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New LanSchool v7.5 Addresses Macs, Wireless, Audio, Video, And Cyber-Bullying
9/7/2010
LanSchool Technologies LLC, a leading provider of classroom management software, announced that a new version, LanSchool v7.5, is now available. LanSchool v7.5 is a major release that brings the Mac version to feature parity with the Windows version, adds audio listening and broadcast for language labs, introduces efficient Multicast video distribution and playback and adds real-time keystroke alerting on banned words to help teachers control cyber-bullying in the classroom
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Scientific Learning To Present At The BMO Capital Markets 10th Annual Back To School Education Conference
9/2/2010
Scientific Learning Corporation, a leading provider of technologies for accelerated learning, announced recently that the Company will be presenting at the BMO Capital Markets 10th Annual Back to School Education Conference being held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York on September 16, 2010 at 3:00 pm ET
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Unique Collaboration Between VEBA, Sharp HealthCare And UnitedHealthcare Expects To Save California Schools $12 M In Benefit Renewal Costs
9/2/2010
The California Schools Voluntary Employee Benefits Association (the VEBA), in partnership with Sharp HealthCare and UnitedHealthcare, expects to save its 30 participating school districts, representing almost 80,000 members, $12 million in overall benefit renewal costs for 2011
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Chancellor University To Sponsor Marion Sterling Elementary
9/2/2010
Chancellor University has agreed to sponsor Marion Sterling Elementary School, located on Central Avenue in Cleveland, as part of its newly-implemented community outreach program. Chancellor will be providing financial resources as well as volunteer time in order to bring the "Believe" program, an early-childhood enrichment program, to Marion Sterling for the upcoming school year
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VoIP Provider FeatureTel Supports Local Educational Initiatives Through DonorsChoose.org Giving Program
9/2/2010
FeatureTel, offering hosted VoIP business telephone service over private networks, recently launched an employee engagement philanthropy program benefiting DonorsChoose.org, a non-profit organization that allows donors to support specific school classroom projects. FeatureTel employees take a turn each month to select a local school classroom project of their choice to be funded by FeatureTel
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Time To Know Partners With The One-To-One Institute To Increase Student Achievement Through Learner-Centered 1:1 Programs
9/1/2010
Equipping every student and teacher with a laptop brings tremendous opportunities to transform teaching and learning in today's classrooms. From revitalizing teachers to engaging tech-savvy students to improving school performance, the benefits of one-to-one learning are significant. Time To Know, developer of the first complete interactive curriculum system designed specifically for one-to-one computing classrooms, today announced that it is partnering with the One-to-One Institute (OTO), the international not-for-profit leader and advocate for one-to-one computing,
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Boston Public Schools Choose Boston-Based Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s Proven Literature Program For Students
9/1/2010
Global education leader Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) recently announced that after careful review and consideration, Boston Public Schools (BPS) has chosen the Company's McDougal Littell Literature for its first new literature adoption in 13 years
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STEM Education Gets A Creative Classroom Twist Through The Toshiba/NSTA ExploraVision Awards Program
9/1/2010
For the past 19 years, thousands of classrooms across the U.S. and Canada have gotten a creative boost in important STEM, or science, technology, engineering and math education, thanks to the Toshiba/National Science Teachers AssociationExploraVision Awards Program, the world's largest K–12 science and technology competition
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Courion To Host Webinar On Identity And Access Management In The Education Industry
8/31/2010
Courion Corporation, leaders in access governance, provisioning and compliance, recently announced that Linda Sharp of The Consortium for School Networking, Hernando Celada of Palm Beach County School District and Jaime Lewis of Courion will participate in a Web seminar on September 16 to discuss identity and access management (IAM) challenges, protocols and solutions in both K-12 and higher education teaching and learning environments
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Northwest Independent School District Taps Aventa Learning’s Online Curriculum for New Accelerated High School
8/18/2010
A new, accelerated high school that is opening this August as part of the Northwest Independent School District (ISD) in Texas has selected high quality courses and curriculum from Aventa Learning™ for the online component of its new hybrid learning program