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KIPP Destiny Middle School Partners with ThinkCERCA to Improve Reading Growth
Leading charter school selects award-winning literacy platform to boost student achievement. - May 24, 2017 - ThinkCERCA
CUE CEO to Serve as Panelist at U.S. News STEM Solutions Event
Mike Lawrence, CUE’s CEO, will join other educational leaders from across the country on a panel at the U.S. News STEM Solutions National Leadership Conference. The National Leadership event will be held in San Diego, California May 24-26, 2017 at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina. - May 23, 2017 - CUE
Yavapai County Education Service Agency Partners with Educational Services, Inc.
The agency will recruit and hire top-quality substitute teachers through the education staffing firm. - May 23, 2017 - Educational Services, Inc.
11th Annual National Indie Excellence® Awards Announced
Historical novelist, Annette Oppenlander, wins National Indie Excellence Award for "Surviving the Fatherland: A True Coming-of-age Love Story Set in WWII Germany." - May 22, 2017 - Oppenlander Enterprises LLC
Summit Academy Lands Partnership with TEALS for 2017-2018 School Year
Program helps schools develop sustainable computer science programs. - May 19, 2017 - Summit Academy Schools
Education’s Rising Stars Revealed
30 individuals have been included in a list recognising the up and coming leaders in the fast-changing business of education. - May 18, 2017 - Key Media
Mubakkir Arabic Early Reading Assessment to be Released in September
Developed in partnership with the Arab Thought Foundation, Mubakkir Arabic Early Reading Assessment measures literacy development of native and non-native speakers in grades pre-K thru 3. The test can be used for formative assessment and progress monitoring. It will be released September 2017. - May 18, 2017 - Diglossia LLC
Shelley M. Klein, Ed.D. Recognized as a Professional of the Year by Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide Publication
Shelley M. Klein, Ed.D., of Santa Maria, California has been recognized as a Professional of the Year for 2017 by Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide for her outstanding contributions and achievements in the field of education. About Shelley M. Klein, Ed.D. Dr. Klein has almost 30 years... - May 17, 2017 - Strathmore Worldwide
Student Test Scores Stall: One Man’s Plan for Re-Engaging Kids Through Play
Microduino creator kits are best known for their magnetic, snap-together modules called mCookies that are programmed to operate with open-source, Arduino based code. The color-coded blocks, each with a specific function, make creating dynamic projects ultra simple, as well as providing an easy-to-understand method of learning electronics and software coding. - May 15, 2017 - Microduino Inc
Edtech Publisher Colvard Learning Offers Free Early-Literacy Apps to Utah Schools
The California-based edtech publisher Colvard Learning (CL) is offering its early literacy software programs—Pup’s Quest for Phonics® and Professor Pup’s Phoneme Farm®—to any Utah school wishing to try out CL apps through the end of this year. "We are very... - May 15, 2017 - Colvard Learning
Teacher/ Rap Artist: Nate Whitsett Speaks on the Need to Reform Educational Strategies in Schools Teaching to the Hip Hop Generation
Nate Whitsett is a man on a mission to show school leaders how to motivate staff and students. The “Think A+ Tour” is designed to inspire success and make learning fun again “one district, one administrator, one teacher, and one student at a time. - May 08, 2017 - Think A+ Media Relations
Free Summer Reading Program from Arbordale Publishing
Read around the world with free interactive ebooks. - May 07, 2017 - Arbordale Publishing
Loftis Students Show Their Skills to Support the Arts
Loftis Middle School PTA will be hosting an art and talent showcase to help support the fine arts at school. Visual arts will be on display. Talent show acts vary from singing, dancing, baton twirling, a DJ, and more. - May 06, 2017 - Loftis Middle School PTA
CUE Leads Effort for Net Neutrality in California
CUE, an educational non-profit, is leading efforts in California to maintain free and accessible Internet for all, by initiating Assembly Joint Resolution 7 (AJR-7) authored by Assembly Member and Speaker Pro-Tem, Kevin Mullin. “We cannot expect students to be successful if we take away or limit their ability to access the Internet,” said Mike Lawrence, CUE’s CEO. AJR-7 has been introduced in the State Assembly with broad support. A hearing on the resolution is scheduled for May 10th. - May 05, 2017 - CUE
May 24th Teachers Town Hall Meeting 5pm-7pm Baltimore Design School
Challenges and opportunities understanding what happened and focusing on the future funding of education, Teachers Town Hall - May 05, 2017 - Baltimore Teacher Network
F.A.C.S. Program of Houston Launches Its "Youth Intervention Series"
F.A.C.S. Program of Houston launched its "Youth Intervention Series" May 1, 2017, featuring four low-cost behavior driven sessions designed for: Communities, High Schools, 1st Year College and Juvenile Courts. - May 04, 2017 - FACS Program of Houston
1 in 5 Students Have Hearing Loss; Motes Audio Launches Kickstarter Campaign with the First Headphone Specifically Designed to Protect Students Hearing
Motes Audio today launched a Kickstarter campaign featuring the first volume governing headphones specifically designed for schools and school age students. According to a study by Harvard Medical School Associate Professor Dr. Curhan, one in five students has permanent hearing loss most likely due... - May 02, 2017 - Motes Audio, LLC
Accord Education Drives the School Choice Movement
National and local charter schools, community leaders and education partners participate in this annual event. - May 01, 2017 - Accord Education
New Public-Private Partnership Aims to Ease Tampa Bay School Traffic; Encourage Ridesharing Using PikMyKid Application
PikMyKid, winner of the "Emerging Technology Company of the Year- 2016" awarded by Tampa Bay Technology Forum, is fast evolving as the sole parent communication platform for K-12 schools, which also simplifies school dismissal process, reduces chaos, and eases traffic in the school neighborhoods, enhancing student safety. - April 28, 2017 - PikMyKid
Zia Learning Announces Results of Personalized Learning PD Model, Demonstrating Increased Student Pass, Proficiency and Achievement Rates
Personalized learning is sweeping the nation as the latest education trend, but one company says it's more than just a fad. They believe it's the way teachers will teach and students will learn in the future, and are working across the US to prepare schools for this innovative education environment. - April 20, 2017 - Zia Learning
Educator, Kelly Ann Guglietti Reveals the Antidote to Bullying in a Speaking Tour
Kelly Ann Guglietti is an elementary educator in Pasco County, Florida. Through nearly ten years in public education throughout the tri-county Tampa Bay Area, she has sat in on many elementary school anti-bullying campaigns and wondered why bullying is still prevalent in today’s elementary... - April 20, 2017 - Kelly Ann Guglietti, Author
World Record Holder to Visit Triad Math and Science Academy
An assembly with Bob Holmes, "The One Man Volleyball Team," has accomplished that goal in thousands of schools. He then delivers the life changing message against bullying, suicide, drugs, alcohol, and not quitting. - April 20, 2017 - Triad Math and Science Academy
Debra W. McAlpine Recognized as a Professional of the Year by Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide Publication
Debra W. McAlpine of Upper Marlboro, Maryland has been recognized as a Professional of the Year for 2017 by Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide for her outstanding contributions and achievements in the field of education. About Debra W. McAlpine Ms. McAlpine has 20 years experience in the... - April 19, 2017 - Strathmore Worldwide
SA Almost Dead Last in Education - WEF report. SOLE South Africa Plans to Use iPads to Solve SA’s Education Crisis.
SA spent R213.7bn on basic education in 2016, or 15% of the total budget. This is a higher proportion than the US, UK and Germany, but SA's education system is rated 134th out of 138 by the WEF. Solving the education crisis crucial, yet SA's education system seems remarkably resistant to change. The solution could be self-learning. - April 18, 2017 - SOLE South Africa
CrossBraining STEM/PBL Kits Delivered to Jackson Public Schools
Jackson County’s Hurst Foundation has committed $25,000 toward putting 10 CrossBraining STEM/PBL Kits into the Jackson Public Schools District. - April 15, 2017 - CrossBraining, LLC
Back to Basics Expands Personalized Professional Development Programs for Delaware Educators and Administrators
Back to Basics Learning Dynamics has recently expanded its Professional Development Programs to meet the unique, stated needs of each school. - April 14, 2017 - Back to Basics Learning Dynamics
Maureen E. Marshall-Jeffers Honored as a Lifetime Member by Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide Publication
Maureen E. Marshall-Jeffers of Tinton Falls, New Jersey has been honored as a Lifetime Member by Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide Edition for her outstanding contributions and achievements in the field of education. About Maureen E. Marshall-Jeffers Ms. Marshall-Jeffers is a lifelong... - April 13, 2017 - Strathmore Worldwide
StandUpKids Gives $50,000 in Grants for Standing Desks to Public School Teachers
StandUpKids is announcing the 10 teachers that are winners of $5000 grants for standing desks as part of their partnership with Michelle Obama's Let's Move! Active Schools movement. - April 13, 2017 - StandUpKids
Strathmore’s Who’s Who Honors Isyjean P. Korenek as Professional of the Year
Isyjean P. Korenek, of Rockdale, Texas, has recently been honored as a 2017 Professional of the Year by Strathmore’s Who’s Who for her outstanding contributions and achievements in the field of Reading and English Education. - April 12, 2017 - Strathmore Who's Who
VOENA Celebrates Spring with a New Concert Season, "Voices of Now!"
Saturday, May 6, 2017 at Lincoln Theater in Yountville, CA ; Saturday, May 20, 2017 at the Napa Valley Opera House in Napa, CA - April 11, 2017 - VOENA
Stand Up Kids Provides $50K in Grants for Stand2Learn Desks
As part of their partnership with Let’s Move! Active Schools, Stand Up Kids announced 10 winning schools across the U.S. to each receive a $5000 grant for the purchase of a classroom of standing desks from Stand2Learn. Together, these passionate organizations and businesses are fighting the... - April 11, 2017 - Stand2Learn
mSpy Releases New Social Commercial About Online Dangers and Their Impact on Children
mSpy helps parents to observe, control and protect their children’s web access, and has released a shocking new commercial to open people’s eyes to the dangers children face online. - April 10, 2017 - mSpy
Conceptua Math Launches New Elementary Math Curriculum Content: Comparison and Multi-Step Problem Solving
In this 5th grade unit, students learn how to represent and solve comparison and multi-step problems involving all four operations. Bar models and interactive tape diagrams are used throughout the unit to help students organize their thinking and to visualize each step towards the solution. By the... - April 10, 2017 - Conceptua Math
King’s High School Robotics to Present at FIRST® World Championships in Houston
FRC Team 4911 CyberKnights, a robotics team from King’s High School, is proud to announce they will be leading a conference on Special Olympics Unified Robotics at the FIRST Robotics World Championships in Houston, TX. This session will introduce Special Olympics Unified Robotics, a robotics... - April 09, 2017 - CyberKnights 4911
Local Elementary School Children Create an Art Exhibit at Aventura Place for World Peace and Harmony
Inaugural art installation for The Harmony Project, a grassroots community organization with a mission to promote and inspire global harmony through the art and perspective of children. - April 08, 2017 - Aventura Place
Summit Academy Achieves Highest Graduation Rate Among Michigan Charters
MLive.com parsed the data and ranked the top 50 Michigan high schools by graduation rate during the 2015-2016 school year. Summit Academy checked in at No. 17 with a graduation rate of 98.58% - nearly 20% better than the state average of 79.65%. - April 06, 2017 - Summit Academy Schools
Bonnie M.L. Fujii Honored as a VIP Member by Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide Publication
Bonnie M.L. Fujii of Honolulu, Hawaii has been honored as a VIP Member for 2017 by Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide Edition for her outstanding achievements and high level of success in the field of education. About Bonnie M.L. Fujii Ms. Fujii has over 20 years experience in the... - April 05, 2017 - Strathmore Worldwide
A-Plus-Consulting LLC Lights It Up Blue and Empowers Parents with Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder with Tailored Vocational Curriculum
A-Plus-Consulting LLC thrive on solving complex problems with actionable solutions for a sustainable future. They are an InnovateHER 2015 New Jersey finalist. InnovateHER is a Small Business Administration (SBA) competition aimed at helping women and families. A-Plus-Consulting LLC, a qualified... - April 02, 2017 - A-Plus-Consulting LLC
McConnell Students Run Laps for Laptops
McConnell Elementary students will be running laps to help raise money for technology needs in their school. - March 30, 2017 - Loftis Middle School PTA
Green Street Academy Student Wins Scholar of the Year Award from CollegeBound Foundation
Graduating high school senior Jasmine Burrell of Green Street Academy wins CollegeBound’s highest award. - March 24, 2017 - Green Street Academy
The 2017 Bully Proof Tour Kicks Off in Los Angeles March 27th Featuring Headliner After Romeo and Special Guest Be Only You
The Bully Proof Tour www.BullyProofTour.org begins its Spring 2017 launch next week visiting middle schools and high schools in the greater Los Angeles area culminating with a kickoff concert at the World Famous Roxy on April 9. Since inception in 2013, the sponsor funded Bully Proof Tour has... - March 23, 2017 - Amuse 4 Sound
Malki Indich, LCSW Honored as a Top Executive by Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide Publication
Makli Indich, LCSW of Lakewood, New Jersey has been honored as a Top Executive for 2017 by Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide Edition for her outstanding contributions and high level of success in the fields of counseling and education. About Makli Indich, LCSW Ms. Indich has over 20... - March 21, 2017 - Strathmore Worldwide
Modern Kids Toy Brand, Hudson’s Reveals 10 Fun Facts About the Beloved Xylophone
Modern, online kids brand, Hudson’s provides today’s little ones with traditional toys for play. Musical toys such as the xylophone develop and strengthen various parts of a child’s brain while they have a blast banging on the colorful toy that makes a beautiful sound. Here’s 10 fun facts about this historic instrument that has been a staple inside children’s toy boxes worldwide, for centuries. - March 20, 2017 - Hudson's
Professional Development in Singapore Mathematics Comes to Massachusetts | Boston-Natick, Ma | April 27-28, 2017
Exceptional mathematics learning is accomplished only through exceptional instruction, and exceptional instruction is the result of first-class professional development. This 2-day workshop is a rare opportunity to learn from world-renowned experts in mathematics education, and the Singapore approach to mathematics instruction. - March 19, 2017 - 3R Consulting Services Inc
Storyboard That Integrates with ClassLink
Storyboard That is pleased to announce that ClassLink has been added to the list as SSO, single sign on, partners. This partnership empowers more educators and administrators to access Storyboard That in their classrooms. - March 18, 2017 - Storyboard That
Shorecrest to Host Hybrid Learning Consortium Symposium
Shorecrest Preparatory School will host the Hybrid Learning Consortium (HLC) Symposium, April 5-7, on its campus in St. Petersburg, Florida. The Symposium is the annual conference of the HLC, a collective of nearly 30 independent schools in both the US and abroad that are dedicated to creating... - March 17, 2017 - Shorecrest Preparatory School
Rebecca Caudill Recognized as a VIP Member by Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide Publication
Rebecca Caudill of Seneca, Pennsylvania has been recognized as a VIP Member for 2017 by Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide for her outstanding contributions and achievements in the field of elementary education and special education focusing on reading, writing and mathematics. About... - March 16, 2017 - Strathmore Worldwide
Best Education Websites to be Named by 21st Annual WebAward Competition
Excellence deserves recognition and the best education websites, including schools and universities, will be recognized by the Web Marketing Association as part of their 2017 WebAward competition for website development. - March 16, 2017 - Web Marketing Association
UCET Conference Presenter Colvard Learning Offers Free Trial Apps for Utah Schools
EdTech Publisher, Colvard Learning, will introduce its early-literacy interactive apps at the annual Utah Coalition for Educational Technology on the University of Utah campus, Friday, March 17 at 8:45 a.m. The startup invites Utah schools to try out the apps for free until the end of the school year. The conference begins Thursday, March 16. - March 16, 2017 - Colvard Learning
Shorecrest Students Embark on Annual Service Week
The entire 9th - 12th grade Shorecrest Upper School student body participates in Service Week, a 4-day learning experience in which students immerse themselves in service projects with non-profits and educational institutions. Together, the students and their teachers will complete more than 5,000 hours of service over the 4-day period. - March 15, 2017 - Shorecrest Preparatory School