“Too often we give children answers to remember rather than problems to solve.” —Roger Lewin
SAN FRANCISCO, October 15, 2013 – Fowler Unified School District (USD) has overcome a chronic shortage of speech-language therapists by tapping into a wide array of world-class experts from PresenceLearning, enabling students with special needs to make significant, new progress against their goals.
NORTH BILLERICA, Mass., October 15, 2013—Curriculum Associates’ i-Ready® Diagnostic & Instruction Reading for Grades K–8 was recently reviewed by the California Learning Resource Network (CLRN) and has met its criteria for English-Language Arts. CLRN provides California educators with a “one-stop” resource providing critical information needed in the selection of supplemental electronic learning resources aligned to the California State Board of Education academic content standards.
Chandler, AZ October 9, 2013 – Raising multilingual children in a household where the parents speak only one language can seem like a daunting task, yet plenty of parents do this every day. To help more parents learn from those having success with this undertaking, creators of the Luca Lashes® multilingual eBook and app series are holding a “Raising Multilingual Children in a One-language Household” contest. Parents who offer tips for fostering second language development in their children will have a chance to win a Luca Lashes iTunes app library of titles in one language of their choosing: Spanish, French, Italian, or Chinese.
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SAN FRANCISCO, October 8, 2013 – PresenceLearning, the leader in online speech therapy and other special education-related services for K-12 students, is launching a new webcast series, “30-minute SPEDcasts,” to provide administrators, teachers and specialists with timely information and practical advice on a variety of special education topics. The series kicks off on Wednesday, October 16th at 12 PM ET (9 AM PT) with “Online Assessments – MISSION: Possible!”
SAN FRANCISCO, October 8, 2013 – PresenceLearning, the leader in online speech therapy and other special education-related services for K-12 students, is launching a new webcast series, “30-minute SPEDcasts,” to provide administrators, teachers and specialists with timely information and practical advice on a variety of special education topics. The series kicks off on Wednesday, October 16th at 12 PM ET (9 AM PT) with “Online Assessments – MISSION: Possible!”
(Saint Paul, MN) October 8, 2013 – Building on the success of local and regional KidWind Challenge events, and to spark the competitive spirit of students while helping them study and build environmentally friendly energy options, KidWind, the international leader of clean energy education, is launching the inaugural National KidWind Challenge. The event will take place at the USA Science & Engineering Festival, the only science and engineering festival in the United States, on Saturday, April 26, 2014 in Washington D.C. The National KidWind Challenge will bring together student teams to compete for the National KidWind Challenge title by showcasing their hand-crafted wind turbines in front of wind industry experts.
SAN FRANCISCO – October 7, 2013 – Smart Toys and Games, Inc., a leading producer of award-winning single-player logic games and the SmartMax® magnetic construction system will launch a TV campaign beginning on Monday, October 7, 2013 through Sunday, November 17, 2013. Customers who visit SmartMax.tv and purchase a SmartMax Set – BASIC 25, SmartMax Set – BASIC 36, or SmartMax Set –BASIC 42 will receive a free SmartMax Vehicle Set. SmartMax Racers, SmartMax Airborne, SmartMax Express, and SmartMax Drive & Fly are among the free SmartMax sets to be offered.
LONG BEACH, Calif. – Oct. 3, 2013 – Epson, the number-one selling projector brand worldwide1, today introduced two new projector series to meet the needs of any K-12 classroom. The Epson® PowerLite® S17, X17, and W17 are three bright, affordable and easy-to-use projectors delivering features including HDMI connectivity and optional wireless connectivity. The Epson PowerLite 97, 98, 99W, 955W, and 965 classroom projectors offer advanced network connectivity for simplified control of classroom content, and high image quality for bright, vivid images.
DURHAM, NC, — Curriculum Associates now offers educators a valid and reliable measure of student mathematical readiness to help educators monitor student growth and differentiate instruction in mathematics. The company has expanded its partnership with MetaMetrics, developer of The Quantile® Framework for Mathematics, to provide Quantile measures in their popular i-Ready® Diagnostic & Instruction product. Curriculum Associates partnered with MetaMetrics in 2012 to add Lexile® measures to i-Ready, a nationally recognized online assessment and instruction program. Now reporting Quantile measures, i-Ready provides a seamless K-8 experience for educators to measure and track student progress in mathematics.
SAN FRANCISCO, October 2, 2013 – Getting students evaluated for speech-language services at the start of the school year is a time-consuming process, especially when speech-language pathologists are in short supply. The persistent nationwide shortage of highly trained experts can mean that much-needed services for students may be delayed as districts scramble to meet the demand for time-intensive assessments. To help address this issue, PresenceLearning, the leader in online speech therapy services for K-12 students, has partnered with Western Psychological Services (WPS) to add the Comprehensive Assessment of Spoken Language (CASL) to PresenceLearning’s growing repertoire of online assessments. The CASL further expands PresenceLearning’s capability to administer the most commonly used assessment tools for identifying speech-language disorders. The CASL is a standardized assessment that measures semantic, syntactic, literal, figurative and social aspects of oral language in children ages 3 to 16.