Park Ridge-Niles School District 64 is one of only 79 Illinois school districts to earn the 2012 Bright Red Apple Award for educational excellence from SchoolSearch, an independent research and consulting firm. It’s the 18th year that District 64 was selected for “providing students with an outstanding educational environment,” the award notes.
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4/23/2012
North Penn officials were applauded at a school board meeting Thursday after the announcement that the district had received a $1.17 million grant.
4/23/2012
There is no better time for a Latino to be representing the Department of Education, now that recently released data shows Latinos are lagging behind others when it comes to getting college degrees.
4/23/2012
Six years ago, Kim Cole's son attended second grade in a small room with glass walls.
4/23/2012
The Hillsboro School District has announced several retirements and changes in school principals for next school year.
4/23/2012
When the Allendale (N.J.) School District approached Michael Osnato last year for assistance in finding a new superintendent, Osnato knew it could be a challenge. Although the search firm he founded and runs, Leadership Advantage, had completed 80 school executive searches in New Jersey, a governor-mandated pay cap on superintendent salaries, based on district enrollment, had shrunk candidate pools already affected by retiring baby boomers.
4/23/2012
Roanoke's Fishburn Park Elementary School and Franklin County's Gereau Center for Applied Technology & Career Exploration are the only two Virginia schools to earn federal awards for environmental initiatives.
4/23/2012
Sarah Jessica Parker, Kerry Washington and Forest Whitaker are adopting some of the nation's worst-performing schools and pledging Monday to help the Obama administration turn them around by integrating arts education.
4/23/2012
Rebecca Mieliwocki, the 2012 National Teacher of the Year, said funding is an issue facing public school students and teachers.
4/23/2012
Hatch, a leading provider of technology for early learning, is accepting applications through May 31 for a free pilot program of their mobile technology solution.
4/23/2012
Like seemingly everyone else connected to K12 education, vendors that offer student information systems are being called upon to do more with less. Where past generations of these systems focused on nuts and bolts such as time, attendance and behavioral issues, the latest generation has created-and drawn inspiration from-districts' desires for all-in-one solutions that blend finance, HR and student data.
4/23/2012
This "Short List" of emerging technologies, trends, and challenges reveals the thought process behind what will make the final full Horizon Report.
4/23/2012
Meru Networks, Inc. is partnering with Northgate Managed Services to provide state of the art Wi-Fi connectivity to over 350,000 teachers and pupils in 1,200 schools.
4/23/2012
The virtual tournament includes five, one-week competitions ending May 13. Students in grades 3-9 can compete – playing the DimensionU video games – for a variety of prizes, including the top prize of a $25,000 college scholarship.
4/23/2012
ePals Corporation announced that their In2Books grade three through five literacy program has been selected as a finalist in the Software & Information Industry Association's 27th annual CODiE Awards for Best Reading/English Instructional Solution.
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