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Apex Learning and the University of Washington (UW) today announced a partnership to develop ten new online courses for high schools. The leading provider of virtual school solutions to K-12 institutions, Apex Learning brings its virtual school platform and expertise to developing the new core curriculum courses while the UW contributes its knowledge of the […]
Across the county this month, children are going back to school, and headed into classrooms with them is BritannicaSchool (www.britannicaschool.com), the curriculum, reference and creativity site for the K-12 education community. BritannicaSchool, a division of Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., announced today that the BritannicaSchool Web site is live and ready to serve teachers and students. First […]
San Jose, CA –September 25, 2001 – Fujitsu Software Corporation (FS) today announced that Watertown, Massachusetts-based Virtual Education Space ™(VES), has selected FS’ i-Flow workflow engine to help streamline development of standards-based curricula, assessment and instruction for Massachusetts public schools. VES has created an open e-Learning Pre-K-12 platform for educators, students and parents in Massachusetts, […]
Ensynch Inc.announced that it has been selected by the Arizona School Facilities Board to join its mission to improve access to technology throughout the state’s 1,200 K-12 schools. The complete program will be launched to the education community at the Arizona School Facilities Board’s conference “Revolutionizing Educational Opportunities,” Sept. 25, 2001, at the Glendale Civic […]
Secretary Paige and ED employees extend our condolences and prayers to the families and friends of those affected by the September 11 terrorist attacks.
It made them scared, it made them physically sick, it made them cry, it made them pray and it made them talk.
Within minutes of the worst terrorist attack in the history of the United States, the reverberations rippled through the nation’s classrooms. School leaders agonized over whether to send students home to their families or to keep their buildings open—as one reassuring sign of stability in an unhinged world.
Lightspan, Inc. (NASDAQ:LSPN), a provider of quality curriculum-based software and Internet products and services used in schools and homes, announced today that the Philadelphia school district has agreed to purchase an additional $400,000 worth of Lightspan Achieve Now software. John Kernan, Lightspan Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, said, “The Philadelphia school district has been a […]
If Columbine made many people see school as a place to fear (at least temporarily), last Tuesday helped many schools reassert their status as a haven from harm.