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Reading Intervention Workshop FREE for Teachers & Administrators Friday, February 7, 2012! Up to 4 hours of Professional Development This workshop uses Orton-Gillingham based principles to teach teachers and students how to build a foundation for successful reading. It is commonly known that 7 out of 10 students will learn to read no matter the [...]

Reading Intervention Workshop FREE for Teachers & Administrators Friday, February 17, 2012! Up to 4 hours of Professional Development This workshop uses Orton-Gillingham based principles to teach teachers and students how to build a foundation for successful reading. It is commonly known that 7 out of 10 students will learn to read no matter the [...]

Reading Intervention Workshop FREE for Teachers & Administrators Friday, January 20, 2012! Up to 4 hours of Professional Development This workshop uses Orton-Gillingham based principles to teach teachers and students how to build a foundation for successful reading. It is commonly known that 7 out of 10 students will learn to read no matter the [...]

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 [...]

Originally posted by the Arizona Charter Schools Association Virtual charter schools in Arizona are public schools. Legislation allowing for the creation of charter schools was passed in 1994 by the Arizona Legislature with the purpose of providing “a learning environment that will improve student achievement.” The Arizona State Board for Charter Schools is the primary regulatory authority [...]

The Striving Readers Comprehensive Literacy (SRCL) formula grant is authorized by the Appropriations Act to provide $250 million under Section 1520 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act to develop a comprehensive literacy and education program to advance literacy skills for students from birth through grade twelve. The Act reserves $10 million for formula grants to assist [...]

Why do I need a dyslexia test? When there is a problem, it helps to understand that problem and have a label and explanation for it, because then – and only then – are we able to know where to go and what to do for help. We are offering a free dyslexia test created [...]

Middlebury CEO, Jane Swift – Middlebury was formed because two great institutions recognized an urgent need to improve access to high quality world language learning programs in order to meet the challenges of a 21st Century global economy. Because of the academic integrity of Middlebury World Languages and the Middlebury stamp of approval and because [...]

 By: Brien McElhatten PHOENIX, AZ – Class is beginning for more than 4,000 students at Arizona Virtual Academy. They learn all the same lessons and have the same teachers, but the children are often hundreds of miles apart.  “This offers flexibility for out students and our parents,” said Megan Henry, Head of School for Arizona Virtual [...]

Reading Intervention Workshop FREE for Teachers & Administrators Wednesday, November 30th! Up to 4 hours of Professional Development This workshop uses Orton-Gillingham based principles to teach teachers and students how to build a foundation for successful reading. It is commonly known that 7 out of 10 students will learn to read no matter the reading [...]

Professional Development FREE for Teachers & Administrators Wednesday, November 16th! Up to 4 hours of Professional Development Backbone Communications is proud to present to you a full day of Workshops & Professional Development guaranteed to help you and your students succeed! On Wednesday, November 16th, the following workshops are available at NO COST: Interactive Teaching [...]

By Courtney Martin Marc Brackett never liked school. “I was always bored,” he says, “and I never felt like any of my teachers really cared. I can’t think of anybody that made me feel inspired.” It’s a surprising complaint coming from a 42-year-old Yale research scientist with a 27-page CV and nearly $4 million in [...]

One of the major challenges of ESL teachers is working with learners who have no prior literacy. How can you best teach these learners to read? Teaching non-literate or very low literate non-English speakers to read is NOT like teaching students who are literate in another language. Robin Lovrien Schwarz, PhD, will help you learn [...]

Teachers request, Principals order, Central Office designed, Board of Education approved, Maintenance installed…and what the Students wanted All too often we find this is true with schools, but not your school district of course Let the experts help you provide the right solution for what the students need. Contact us and we’ll help you identify [...]

Welcome to the October issue of Mimio.ink Newsletter! In this month’s issue, you’ll read how ten teachers were selected as recipients of the Mimio Jump Start Grant, and hear how some of them plan to use their new MimioClassroom™ products this year. “In my [grant] application, I created and submitted a game explaining why I [...]

I have a few questions for you regarding your current Benchmark Assessment plans: Are your students taking quarterly benchmark assessments? After the assessment, how do you determine the acceleration or remediation path for the student? Are you adding your own questions to these assessments? Are your benchmark assessments aligned to your district/school curriculum maps? As [...]

Arizona House Bill 2732 (AZ HB 2732) requires schools to make the necessary changes in order for them to track their students Lexile scores making certain their 3rd graders are testing at a 379L or greater.

Response to Intervention is a process to assure that students are successful and receive needed instruction. It is supported by federal special education funding and mandated by many states. The combination of the A+nyWhere Learning System (A+LS) and A+ LearningLink (A+LL) gives educators the ability to place students at the appropriate level of intervention, predict [...]

Mandated accountability and solid reading improvement in the classroom is more than critical, it is a pattern for our country’s future success globally. We cannot wait another school year to provide students (and teachers) with proven tools and methods that effectively teach the basics of reading.

The differences between Scholastic Read 180 and Reading Horizons are spelled out below: About Read 180 Read 180 is an effective remedial reading program for secondary students. The methodology is based on comprehension skills that are incorporated through independent learning, computer software, and teacher instruction. Read 180 has been available for 12 years. The program [...]