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Innovative Educational Organizations in Nevada Partner with Edthena to Personalize Professional Development using Video Coaching

9/29/2017

Lyon County School District and Northeastern Nevada Regional Professional
Development Program to implement video coaching platform during 2017-18 school year

YERINGTON and ELKO, Nev. (September 28, 2017) – Starting in the 2017-18 school year, two innovative Nevada educational organizations – Lyon County School District (LCSD) and Northeastern Nevada Regional Professional Development Program (NNRPDP) – will provide video coaching to educators via Edthena to enrich educators’ professional learning. These organizations are utilizing the Great Teaching and Leading Fund grant from the Nevada Department of Education to provide targeted coaching support the using Edthena platform.

PresenceLearning Recognizes 12 Educational Organizations with its 4th Annual Awards of Excellence

9/29/2017

Schools, districts, and service agencies nationwide honored for their standout use
of online therapy, organizational leadership, and improved student outcomes

SAN FRANCISCO, September 26, 2017 – PresenceLearning, the leading telehealth network of live, online special education related service providers, has recognized 12 educational organizations nationwide as winners in their 4th annual Awards of Excellence. Throughout last school year, these exemplary organizations helped drive improved student outcomes through their use of online therapy services for students with special needs while displaying outstanding organizational leadership and teamwork.

Award-winning educators examine the potential impact of the Every Student Succeeds Act on U.S. education

9/26/2017

Bloomington, IN, Sept. 26, 2017 -- The passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) presents U.S. educators as well as local and state legislators with a rare opportunity: to reconceive schooling to better address students’ needs. In Responding to the Every Student Succeeds Act With the PLC at Work™ Process, published by Solution Tree, authors Richard DuFour, Douglas Reeves and Rebecca DuFour showcase how to make the most of this opportunity by fully committing to the Professional Learning Communities at Work™ (PLC) process.

Epson Launches the PowerLite 685W for Classroom SMART Presentation Displays

9/26/2017

New Ultra Short-Throw Presentation Display Works Seamlessly with SMART Board M685 and 885 Interactive Whiteboards to Increase Classroom Collaboration

LONG BEACH, Calif. – Sept. 26, 2017 – Epson, the number-one selling projector brand worldwide, today announced the Epson PowerLite® 685W Ultra Short-Throw Presentation Display for SMART. The new presentation display, which offers seamless integration with the SMART Extended Control Panel (ECP)1, is part of Epson’s continued collaboration with SMART Technologies Inc. to bring amazing images to classrooms using the SMART Board® M685 and 885 interactive whiteboards.

Fayette County Schools Quadruples Support Productivity Using Incident IQ

9/25/2017

Infinite Campus and Blackboard Support Teams Empowered

CONYERS, GA -- September 20, 2017 -- Keeping accurate records for thousands of students in a district is a constant challenge for any school system. In Fayette County, Georgia, student information systems (SIS) and learning management systems (LMS) specialists quadrupled their productivity using Incident IQ to effectively manage reporting and resolution of Blackboard and Infinite Campus help requests.

Aperture Education Re-affirms its Commitment to Protecting Student Data

9/22/2017

Company signs Student Privacy Pledge and launches new web page to
share how it keeps student information safe

Charlotte N.C. (Sept. 22, 2017) — Social-emotional learning company, Aperture Education, has signed the Student Privacy Pledge, re-affirming its commitment to safeguarding student data. It also launched a new web page to keep the public informed about how it keeps student information safe. The pledge and web page re-enforce Aperture’s commitment to protecting student information, and to being transparent about how it handles student data.

Second Step Program and Panorama Education Partner to Offer Research-Based Curriculum and Assessments for Students’ Social-Emotional Learning

9/22/2017

Committee for Children, creator of the Second Step Program, partners with Panorama Education for measurement and analytics to support the whole student

(Boston, MA) September 21, 2017 — The Second Step Program, developed by Committee for Children, and Panorama Education today announced a new partnership to help schools and districts nationwide understand and develop students’ social-emotional skills. The research teams behind the two programs have mapped Panorama’s research-backed measures of social-emotional learning (SEL) to the Second Step Program to create a coordinated SEL assessment.

Now schools and districts that use Panorama can administer social-emotional learning assessments and reports that align with the social, emotional, and relational skills fostered by the award-winning Second Step Program. And district and school administrators, teachers, and counselors can use social-emotional learning data and analytics from Panorama Education to guide instruction, interventions, and individual student supports.

ThinkCERCA Secures $10.1 Million in Series B Round to Strengthen Students’ Critical Thinking and Literacy Skills

9/22/2017

The personalized literacy provider will use the funds to enhance its academic writing tools and launch new lessons that will prepare students for the 21st century.

(CHICAGO) September 20, 2017 — ThinkCERCA, a leading provider of personalized literacy solutions, today announced that the company has secured $10.1 million for its Series B funding round. This funding will allow ThinkCERCA to continue supporting student growth in personalized literacy with new tools and lessons that boost students’ 21st century reading and writing skills.

RoboKind to Host First Workshop on Robot-Mediated Autism Intervention

9/19/2017

The free, one-day event will bring together developers, researchers, and educators to discuss best practices and technology to support robot-mediated autism intervention

(Dallas, TX) September 19, 2017 -- RoboKind, the maker of Robots4Autism and Robots4STEM, will co-host the first Interdisciplinary Workshop on Robot-Mediated Autism Intervention on September 23, 2017. The all-day workshop will take place at the New England Robotics Experimentation and Validation Center on the campus of Umass Lowell. Attendees are welcome to join the free event in person or by following a live stream.

Insight ADVANCE Launches New Data Management Tools for Its Video Coaching & Evaluation Platform

9/19/2017

New data functionality in ADVANCEfeedback® empowers teachers, coaches, and administrators with real-time, growth-focused professional development tools

(ENCINO, CA) September 19, 2017 -- Insight ADVANCE today announced the launch of powerful real-time data and data management features to complement its ADVANCEfeedback® solution, an online tool used in K-12 and higher education for educator self-reflection, peer-to-peer collaboration, coaching, and evaluation. The platform has won Tech and Learning’s Awards of Excellence for the past two years, among other respected industry accolades.