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Partners with Schools and Districts across the Country to Drive Better Student Outcomes Scottsdale, AZ (PRWEB) May 21, 2013 Edgenuity announced today the debut of its enhanced Professional Development (PD) services. Now available for the 2013-2014 school year, the new PD offering builds on Edgenuity’s consultative approach toward creating online and blended learning programs tailored to meet the unique academic goals of schools and districts. By empowering educators with the skills,...

Analysis Finds MIND Research Institute’s Program Improves Student Math Performance Irvine, Calif. (PRWEB) May 06, 2013 With the acceleration of blended learning amid ongoing debate about the real-world effectiveness of digital content, a new study shows Los Angeles Unified School District is getting results. An independent study by WestEd released today shows that the non-profit MIND Research Institute’s ST Math® instructional software has made a statistically significant impact...

PRINCETON, N.J., June 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Prominent English-language proficiency scholars from across the country gathered yesterday at the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) national conference to explore next-generation standards and assessments for English Learners (ELs). (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120110/DC33419LOGO) The pre-conference meeting, sponsored by Educational Testing Service (ETS), brought together prominent scholars who...

MENLO PARK, Calif., Nov. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- A new multinational study led by SRI International finds that innovative teaching practices supported by technology can indeed promote 21st century skills such as collaboration and problem solving. Unfortunately, in classrooms around the world, these important learning opportunities are rare. SRI's Innovative Teaching and Learning (ITL) research program, sponsored by Microsoft Partners in Learning and local country partners, examined...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Aug. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "You are doing some of the toughest, most controversial work in education in this country today, and I thank you for your courage," said U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to the group of principals, state and school district leaders who were gathered for a weeklong event at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100916/DC66431LOGO) The state, district and...

Students from Title I schools often have underdeveloped reading skills and are more likely to score below proficient on National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) tests. Many Title I schools in the U.S. are turning to Imagine Learning English to help their low-income students read at grade level. Provo, UT (Vocus/PRWEB) March 22, 2011 Reading proficiency continues to be a challenge for low-income students in the United States; in 2009, 83 percent of fourth graders from low-income...

MENLO PARK, Calif., March 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- SRI International, an independent nonprofit research and development organization, announced the results of two randomized studies evaluating the effectiveness of the SimCalc program, a technology-based approach to teaching advanced math concepts. SimCalc integrates software, paper curriculum, and professional development to enable a broad range of students to learn advanced concepts without jeopardizing progress on basic math skills. This...

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Feb. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- eScholar is pleased to announce that its upcoming release of the eScholar Complete Data Warehouse® for PK-12 (CDW-PK12), scheduled for July 2011, will include enhanced support for collecting and analyzing Teacher Evaluation and Teacher Effectiveness data. eScholar, the leader in education data management solutions, has been supporting customers' use of these data to enhance and improve instruction of students throughout education. In...

students aren't the only ones learning online. so are their teachers.English and math teachers who took professional development courses online improved their instructional practices and boosted their subject knowledge scores, producing modest performance gains for their students, report Boston College researchers in one of the first large-scale randomized experiments to study the impact of online professional development for educators.As teacher performance comes under increased scrutiny,...

BURLINGTON, Mass., June 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In order to expand access and collaboration for teacher trainers and the language educators that they serve across the globe, the Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL), a private, nonprofit organization working to improve communication through better understanding of language and culture, is implementing it's learning The Individual Learning Platform(TM), an online learning platform designed to support individualized and collaborative...