There were investments in urban schools, in teachers, in teacher training, in teacher distribution that made a huge difference

The last time we made major headway on these issues was in the 1960’s and 70’s when we Rosetta Stone Spanish V3 had the war on poverty and we brought poverty, unemployment and segregation rates down. The achievement gap (between rich and poor) closed by more than three quarters in a very short period of time (15 years between the early 1970s and the mid-1980s). There were investments in urban schools, in teachers, in teacher training, in teacher distribution that made a huge difference. Had we continued with those policies, we would have had no racial achievement gap by the year 2000. In the 1980’s, we ended all those programs and never really regrouped.We have to address the problems now from both sides. On one hand, poverty and segregation are getting worse, and policymakers do not want to talk about it. On the other hand, we also have to address the issue of what we do to improve schools. A recent analysis of the ?achievement gap shows about a third of the achievement gap between affluent and poor students in 9th grade ?is present at kindergarten. That’s because kids are growing up in very different kinds of communities with different learning opportunities within the family and within the community. We’ve seen huge reductions in the achievement gap where communities have put high quality pre-schools in place. New Jersey is an example. The other two-thirds of the achievement gap is due to summer learning loss. Wealthy students continue to increase their learning during the summer, while low-income students lose ground. We have to improve education?? from September to June, but we also have to put in place summer learning opportunities.Then inside of school we have to equalize access to high quality teachers, and we have to improve the training of our teachers, which other countries have done. We have to get a curriculum that is focused on high order thinking and performance skills instead of bubbling in on multiple choice tests. Our kids are definitely disadvantaged because they are never asked on our tests to do the kinds of things that PISA asks them to do and other countries teach them to do: ?more focus on skills of research and analysis, requiring writing, Rosetta Stone Portuguese thinking and expressing your ideas.Is there a fast track to fix this?Many of the countries that were low achieving and are now high achieving made huge gains in a decade. We could make strong gains quickly if we could get focused.? A couple of things need to happen. We need to end the practice of allowing people to teach without training. There are states like Connecticut and North Carolina which put in place reforms in the 1990s where they raised salaries for teachers, raised standards for teachers for entry, preparation, and licensing, put in place induction ?programs to measure good teaching with strong performance assessments as well as support. In a few years they went from teacher shortages to surpluses, improved the quality of the teaching force, and raised student achievement. One of the problems we have in the United States however is that we tend to focus, make progress, and then backslide. We’re good innovators in terms of starting successful projects and programs in schools, but Steelers Jerseys without the emphasis that is needed to maintain the system.Is there a disconnect between education systems and the real world, i.e. the kind of education systems kids need to excel in the 21st century?I believe the disconnect is a concern in ?the UK as well as the US. Too often policymakers and educators ?think about a curriculum that consists of the facts you need to know across your 12 years of school, and schools are asked to make sure that students learn those facts instead of being able to use knowledge for complex problem solving, or being able to collaborate effectively.We need to expand students’ experiences to connect to the world out of school and we need to enable them to use technology to explore the world of ideas and to create new products.The change in mindset has to happen, first, at the governmental level, and it has to be reflected in student assessment.

Learn Chief Operating Officer to Present at the 2010 Pacific Crest Emerging Technology Summit as a Leading Cloud Provider

Learn , the knowledge platform Rosetta Stone V3 company, announced today that JW Ray, the company’s Chief Operating Officer, will present at the 5th annual Pacific Crest Emerging Technology Summit on February 25th at the InterContinental Hotel San Francisco, California. The Pacific Crest Summit is the premier conference for the technology sector s leading Rosetta Stone French V3 investors and executives, and features an agenda which will provide attendees with a unique perspective on the latest factors prevailing in the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) sector.Mr. Ray will be among the headliners of a full slate of presentations from over 40 leading On-Demand companies, panel discussions, and keynote addresses. As one of the pioneers of Cloud Computing and the leader in the SaaS Learning industry, we are committed to providing thought leadership and cutting edge technology to the market,” said JW Ray, Chief Operating Steelers Jerseys Officer of Learn . “We are excited to share our unique business model and how Learn achieved record results during the worst economy in the past 8 decades.”

PolyVision, Conceptua Math, Britannica and SkillsTutor Partner to Improve Technology Integration

To help schools bring learning to life, PolyVision, a leader Rosetta Stone V3 in the development of interactive teaching and learning technology, has partnered with leading education software providers Conceptua Math, Britannica Digital Learning and SkillsTutor?. The companies have teamed up to help educators better integrate interactive technology into the classroom in ways that maximize school budgets and meet students’ expectations for learning in the digital age.With their open architecture, PolyVision interactive whiteboards give educators the freedom to use the hardware, software and digital tools they already know and love, including award-winning online software from Conceptua Math, Britannica Digital Learning and SkillsTutor. PolyVision’s technology requires no special software or extensive training to use. Combining PolyVision’s next-generation interactive classroom solutions, ēno, with the market’s leading educational software enables teachers to easily create budget-friendly, engaging 21st century learning experiences that engage and inspire students.“The most cost-effective technology is intuitive and inclusive for all learners,” said Adam Hall, President of SkillsTutor. “We’ve partnered with PolyVision because our companies share that vision. Additionally, ēno provides the most dynamic and affordable interactive classroom technology available to give students a fuller, richer experience with our solutions for their improvement.”A powerful online tutoring tool, SkillsTutor seamlessly integrates Rosetta Stone French V3 into the curriculum and provides targeted instruction for the classroom or extended use at home. Lessons and activities in reading, language, writing, math and science help support teachers, while giving students a tool to improve test scores and meet mandated state objectives. SkillsTutor solutions are available on mobile devices for true, anytime/anywhere learning.“The combination of PolyVision’s ēno one and Conceptua Fractions is seamless,” said Arjan Khalsa, CEO of Conceptua Math. “Partnering with PolyVision, we have created digital videos that demonstrate the dramatic impact of our combined solution. Teachers are getting the message that teaching fractions is more effective and easier when you use the right tools.”Conceptua Fractions is a supplemental online math curriculum that uses simple visual models to make it easy to teach fractions. Students progress from concrete to abstract representations, building conceptual understanding and procedural fluency.“Britannica has Steelers Jerseys succeeded as a digital company by creatively applying today’s classroom technologies to our current, high-quality educational content and producing products that really work for students and teachers,” said Michael Ross, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Britannica Digital Learning. “PolyVision’s interactive whiteboards are a big part of that. They show our products as they should be shown. And, I think our products provide excellent content for theirs. It’s a great match.”Britannica Digital Learning develops online learning and curriculum-correlated resources for students ranging from pre-school to college.

Businessolver Promotion Supports Client Centric Growth

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Celebrate the Year of Foreign Language Study, Winter Quarter Begins January 10, 2005 at Nashville s Tennessee Foreign Language Institute

The U.S. Senate has designated 2005 as ` Rosetta Stone Software The Year of Foreign Language Study , during which foreign language study is promoted and expanded in elementary schools, secondary schools, institutions of higher learning, businesses, and government programs. Americans live in a world of diverse cultures, a world where competence in more than one language is critical for communication and understanding. American business, non-governmental Cheap Rosetta Stone Software organizations and government agencies all have difficulty meeting the growing demand for multilingual employees at home and abroad.The Tennessee Foreign Language Institute can help you jumpstart your language learning this winter. Group classes in downtown Nashville, Green Hills, 100 Oaks, and Cool Springs begin on January 10th. Among the languages we offer are Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, German, Italian, French, Spanish, and Portuguese; other languages may be offered depending upon demand.Specialized business classes and private classes Rosetta Stone Spanish Latin can also be arranged to meet your specific language needs.

SyberWorks e-Learning Podcasts: Episode #10 The Benefits of Using Business Language Rather Than Training Language

SyberWorks, a leader in custom Rosetta Stone e-Learning Solutions and the Learning Management Systemindustry, today announces the next episode in their e-Learning Podcast Series: The Benefits of Using Business Language Rather Than Training Language. Dave Boggs, CEO of SyberWorks, states, This is the first episode in a new miniseries that will focus on the business of learning management. The miniseries will consist of a series of interviews with Mark Bower, President and CEO of Bower and Company, Inc. ( bowercompany ), a learning- and performance-management consulting firm located in Colorado. Over the course of the series, we will discuss practical issues that impact learning professionals and training managers in the corporate training environment. The series will focus on business fundamentals in learning management that help training managers and learning professionals run their departments more efficiently and effectively. Boggs continues, In the first segment, Mark Bower discusses the use of Rosetta Stone V3 business language, rather than training (or learning-professional) language, and why this is important to your e-Learning and training programs. Mary Kay Lofurno, Director of Marketing at SyberWorks, narrates the series. SyberWorks e-Learning Podcast Series: Episode #10 The Benefits of Using Business Language Rather Than Training Language syberworks /audio/mark_bower01.mp3 is located in the SyberWorks Online Media Center at syberworks /elearning_podcast.htm in the About Us section of the SyberWorks web site. The transcript is located at syberworks /elpodcast5_transcript.htm.About SyberWorksSyberWorks, Inc. ( syberworks ) is a leader in the custom e-Learning Solutions and Learning Management System industries for Fortune 1000 corporations, higher education, and Rosetta Stone Latin Spanish other organizations. Located in Waltham, Massachusetts, the company serves the multi-billion-dollar e-Learning market. Since 1995, SyberWorks has developed and delivered unique and economical solutions to create, manage, measure, and improve e-Learning programs at companies and organizations in the United States, Canada, Europe and other countries.

The Gotham City avenger comes to Glasgow

Holy flashbacks! What’s that signal beaming up into the sky over the west Rosetta Stone Languages of Scotland right now? See it? Yes, just coming out from behind the grey clouds. It’s an appeal, a clarion call to see a 72-year-old schizophrenic with sociopathic tendencies, who likes to wear pointy-eared hoodies, can’t seem to commit to a relationship, and likes to dress teenage boys in canary yellow capes and tights.Yes, Batman is winging his way towards Glasgow as part of a world arena tour, a multi-million pound spectacle that will feature a cast of 23 actors and acrobats, 50 tons of catwalk rigging to allow for flying effects, and a Batmobile that will whizz the length of the specially designed, extended, stage. Because of the demands of live performance, the show will feature two Batmen and two Robins.But will the live show work? Can you take the essence of the comic book hero who first appeared in 1939 and develop him in the arena stage? The DC Comics’ character’s relationship with the reader (me included) is intimate, alluring and exciting, largely because the action is played out in the head. Will the adventures of this highly visual on-stage vigilante stimulate the same responses?It’s mid-afternoon in rehearsals in the Capital FM arena in Nottingham and the tension in the hot air is palpable. A scene is being performed that requires not only incredible precision and direction but the stamina of a comic book hero. All of a sudden Batman has flown down on to the stage from nowhere. Now, there are clowns to the left of me, Joker to the right … and here I am in the in the middle of a battle between Gotham City’s saviour and 20 face-painted acrobatic hoodlums who have just tumbled out of a 20ft high face. There is a strong storyline and narrative. If you don't have a story then all the investment Rosetta Stone Cheap in the world won't matter' It’s the face of the Joker, Batman’s arch enemy and Batman has flown in to rescue Robin, who’s trapped in a giant transparent ball. Now the Joker’s henchmen are armed with martial arts poles, and they are attacking Batman. Can the Dark Knight save Robin from the Joker? Will Gotham City be safe from criminal psychopaths? More importantly, will Batman Live work as a live show?Executive producer Nick Grace, who has spent three years pulling the show together and can boast a CV including Walking With Dinosaurs Live, most certainly believes it will. Already he has plans to tour North America and Europe, with options for the Far East and Australia. But Grace reveals he first had to convince Warner Bros and DC Comics he could put on a show. There have been hundreds of people pitching for Batman over the years, but our pitch was different, he explains in soft but confident voice. We didn’t want to do the show as a musical in theatre (like Spiderman), instead we wanted to do an arena show, because Batman is such a big brand. And as a result we’ve got 20 actors and 23 acrobats, and a new specially-designed Batmobile. Also, we’ve put together an amazing creative team, which was theatrical and had worked in rock ‘n’ roll. Designer Es Devlin masterminded the recent Lady Gaga and Take That tours, while creative director Anthony Van Laast’s CV includes Mamma Mia! and Sister Act. On top of that, says Grace, Warner liked what we had been producing so far. To my shock and horror they said yes. Grace, who’s been producing arena shows for 15 years, won’t reveal the exact sum invested in the production, but the riggings alone which allow Rosetta Stone Spain Spanish V3 Batman and Catwoman to fly on to the stage would cost more than 1 million. However, he does concede both the tone of the show and the storyline are absolutely crucial to success.