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SAN DIEGO, July 10 /PRNewswire/ — Academic Systems, the secondary and higher education division of Lightspan, Inc., and the leading provider of interactive multimedia instructional programs for college students, announced today that it will add interactive CD-based English language learning courseware to its offerings for the elementary, secondary and adult education community. Academic Systems has […]
The school-code law, signed by Gov. Mark Schweiker June 29, will partially reimburse the state’s school systems for per-pupil funding lost when students enroll in alternative schools. The law also transfers authority for the establishment, evaluation, and renewal of charter cyber schools from local school districts to the state education department.Read The Full Article
From May 13 to June 30, school officials applied for the grants by explaining how Premier Programming Solutions’ Accessibility Suite would help them meet the needs of students with learning or visual impairments or both.Read The Full Article
But an innovative ergonomics program at Elizabeth Blackwell Elementary School in Sammamish, Wash., is trying to prevent that by teaching students to take breaks during long computer sessions, use correct posture to reduce strain on the upper body, and exercise fatigued muscles. Read The Full Article
Dr. Deborah Jewell Sherman, Richmond Associate Superintendent for Instruction, stated: “In light of the student achievement and accountability requirements of the new No Child Left Behind Act, school districts such as ours will need to have real-time, accurate data on student achievement. We selected Lightspan eduTest Assessment because it has proven effective in school districts […]
Commonwealth Court ruled that the Pennsylvania Department of Education should provide an “expedited opportunity” for districts to challenge any decisions by the department to withhold money from them for refusing to pay tuition bills for students from their jurisdictions who attend cyber charter schools. Read the Full Article
Taiwan Academic Network (TANet), the national teaching and research network co-developed by major universities and the Ministry of Education (MOE) in Taiwan, has selected equipment from Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO), the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet, to upgrade its backbone network. Read the Full Article
The ED-sponsored event, “Serving all Schoolchildren and Increasing Options for Parents,” brought more than 300 school decision-makers together in the nation’s capital to listen, share suggestions, and ask questions about the Bush administration policy, which now holds all schools accountable for ensuring that students achieve “adequate yearly progress” (AYP). Read the Full Article
iAssessment, a provider of technology solutions for the K-12 education market, has announced the California Department of Education (CDE) has extended its contract and licensing agreement. As part of the deal, California Department of Education through CTAP2 (California Technology Assistance Project/California Technology Assessment Profile) will use the iAssessment Gateway Presentation System™ (GPS) for its statewide […]
Valuable Reading, Music and Art Resources Expanded through New Alliances with APTE, Artsonia, ipicturebooks and Tritone Music Read the Full Article