National News

• February 26, 2010 Government Grant Helps Stainislaus Union To Sustain 21st Learning Technology

  -Mini Swamy, TMCnet A government grant assigned for the purpose of Enhancing Education through Technology, commonly referred to as EETT, is to be implemented shortly into Stanislaus Union’s elementary schools, giving them the opportunity to learn from an online learning program. This is intended to benefit an entire school district. Initially, Stanislaus Union School District […]

• December 14, 2009 Learning Technology Helps Students To Prepare For The GMAT

  -Jason Paneque, Hispanic Outlook Prepping students of all ages to do well on tests has been big business for years now, and more and more companies are emerging to provide components designed to improve student performance. Manhattan GMAT, for example, was created in response to increased competition among M.B.A. programs and the growing demand for […]

• November 27, 2009 My Access Helps Students Write

  -StandardNET OGDEN — Don’t look now, but students are actually starting to like writing assignments. For more than a year the Weber School District has been using a Web-based instructional writing program that helps students learn and apply the fundamentals of writing. The computer program “My Access” instantly scores students’ essays through advanced artificial intelligence […]

• November 4, 2009 Districts Expand Use of Online Writing Tutor

  -Scott Aronowitz, T.H.E. Journal Milwaukee Public Schools of Milwaukee, WI and Anchorage School District of Anchorage, AK have each announced a substantial increase the numbers of students in their respective districts now using Vantage Learning’s MY Access! online writing tutorial software. MPS previously used the program to help students in grades 4 through 8 improve […]

• October 10, 2009 Bend Educators Receive Technology Grant

  -Today’s OEA In September, students, educators, and district administrators at Cascade Middle School in Bend, Ore., learned they’d be receiving a $15,400 grant to improve the school’s educational technology. The funding comes as a part of the Vantage Learning Keystone Partner Program, which will give over $250 thousand in grants, endowments, and subsidies to 10 […]

• October 1, 2009 Bend Educators Receive Technology Grant

  -Today’s OEA In September, students, educators, and district administrators at Cascade Middle School in Bend, Ore., learned they’d be receiving a $15,400 grant to improve the school’s educational technology. The funding comes as a part of the Vantage Learning Keystone Partner Program, which will give over $250 thousand in grants, endowments, and subsidies to 10 […]

• September 22, 2009 $300K Gift Aims To Boost Writing Scores

  -Broomfield Enterprise Donated software demonstrated at Legacy High in Broomfield on Tuesday Students at Legacy High School and Westlake Middle School received a $300,000 gift Tuesday; one teachers hope will result in higher tests scores. Middle and high school students in Adams 12 school district will be able to use the software program, MY Access!, […]

• September 16, 2009 Oakland Receives $5,000 Grant For Ed Tech

  – The Murfreesboro Post Teachers, students and district administrators at Oakland High School received a much needed grant for education technology this morning. Oakland is the recipient of over $5,000 in educational technology funding, as a part of the Vantage Learning Keystone Partner Program, in which Vantage will award over half a million dollars in […]

• September 15, 2009 Oakland High School Students To Receive $4,000 In Ed grants

  -DNJ.com Teachers, students, and district administrators at Oakland High School will receive a much-needed grant for education technology at 9 a.m. Wednesday. Oakland is the recipient of $4,000 in educational technology funding, as part of the Vantage Learning Keystone Partner Program, in which Vantage will award over half a million dollars in grants, endowments, and […]

• September 13, 2009 Schools: Online Writing Tool Boosts Test Scores

  -Juan Antonio Lizama, Times-Dispatch Last school year, five Chesterfield County middle schools piloted an online essay-grading tool and saw as much as 21 percent gains on eighth-graders’ Standards of Learning writing test scores. Last week, the School Board authorized the school system to spend about $45,000 to buy licenses for all eighth-graders to use the […]