanta-ps--integrate-four-content-providers-in-one-pd-system.html Atlanta Public Schools recently integrated with four leading content providers within a single sign-on, professional learning management system, managed by Truenorthlogic. Educators have on-demand access to professional development resources and tools from multiple content providers, including district-created content. ]]> Tuesday, June 11, 2013 http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/prek-12-market-headlines/atlanta-ps--integrate-four-content-providers-in-one-pd-system.html http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/prek-12-market-headlines/time-to-know-to-present-groundbreaking-new-research.html Time To Know announced that it will be presenting two innovative research papers at the Eden and ISTE conferences this summer. The Eden paper will describe findings about the potential for T2K's 1:1 computing platform to deliver a holistic solution, creating more joyful learning and teaching. The study showed significant increases in student motivation and engagement ... ]]> Tuesday, June 11, 2013 http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/prek-12-market-headlines/time-to-know-to-present-groundbreaking-new-research.html http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/prek-12-market-headlines/madison-metropolitan-selects-ccc--streaming-media.html Madison Metropolitan School District in Madison, Wisconsin will provide over 24,000 students with CCC! Streaming Media, from New Dimension Media, for the 2013-2014 school year. With CCC!, teachers, students, and staff have access to a library of over 5,000 media titles and 100,000 teaching segments, from top educational producers... ]]> Monday, June 10, 2013 http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/prek-12-market-headlines/madison-metropolitan-selects-ccc--streaming-media.html http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/prek-12-market-headlines/rediker-software-introduces-new-teacherplus-web-gradebook.html Rediker Software announced the launch of the new browser-based gradebook, TeacherPlus. Seamlessly integrated with Rediker Software’s student information system Administrator’s Plus, TeacherPlus Gradebook provides the necessary tools to help track student growth and monitor student progress. ]]> Monday, June 10, 2013 http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/prek-12-market-headlines/rediker-software-introduces-new-teacherplus-web-gradebook.html http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/prek-12-market-headlines/philadelphia-adds-adaptive-curriculum-to-high-school-rti-recommended-list.html To infuse cutting-edge technology into its standard-driven curriculum and improve student performance in math and science, the School District of Philadelphia has added Adaptive Curriculum (AC) to its list of Recommended Products for Response to Instruction and Intervention (RtII) for tier 1 and tier 2 for all high schools. ]]> Monday, June 10, 2013 http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/prek-12-market-headlines/philadelphia-adds-adaptive-curriculum-to-high-school-rti-recommended-list.html http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/prek-12-market-headlines/waterford-to-launch-instructional-tool-for-interactive-whiteboards.html Waterford Research Institute will launch Classroom Advantage at ISTE in late June. Classroom Advantage is a cloud-based library of learning activities for large and small group instruction using an interactive whiteboard. Teachers can easily create their own playlists – developing customized lessons from the 4,800 activities that include books, songs and games, aligned to CCSS. ]]> Monday, June 10, 2013 http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/prek-12-market-headlines/waterford-to-launch-instructional-tool-for-interactive-whiteboards.html http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/prek-12-market-headlines/wv-selects-win-learning-career-readiness-system.html In West Virginia, a new Personalized Career Readiness System from WIN Learning is playing a critical role in helping high school students across the state persist and complete high school, and prepare for the postsecondary education and workforce training that will be critical to the state's future economic success. ]]> Monday, June 10, 2013 http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/prek-12-market-headlines/wv-selects-win-learning-career-readiness-system.html http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/prek-12-market-headlines/high-school-graduation-rate-reaches-highest-point-in-40-years.html A new national report from Education Week and the Editorial Projects in Education (EPE) Research Center finds that the nation's graduation rate has posted a solid gain for the third straight year, following a period of declines and stagnation. Amid this continuing turnaround, the nation's graduation rate has risen to almost 75 percent, the highest level of high school completion since 1973. ]]> Thursday, June 06, 2013 http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/prek-12-market-headlines/high-school-graduation-rate-reaches-highest-point-in-40-years.html