by Sarah Green | Mar 10, 2014 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Sixth, seventh and eighth-graders will be getting a modern update to English Language Arts education – a catalogue of digital curriculum featuring e-books, dramatic readings, story animations and role-playing games will be hitting classrooms the 2014-2015 school year....
by Sarah Green | Mar 5, 2014 | Parent Issues, Profiles, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Amplify is a relatively new player in the digital education movement, already serving more than 3 million students and 200,000 educators in all 50 states. Amplify is hoping to close the gap in achievement between America and the rest of the world by strengthening...
by Sarah Green | Mar 3, 2014 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Welcome to high school – in the third grade. Elementary schools across America are turning to specialized classes after second grade (and in some schools, kindergarten) to increase time spent on subjects like math and reading. Departmentalizing classes, also known as...
by Sarah Green | Feb 28, 2014 | News, Parent Issues, Teacher Issues
In 1998 California passed Proposition 227 which states that bilingual students cannot learn to read and write in any language other than English. Sixteen years later certain parts of the state, San Francisco in particular, have found loopholes around the law that are...
by Sarah Green | Feb 26, 2014 | Parent Issues, Profiles, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Renaissance Learning began in 1984 when Judi and Terry Paul wanted their kids to read more books. Today the company sells the world’s most widely used reading software with more than 20 million students and teachers using their products. Google Capital recently...
