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Wednesday, April 17th, 2013
The best way to ensure that all of your students develop effective reading skills is to implement what researchers have found to be the most effective approach: explicit, systematic, and multi-sensory reading instruction. The only problem: Teachers are rarely trained how to provide this type of instruction. For Grades K-3 Reading Horizons Discovery helps K-3 [...]
Tags: direct instruction, Intervention, reading, software, technology
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Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
Welcome to Aventa Learning where we help schools help students. Founded in 2002, Aventa Learning serves more than 1800 school organizations across the country. Our top notch virtual school solutions offer award winning curriculum, quality instruction and state of the art technology. Aventa is renowned for it’s curriculum. Our comprehensive catalog of more than 140 [...]
Tags: aventa learning, Credit Recovery, Curriculum Software, high school, k12, online courses, online teachers
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Monday, January 30th, 2012
I work for Excelsior which is in the high desert of California, we’re in Victorville, we’re our own district. We’re an independent study charter school. We have about 1200 students. We piloted A+ as an online independent study curriculum predominantly for at risk students; students who have failed classes. We piloted in the summer of [...]
Tags: A+, california testimonial, Credit Recovery, Curriculum Software, high school
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Sunday, January 29th, 2012
Hi, I’m Joseph South, I’m the director of product development of Middlebury Interactive Languages. Today we’re going to be talking about the Middworld online courses. Today we’re going to look at some of the unique features of the courses, some of the different ways they can be delivered in schools, some key product components and [...]
Tags: foreign languages, k12, middlebury world language, powerspeak, world language for students
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Saturday, January 28th, 2012
Reading is life changing and it’s never too late to learn how. For over 25 years, Reading Horizons has been helping instructors teach thousands of struggling students how to improve their lives through literacy. Across the country thousands of junior and senior high schools trust Reading Horizons because it is helpful and because it works. [...]
Tags: reading horizons, Reading Intervention, secondary reading intervention, software, software program
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Friday, January 27th, 2012
News Anchor: In education news, a first in California, a charter school in San Francisco will combine online instruction with a traditional teacher in the classroom approach. ABC 7′s education reporter, Lyanne Melendez, got a look at this new school and she’s here to explain how it’s going to work. Lyanne? Lyanne Melendez: Well, you [...]
Tags: abc 7 news, k12, online school, san francisco flex, virtual school program, vsp
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Thursday, January 26th, 2012
Ted Roland: 15 year old Christina Schultz and her 11 year old brother Jonathan are showing off their commute to school: down the stairs and into their separate classrooms. Once they get online they’re at school. Christina and Jonathan may attend school at home but they’re not home schooled-there’s a big difference. They actually attend [...]
Tags: cnn, k12, online school, virtual school program, vsp
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Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
Introducing Reading Horizons v5 Are you looking for a program that will ensure the success for all of your struggling readers? Welcome to Reading Horizons v5, the most advanced reading program on the market. Our software contains 81 interactive lessons that guide students, focusing on the concepts of english, building up to the decoding of [...]
Tags: education, reading horizons, Reading Intervention, software
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Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
Learning English as a second language can be difficult without the proper foundation. In fact, recent research suggests that English Language Learners who struggle with reading face the same learning barrier as Native English Speaking students with reading difficulties: poor english skills in reading phonetics. But with Reading Horizons and explicit, systematic instruction and phonics, [...]
Tags: ELL, English Language Learning, reading horizons, Reading Intervention, software
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Monday, January 23rd, 2012
Reading is life changing and it’s never too late to learn how. For over 25 years, Reading Horizons has been helping instructors teach thousands of adult students from all walks of life how to improve their lives through literacy. Adult Education Centers, Correctional Facilities, Libraries, Workplace Literacy Programs all trust Reading Horizons because it is [...]
Tags: adult reading intervention, reading horizons, Reading Intervention, software
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Sunday, January 22nd, 2012
Reading is life altering and for over 25 years Discover Intensive Phonics Program has been changing the lives of hundreds of thousands of students by teaching them the invaluable skill of reading. It has been endorsed by the National Right to Read Foundation and is used in all three tiers of the Response to Intervention [...]
Tags: elementary, reading horizons, Reading Intervention, software
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Wednesday, January 18th, 2012
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Wednesday, December 21st, 2011
DynEd moves delivery of award-winning content to mobile devices Burlingame, CA—December 12, 2011—DynEd International, Inc., a leader in the English language learning solutions market, has made it’s award winning content available for iOS compatible devices (iPad and iPhone). With the goal of providing DynEd-partner studentseasier access to their courseware, DynEd for iPad allows existing students the [...]
Tags: dyned ipad app, ell ipad app, english language learning ipad app, ipad app
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Thursday, September 29th, 2011
By Valerie Strauss The Washington Post Every policymaker should be required to see the new film “American Teacher,” which powerfully reveals the huge challenge that the country faces in attracting and keeping the best teachers to help improve public education. Director Vanessa Roth’s new film, co- produced by Dave Eggers and Nínive Calegari and narrated by Matt [...]
Tags: american teacher, education movie, film on education, matt damon, waiting for superman
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Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011
Description: The American Education Corporation offers electronic learning products and solutions to serve at-risk students in many alternative learning environments. Our A+® products integrate into at-risk learning programs, including traditional classrooms, response to intervention, credit recovery, and dropout prevention to help students progress toward graduation – empowering you to serve all students. We offer one [...]
Tags: Dropout Prevention Rating, National Dropout Prevention Center
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Monday, October 26th, 2009
Technology has the ability to satisfy federal and state law requirements. There continue to be more mandates educators are required to uphold. With the A+nyWhere Learning System, teachers and administrators can easily satisfy PEP (personalized education plans) requirements for every student whether they are below grade level, on grade level or above grade level.
Tags: PEP Personalized Education Plan Arizona, PEP Personalized Education Plan California, PEP Personalized Education Plan Nevada, PEP Personalized Education Plan New Mexico, PEP Personalized Education Plan Utah
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Sunday, August 23rd, 2009
Learn more about this Give-Away The 2009 Panasonic Digital Camcorder Give-Away is now closed. – Our winner will be announced very soon! – Thanks for your participation! – The Backbone Team Let us help you create your 21st Century Classroom! Do you know who you want to contact? – Call Us Today! – 800-480-3935
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Monday, May 11th, 2009
Title IV, Part B Backbone Communications implements 21st Century Community Learning Center programs designed to help children in at-risk schools succeed academically through the use of scientifically-based practice and extended learning time. Our “21st Century Classroom Concept” engages students, increases interactivity within the classroom, and provides true differentiated instruction. 1. Classroom Student Response System Provides [...]
Tags: 21st Century Classroom, 21st Century Community Learning Center, 21st Century Community Learning Center Programs, Title IV Part B
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Wednesday, March 25th, 2009
The Latest News and Strategies to Help Educators Make Sense of It All Join Dr. Jenny House as she presents an informative webinar that takes the confusion and misinformation out of the Stimulus Funding. Jennifer House, Ph.D., Founder and Principal RedRock Reports is led by Dr. Jennifer House, Ph.D. A noted education market leader, Dr. [...]
Tags: Stimulus Funding, Stimulus Funding Webinar, Understanding Stimulus Funding
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Saturday, March 21st, 2009
The following list includes popular educational technologies currently in today’s classrooms: Document Cameras Projectors Interactive Whiteboards Mobile Laptop Carts Student Response Systems or Voting Devices (clickers) In addition to the technology that fills our classrooms, the software allows students and teachers to take advantage of these new devices. The interactive learning objects and lesson plans [...]
Tags: Curriculum Software, document cameras, Educational Software, Educational Technology, Interactive Whiteboards, student response systems
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