PreK-12 Market Headlines
Council of Administrators of Special Education Endorses Curriculum Advantage’s Classworks
Curriculum Advantage Inc. — Thursday, March 11, 2010
Curriculum Advantage Inc.’s Classworks® comprehensive K-12 instructional software has received an official endorsement from the Council of Administrators of Special Education (CASE), based on a rigorous evaluation of criteria such as a product’s performance in field tests, the research on which it is based..... Read More »
New Dimension Media Uses E-Rate Discount To Determine "CCC!-Rate"
New Dimension Media — Thursday, March 11, 2010
New Dimension Media is introducing a new discount program to schools nationwide called the "CCC!-Rate" program, under which, many schools will qualify for very substantial discounts on the CCC! Core Curriculum Content Package. Read More »
Playbooks® To Participate in School Assemblies during Literacy Week
Playbooks, Inc. — Wednesday, March 10, 2010
The Playbooks® Reader’s Theater Company has been invited to share its reading enrichment materials and curriculum, and to participate in three assemblies for students in Kindergarten through sixth grade at Wagon Wheel Elementary School. Read More »
McGraw-Hill Education Announces ALEKS 360
McGraw-Hill Education — Tuesday, March 09, 2010
McGraw-Hill Education has introduced ALEKS 360, a total mathematics solution that combines a powerful artificial intelligence and personalized learning program with a fully integrated, interactive e-book in one affordable package. Read More »
Pre-K Teacher Training A Significant Factor in Improving Children's School Readiness
Pew Center on the States — Tuesday, March 09, 2010
To maximize the benefits of pre-kindergarten investments, states need to create policies that define and support teacher quality, according to a report released today by Pre-K Now, a campaign of the Pew Center on the States. Read More »
Spectrum K12 RTI Solution Passes 400,000 Student Milestone
Spectrum K12 School Solutions Inc. — Tuesday, March 09, 2010
Spectrum K12 School Solutions Inc. announced that it recently passed the 400,000 students served mark in school districts employing its EXCEED™ RTI software, a web-based application that automates and delivers the Response to Intervention process, simplifying an otherwise cumbersome and paper driven process. Read More »
Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board Uses AutismPro To Manage Increasing Number of Students
AutismPro — Tuesday, March 09, 2010
Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board (TBCDSB) has adopted AutismPro to provide its frontline educators, special education staff and administrators the relevant training and useful tracking tools needed to effectively manage and teach the increasing number of students with autism in their district. Read More »
Arizona, Indiana Join Colorado In Multi-State Growth Model Collaboration
Colorado Department of Education — Monday, March 08, 2010
According to formal agreements signed by the new partners, the state departments of education in Colorado, Indiana and Arizona have committed to a collaborative effort to adopt a common student longitudinal growth measure and to use the interactive visual displays for the data. Read More »
Carmel Clay Schools Use Pinnacle Insight for Immediate Decision-Making
GlobalScholar — Monday, March 08, 2010
District administrators at Carmel Clay Schools, Ind., are empowering staff, school building administrators and educators to improve instruction through immediate access to reliable student data available through Pinnacle Insight from GlobalScholar. Read More »
New English Language Development Products from Ballard & Tighe
Ballard & Tighe, Publishers — Monday, March 08, 2010
With a focus on English language development products, Ballard & Tighe’s product offering includes Carousel of IDEAS (K-5) and Champion of IDEAS (6-12) ELD programs as well as the IPT® Testing System that is used to identify, place, and redesignate students based on ... demographic norming data. Read More »
