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i-Ready® Diagnostic & Instruction Wins Tech & Learning 2013 Awards of Excellence

Online diagnostic and instruction program built for the Common Core State Standards

NORTH BILLERICA, Mass., November 12, 2013—Curriculum Associates’ i-Ready® Diagnostic & Instruction was recently named a winner of the Tech & Learning 2013 Awards of Excellence (AOE) in the Best Upgrade category. A panel of more than 30 educators, who tested more than 150 entries, chose i-Ready Diagnostic & Instruction as a winner based on its quality and effectiveness, ease of use, creative use of technology, and suitability for use in an educational environment, as well as its significant enhancements which has enabled it to offer the highest quality experience for educators and students.

Free Webinar to Help Learning Resource Providers Discover Benefits of New Metadata Standard

Learning Resource Metadata Initiative (LRMI) Event on November 20 to Cover Background, Case Studies, Best Practices

Philadelphia, PA, November 7, 2013 – The Learning Resource Metadata Initiative (LRMI) will host a free webinar on Wednesday, November 20, 2013 from 2:00-3:00 p.m. (EST) for anyone interested in learning more about the LRMI metadata framework and the promise it holds for personalized learning. Dave Gladney, LRMI project manager; and Michael Jay, education metadata expert and president of Educational Systemics, will review the project background and explain the importance of the project to the educational resource community. Other speakers, including David Grandison, executive producer of BrainPOP, will explain how they have implemented LRMI tagging and why they think it’s important in terms of improving online discoverability for their products and services.

Rural Georgia School District Adopts Online Speech Therapy to Balance District Therapist Caseloads

Fannin County uses PresenceLearning’s online speech therapy with 30 K-8 students

SAN FRANCISCO, November 7, 2013 – After hearing how Union County School System, a school district near Fannin County with similar speech-language pathologist (SLP) shortages, successfully implemented online speech therapy, Fannin County Schools in Blue Ridge, GA, decided to do the same. Fannin County Schools selected PresenceLearning, the leader in online speech therapy and other special education-related services for K-12 students, and, now has approximately 30 students in grades K-8 using online speech therapy.

New i-Ready® iPad® App Builds Vocabulary to Boost Reading Comprehension

New addition to the award-winning i-Ready blended learning program builds Tier Two vocabulary through an engaging, game-based learning environment

NORTH BILLERICA, Mass., November 4, 2013 – Curriculum Associates announces a new addition to i-Ready Diagnostic & Instruction product line, winner of the 2013 CODiE Award for Best Student Assessment Solution, with the release of the first app in a new series of educational games for the iPad. These apps will target the skills that are most essential for achievement in Reading and Mathematics and then harness the power of game design to motivate students to develop them.

Texas Schools See 1:1 Tablet Success after Two Months into the School Year

October 28th, 2013 - Texas - Nueces Canyon Consolidated Independent School District (NCCISD) and Midland Independent School District (MISD) successfully implemented 1:1 tablet initiatives using the LearnPad tablet solution. They chose the LearnPad after conducting extensive research for a tablet solution that met their localized needs. Each school district’s goal was to supply every student with a tablet and integrate it into their existing curriculum and technology. NCCISD has completed this goal, outfitting all 300 students in the district. MISD supplied their entire sixth grade of 1,600 students with LearnPads as part of a multi-year integration of 1:1.

PresenceLearning Webcast Discusses Benefits of Online Occupational Therapy for Students with Special Needs

30-minute webcast on Wednesday, November 20th covers the “who, what, when, where, and how” of this innovative approach to delivering therapy services

SAN FRANCISCO, October 24, 2013 – PresenceLearning, the leader in online speech therapy and other special education-related services for K-12 students, is hosting a free webcast on online occupational therapy (OT) as part of its recently-launched “30-minute SPEDcasts” series. The webcast, “Get a Grip on Online OT,” will take place on Wednesday, November 20th at 1 PM ET (10 AM PT).

Flagler County Public Schools, Florida Selects Teachscape to Enhance its Teacher Evaluation and Professional Learning Processes

High-performing district to improve teaching effectiveness through collaborative professional development based on fair and reliable teacher evaluations

SAN FRANCISCO, October 24, 2013 – Flagler County Public Schools (FCPS) in Bunnell, FL has adopted Teachscape to help improve teaching effectiveness as the district continues to work toward its goal of becoming the nation’s premier learning organization. Teachscape’s comprehensive online training and tools will allow teachers and administrators in the high-performing district to collaborate on professional learning based on fair and reliable teacher evaluations using Charlotte Danielson’s 2013 Framework for Teaching Evaluation Instrument (FFT).

ENGLISH SPANISH SUCCESS!™ PARTNERS WITH AISD AND THE DUAL LANGUAGE TRAINING INSTITUTE TO ENGAGE ELEMENTARY BILINGUAL LEARNERS

October 24, 2013- AUSTIN, TX- Sunburst Digital Inc. announced that it will partner with Dual Language Training Institute (DLTI), a Texas-based educational consulting firm, to support DLTI’s customers with its dual-language digital curriculum designed to raise achievement outcomes of Spanish-speaking students.

SPARKscholar Advances Research at the State University of New York at Cortland

Inaugural recipient of the SPARKscholar Graduate Assistantship will receive research position and tuition reimbursement from SPARK

San Diego, CA, October 23, 2013 — Research shows that one in three children are obese, however, many schools do not provide the high-quality physical education needed to keep students active and healthy. To continue research focused on childhood obesity prevention and physical activity, the State University of New York (SUNY) at Cortland implemented the SPARKscholar Graduate Assistantship program. The first-ever SPARKscholar, graduate student Will Glennon, will work in the SUNY Cortland Activity and Movement Pedagogy (AMP) Lab to evaluate best practices in the areas of physical education, physical activity, and movement-based learning. This scope of work will help improve both current and developing programming offered by, SPARK™, provider of the world’s most-researched physical education program.

Study Proves ABC Music & Me Program Boosts Literacy Development

GREENSBORO, NC – October 15, 2013 – SEG Measurement, an independent research firm, conducted a national study of nearly 300 preschool children, aged three years through five years, to test the ability of Kindermusik International’s curriculum ABC Music & Me to affect students’ literacy development.