Industry News

With the support of the PTA, schools can purchase Promethean products, and the company will match the amount raised by the PTA, up to $3,800 for the purchase of qualifying products.

CompassLearning announced the 2012 summer version of CompassLearning Odyssey, which includes expanded content control, course and grade management and more than 400 new activities.

E2020 Inc. announced the launch of Virtual School Services, which provides districts and schools with the ability to create their own virtual learning programs.

Sweetwater Union High School District is bringing iPad use to the PE classroom through the use of iPad-enabled SPARK curriculum.

Entertainment Promotions is introducing their first “all digital” discount and promotion products available for school fundraising – Dining Advantage and the Entertainment.com Savings Membership.

Since early May, the South Texas Independent School District students aboard the four longest bus routes can do homework and study thanks to Wi-Fi on buses.

Teachscape and Saba have formed an alliance to offer joint customers a unique, competency-based integrated talent management platform, designed to support the development of effective teaching practice. 

More than 4,500 students and teachers from 18 countries connected with experts and peers during the live online conference series presented this spring by the Smithsonian SHOUT environmental education program.

Flipped Learning pioneers Jonathan Bergmann and Aaron Sams have launched the Flipped Learning Network, a non-profit organization for teachers interested in the Flipped Learning ideology.

eChalk announced that Pearson has added the company to its K12 Technology Independent Software Vendor Partner Program.