Archive for the ‘News’ Category
Saturday, September 4th, 2010
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Our beautiful design and wonderful user experience makes you wonder why you’ve been using other gradebooks. Plus we’re free.
Tags: best online gradebook, easy to use online gradebook for teachers, free and amazing gradebook, Learnboost, online gradebook
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Monday, August 30th, 2010
Do parents have the right to know which of their kids’ teachers are the most and least effective?
Seven years of math and English test data to publicly identify the best and the worst 3rd-5th grade teachers in the Los Angeles Unified School District.
Tags: Parents rights and teacher performance, Ranking teachers by effectiveness, Teacher incentives, Teacher rights
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Sunday, August 29th, 2010
by Mark Kassop Note: This article was originally published in The Technology Source (http://ts.mivu.org/) as: Mark Kassop “Ten Ways Online Education Matches, or Surpasses, Face-to-Face Learning” The Technology Source, May/June 2003. How good is online education? Debate about the relative quality of Internet-based courses has raged almost since the advent of this new teaching and [...]
Tags: Benefits to online education, Online courses vs Traditional school courses, Online education concerns, Online Education vs Onsite Education, Problems with online education
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Saturday, August 28th, 2010
Enterprising educators have big plans for Apple’s new tablet by Joel Mathis, Macworld.com Read Original Article HERE “I think we realize that at some point in the future, textbooks will be digital and that we’ll be using a device like the iPad in the classroom,” said George Saltsman, Director of Educational Technology for the Adams Center for Teaching [...]
Tags: iPad revolutionizing education, iPads in the classroom, iPads vs Textbooks, Schools and the iPad, Students use iPads
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Friday, August 27th, 2010
Congratulations to our iPAD WINNER!! Leslie Szramiak Willow Canyon High School, Arizona
Tags: Arizona iPad Winner 2010, iPad Winner 2010, iPad Winner A+ 2010, iPad Winner Backbone 2010, Willow Canyon iPad Winner 2010
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Thursday, August 26th, 2010
He will discuss the most serious challenge to overcome in the quest to teach all students to read well by the end of third grade is diversity among students in their talent and preparation for learning to read.
Tags: Reading Webinar Differentiated Instruction, Reading Webinar Difficulties, Reading Webinar Intervention, Reading Webinar Strategies
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Tuesday, August 24th, 2010
Los Angeles was just approved to build the most expensive school to date and it’s said that it will not impact the educational budget. The California new school will not impact the educational budget.
Tags: California New School, Costliest School in the Nation, Los Angeles New School, Most Expensive School in the U.S.
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Monday, August 16th, 2010
Written by Lu Stitt Wednesday, 02 June 2010 08:00 Tom Hood/Larson Newspapers Sedona Red Rock High School Principal Dave Lykins kicks back during a surprise party for him at the school May 26. Staff members hosted the party for Lykins after learning he was chosen as Principal of the Year by the Arizona School Administrators [...]
Tags: 2010 Arizona Principal of the Year, Dave Lykins Principal of the Year, High School Arizona Principal of the Year 2010, Sedona Arizona Principal of the Year 2010, Sedona Red Rock Arizona Principal of the Year 2010
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Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
Congratulations to our IPOD Winner! – Thurman Redhouse Cottonwood Day School, Chinle, AZ SDE: Staff Development for Educators Today, SDE has grown to become one of America’s leading providers of professional development for PreK through Grade 12 educators.
Tags: SDE Differentiated Instruction Ipod winner 2010, SDE Ipod Winner 2010, SDE National Conference 2010 Nevada Ipod winner
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Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
Congratulations to our IPOD Winner! – Kathy Oshton North Layton Jr. High School, Davis School District Utah Charter School Conference Utah charter schools are achieving their unique missions through the training, advocacy and support of the Association. Their mission is to promote and support quality public charter schools for Utah children.
Tags: Davis School District Ipod Winner, North Layton Jr High School Ipod Winner, Utah Charter School Conference Ipod Winner 2010
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Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
Congratulations to our IPOD Winner! – Cynthia Swanson Central Elementary School, Belen Consolidated School District New Mexico Coalition of School Administrators Conference 2010 NMCSA represents school administrators and provides effective leadership in advocating for a quality educational system in New Mexico. They serve as a liaison with other organizations and agencies in legislative affairs and [...]
Tags: 2010 NMCSA Ipod Winner, Central Elementary Belen School District Ipod Winner, Ipod Winner 2010, New Mexico Conference Ipod Winner 2010
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Wednesday, June 30th, 2010
Steve Leitz with A+ [Backbone Communications] said the program offers an individualized plan for a student and provides everything needed to meet state standards and graduate.
Tags: A+ in Churchill County Nevada, Churchill County Nevada Backbone, Churchill County School District Distance Learning, Churchill Online Distance Learning, Nevada Distance Learning, Nevada Online Distance Education
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Thursday, June 24th, 2010
Teachers Night Chase Field Diamond Backs Game Free Tickets 2010
The D-backs know this has been a tough year for our schools and especially our teachers. We appreciate all that you do everyday for the students of Arizona and we would like to say thanks!
Tags: Free Diamond Back Game 2010, Teacher Lounge D-Backs Free Tickets, Teacher Nights at Chase Field 2010
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Thursday, June 17th, 2010
A+ Success Lander County, Battle Mountain Nevada Online Adult & Alternative Distance Education & High School Credit Recovery Program Success Story New Opportunity Lander County School District implements new technology to create options for Adult Education and Credit Recovery students. Lander County School District in Battle Mountain, Nevada was seeking a curriculum tool that would [...]
Tags: Battle Mountain Adult Education, Battle Mountain High School Credit Recovery, Lander County A+, Lander County Adult Education, Lander County Battle Mountain Nevada Online Learning, Lander County High School Credit Recovery, Nevada A+ Success, Nevada Adult Education, Nevada Distance Learning, Nevada High School Credit Recovery
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Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
Lyon is Taming a Host of Challenges with A+ Online distance learning strengthens community education commitments Chuck Ayers distinctly remembers the day that Lyon On-Line launched. “It was September 9, 2009,” he says. “0-9, 0-9, 0-9. It was the first day of classes and it was my birthday.” And while barely eight months have passed [...]
Tags: Lyon County A+, Lyon County Alternative Education Online, Lyon County Distance Learning & Education Program, Lyon County High School Credit Recovery, Lyon County Online Program
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Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
http://aplustalk.com/ This place is for you, the users of the A+nyWhere Learning System, A+ LearningLink, and A+ Classroom. It is meant to be a place where users can meet, exchange ideas, share resources, talk to each other, ask questions, brag on what works, tell the stories of successes with kids. Faculty from the home offices [...]
Tags: aplus talk, aplustalk
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Thursday, May 27th, 2010
Challenge: Increase in student dropout rate due to lack of credit recovery option
Solution: Implementation of the A+nyWhere Learning System for credit recovery created opportunities for student success and credit retention.
Result: Thorough credit recovery program reduced dropout rate of students and prevented re-classification of grade level – allowing students to graduate with their class.
Tags: A+ success new mexico, new mexico alternative education, New Mexico High School Credit Recovery, portales education
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Wednesday, May 19th, 2010
Happier Kids Now is the first ever Online Expo for Teachers and Parents on How to Raise Happy, Successful Kids and Teens! Presenters and Speakers are all leading-edge parenting, happiness, education, success and psychology experts.
Tags: Happier Kids Expo, Happier Kids for Teachers and Parents, Happier Kids Now, Happier Kids Online Expo
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Wednesday, April 28th, 2010
Whatever it Takes Payson Center for Success High School Benefits from A+LS™ Courseware At Payson Center for Success High School (PCS) (Payson, Ariz.), when it comes to helping students learn and achieve, the staff motto is, “we will do whatever it takes.” For PCS’s Principal, Kathe Ketchem, that motto is more than a mere slogan—it’s [...]
Tags: Payson High School A+ Success Story, Payson High School Arizona, Payson High School Credit Recovery, Payson High School Dropout Rates, Payson High School Success
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Tuesday, March 30th, 2010
rizona online instruction shall be instituted to meet the needs of pupils in the information age. The state board of education shall select traditional public schools and the state board for charter schools shall sponsor charter schools to be online course providers or online schools.
Tags: AOI Application, Application for Arizona Online Instruction, Arizona Online Instruction Application, Arizona Online Instruction Reports & Definitions, Arizona Virtual Schools, July 2010 Reporting Deadline for Online Instruction
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