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SAN DIEGO, July 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Lightspan, Inc. (Nasdaq: LSPN), a leading provider of high-quality educational products and services used in schools and homes to help increase academic achievement, announced today that it has signed a multi-year contract valued at approximately $1.6 million to provide benchmark assessments to students in all 105 schools in the […]
In a 3-2 vote, with two members absent, the Mat-Su Borough School Board last week turned down Horizon Charter School’s request to open this coming school year, but even those members who voted to reject the proposal for now said it was more of an issue of timing and that they would like to consider […]
The goals, put forward by the board members, Superintendent of Schools Bill Eckler and interim high school principal Dr. Peter Bassett, were then grouped by Davis into three general categories: curriculum, organization/operational and involvement. Read The Full Article
For the first time, the school district is offering virtual summer school, where students can read textbooks over the Internet, from home or centralized school sites, and take a midterm and final exam to ensure they understood the material and get the credits they need. Read The Full Article
The contract is a one-year amendment to a previous agreement under which The Lightspan Network was provided to 43 BIA-funded schools. William Mehojha, Director of the Office of Indian Education Programs, said: “The BIA initially selected Lightspan because of the company’s experience with large district- and statewide implementations, and the extensive body of research that […]
The screen lights up fast The words from it trickle down It’s like falling rain Read The Full Article
Inspired by the four existing electronic schools – three sponsored by northwest Ohio agencies – several superintendents have queried the state about how to set up such schools in their areas, said Steve Burigana, executive director of the education department’s office of community schools. Read The Full Article
The Internet revolution transformed Brandon Trujillo, an unhappy, failing high school junior, into a happy, successful senior. Read The Full Article
Their efforts resulted in a fully computerized approach to tracking resources both on and off the shelves. Read The Full Article