k-12 News

Educators in Two Countries, Puerto Rico & 15 U.S. States Join Virtual High School

Eduplanet21, the organization that is revolutionizing learning through social media for K-12 teachers, is pleased to announce that Phase Two of its Early Adopter Program begins today and runs through June 30th, 2012.

Sonasoft, Corp., an innovative leader in email archiving solutions for organizations utilizing Microsoft Exchange servers, announces the continuation of its special promotion for U.S. K-12 School Districts - free email archiving.

Harris School Solutions announces the successful implementation of AptaFund at Educational Service Unit (ESU) 13 located in Nebraska.

Harris announces the successful implementation of AptaFund at the Bennington Public Schools in Bennington, Neb.

Sonasoft, Corp., a leader in email archiving software solutions for organizations utilizing Microsoft Exchange servers, will participate in the California Educational Technology Professionals Association (CETPA ) Conference, November 9 and 10, 2011.

Sustainability Education Led Discussion of Citizenship and Pathways for Green Economy

Tucson-based organization helping to increase classroom teacher effectiveness to raise student test scores

More than 5,000 students in 85 schools are participating in the Art in Action Visual Arts Scholarship Program for the school year 2011-12. The arts encourage critical thinking and creativity and help solve educational problems.

The Free Event, Themed ‘Healthy Families, Healthy Futures!’ Features Resource Fair, Panel Discussions on Immunizations, Internet Safety, and Drug Use Awareness

MIAA, the sister organization of MSSAA, announces the launch of its new website.

More middle and high schools nationwide are now embracing online learning as a means to help prepare students for education and work in the 21st century.

Harris School Solutions announces several new AptaFund accounting customers across the U.S. this year.

Harris School Solutions is pleased to announce two new SME customers in Pennsylvania: Franklin Regional School District and Waynesboro Area School District.

Private Equity & Venture Capital investors continue to be bullish about investing in Education companies, reveals a new report – Private Equity Pulse on Education - from research firm Venture Intelligence.

Ronne Froman, New CEO, to Collaborate with Principal Joel Garcia for School’s Continued Success as it Grows to Larger Facility

NW Startups announces today the launch of geoforms.org, which is a spinoff from the geospatial open data project, opengeocode.org. The site provides a map and text-based search for academics and researchers of worldwide geographic information.

More middle and high schools nationwide are now embracing online learning as a means to help prepare students for education and work in the 21st century.

Educators in Two Countries, Puerto Rico & 15 U.S. States Join Virtual High School

Eduplanet21, the organization that is revolutionizing learning through social media for K-12 teachers, is pleased to announce that Phase Two of its Early Adopter Program begins today and runs through June 30th, 2012.

Starting on March 7, Virtual High School Global Consortium is offering a series of four three-week professional development modules for classroom teachers.

Sonasoft, Corp., an innovative leader in email archiving solutions for organizations utilizing Microsoft Exchange servers, announces the continuation of its special promotion for U.S. K-12 School Districts - free email archiving.

Unique installations feature Technomad weatherproof loudspeakers and amplifiers to improve quality, eliminate neighborhood complaints

Spiewak to Collaborate with Current CEO and Incoming President of the Board Ronne Froman to Ensure School’s Continued Success as it Grows into Larger Facility

Harris School Solutions announces the successful implementation of AptaFund at Educational Service Unit (ESU) 13 located in Nebraska.

One hundred seventy-five teachers, innovators, edupreneurs, and policy makers with big ideas for transforming K-20 education are about to converge at the third annual Big Ideas Fest, Dec. 4 through 7, in Half Moon Bay, CA.

Harris announces the successful implementation of AptaFund at the Bennington Public Schools in Bennington, Neb.

Harris School Solutions announces the release of the human resources module for AptaFund 4.

Sonasoft, Corp., a leader in email archiving software solutions for organizations utilizing Microsoft Exchange servers, will participate in the California Educational Technology Professionals Association (CETPA ) Conference, November 9 and 10, 2011.

Sustainability Education Led Discussion of Citizenship and Pathways for Green Economy

ITWorx announces that its popular content authoring tool, AuthorExpert™, has been recently purchased by GEMS Education for implementation across its schools in UAE.

This unconference is for all involved in education: teachers, students, parents, professors, administrators and all who have a passion for education in today’s world.

Tucson-based organization helping to increase classroom teacher effectiveness to raise student test scores

Sublime Learning, educational leader in providing professional development products & services surrounding effective use and integration of technology to meet K-12 instructional goals welcomes Mr. Philip Thomas, Jr. to its 2011-2012 Advisory Board.

More than 5,000 students in 85 schools are participating in the Art in Action Visual Arts Scholarship Program for the school year 2011-12. The arts encourage critical thinking and creativity and help solve educational problems.

Dialog One and Phenomenal Networks partnering to provide a new video-based translation service. Aimed at helping non-English speaking people in the Healthcare and educational environments.

Education industry leaders Dr. Mark McQuillan, Michael Ehrhardt and Martha Coakley join Virtual High School Board of Directors.

The Free Event, Themed ‘Healthy Families, Healthy Futures!’ Features Resource Fair, Panel Discussions on Immunizations, Internet Safety, and Drug Use Awareness

MIAA, the sister organization of MSSAA, announces the launch of its new website.

More middle and high schools nationwide are now embracing online learning as a means to help prepare students for education and work in the 21st century.

Harris School Solutions announces several new AptaFund accounting customers across the U.S. this year.

Harris School Solutions is pleased to announce two new SME customers in Pennsylvania: Franklin Regional School District and Waynesboro Area School District.

Private Equity & Venture Capital investors continue to be bullish about investing in Education companies, reveals a new report – Private Equity Pulse on Education - from research firm Venture Intelligence.

Entry to this free event is limited to the first 200 signups. EdCamps are run by local teachers who want to informally spark discussion and learn new ideas from one another.

Ronne Froman, New CEO, to Collaborate with Principal Joel Garcia for School’s Continued Success as it Grows to Larger Facility

Successful young models and actors are using Advantages Online Private School to pursue their education while they work.

Bluepoint Solutions and its CEO Hal Tilbury Challenge the Community to Match a $500,000 Donation to Monarch School’s Capital Campaign

Commonwealth of Virginia grants VHS multidivision online provider status. Organization can now continue to partner with schools to provide students with online courses.

Announced today, Advantages Online Private School has renewed academic partnerships for the 2011-2012 school year, including schools in Nevada, Oklahoma, Washington and Oregon.

For the first time Cicero: History Beyond the Textbook is available for retail sale to teachers, tutors, and homeschoolers exclusively at O'Block Books Educational Materials.

The video reviews for SchoolE Award winners, and the video recap of the contest are now live on the SchoolE Awards website.

Art education is important for developing K-12 students' thinking and creative skills. This new program aims to bring a quality art education to students at a time of budget constraints in many school districts.

Monarch School’s Sheila Buska Named 2011 Non-Profit CFO of the Year in San Diego

Virtual High School’s fourth annual college scholarship program distributes $3,000 to college bound seniors in four states.

EMS District™ efficiently manages K-12 school district’s rooms and resources, coordinates after-school community activities and tracks and analyzes space utilization.

Author’s “This Urban Teacher’s Journal” Breaks Ground And Gives Teachers Solutions To Today’s School Challenges

AEP Recognizes Pixton as a Leader in Educational Technology Innovation

Harris School Solutions announces the upcoming release of AptaFund 4, the web-based fund accounting solution for K-12 schools.

Conceptua Math has aligned its fractions activities with The Quantile® Framework for Mathematics, by MetaMetrics®, to help teachers match students with curriculum at the right developmental level.

Pearlink Software, Inc. is pleased to announce a FREE Site License of its Arabic language tutoring software for K-12 public schools for the academic year 2011-2012. The Site license is limited to K-12 public schools in Canada and the U.S.A.

International Culture Day with the students of Arborland Montessori is a colorful celebration of cultural diversity through the arts. The performances brought the viewers to many parts of the world, without leaving home.

SchoolE Awards announces 7 finalists from each voting category still in the running to be named best school district website; voting opens to the public.

Travel around the world in two days with the students of Arborland Montessori Children’s Academy at their International Culture Day! Event is free and open to the public. For more information: (714) 871-3111 or (714) 871-2311

Since officially released on January 28, 2011 for general availability, Novachi has registered 14 districts and 60 individual schools covering over 170 thousand students and 7 thousand teachers.

Faced with budget cuts that have forced the cancellation of low enrollment AP and enrichment classes, schools in 10 states have started their students with VHS online courses this semester.

BGLC Partners is a newly launched marketing, admissions and retention consulting firm that works with schools from pre-schools to colleges and universities to create a “culture of enrollment.”