2009 News Archive

School Specialty Awards 2010 Robert G. and Eleanor Hall Scholarships to 11 Exemplary Educators From Around the World
Scholarships Support Attendance at International Dyslexia Association 61st Annual Conference
Eleven educators from around the country are attending the International Dyslexia Association's (IDA) 61st Annual Conference in Phoenix this week as recipients of the 2010 Robert G. and Eleanor T. Hall Memorial Scholarships, sponsored by School Specialty Literacy and Intervention. Created to honor the founder of Educators Publishing Service (EPS), now part of School Specialty Literacy and Intervention, and his wife, Eleanor Thurston Hall, these scholarships reward exemplary educators from around the country for the innovative instructional strategies they use to help their dyslexic students achieve at the highest levels.

Tennessee Approves School Specialty's Professional Development Provider for Race to the Top School Reform Program
Company's Comprehensive Professional Development Plan for Accelerated Learning Model Focuses on Differentiated Instruction, Data-Driven Decision-Making
Tennessee has approved School Specialty Literacy and Intervention as an official professional development provider for helping the state's 136 school districts move forward in implementing comprehensive school reform plans over the next four years.  One of only two states to receive federal Race to the Top Funding in the first round in March, Tennessee will target 196 schools for intervention in the first year of the grant and 226 by year four.

National Center on Response to Intervention Names Academy of READING® to its Instructional Tools Chart
Proven Intervention Program Listed After Intensive Evaluation by the Center's Technical Review Committee
School Specialty Literacy and Intervention announced today that its Academy of READING® intervention software was named to the National Center on Response to Intervention's (RTI) Instructional Tools Chart. The Academy of READING software earned the highest rating for "participants" in the study quality category.

Portfolio for Academy of READING Launches at ISTE 2010
Add-on for Proven Literacy Intervention Program Features Engaging Multimedia Environment for Building Fluency, Comprehension and Vocabulary Skills
Today at the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) 2010 Conference, School Specialty Literacy and Intervention launched Portfolio™, an instructional add-on module for Academy of READING® intervention software. Portfolio engages students using high-interest content and a multimedia environment to help them develop oral reading fluency, comprehension and vocabulary skills.

WeAreTeachers announces microgrant winners
Sponsored by School Specialty – Literacy and Intervention, winners selected by WeAreTeachers community

School Specialty Partners With Tennessee Organization of School Superintendents to Improve Learning for All Students
Publisher of Reading and Math Intervention Solutions Joins as Platinum Sponsor of State's Top Education Advocacy Organization
School Specialty announced today it is now a Platinum Partner of the Tennessee Organization of School Superintendents (TOSS). By partnering with the leading advocacy organization for public education in Tennessee, the company will collaborate with school leadership throughout the state to support initiatives that improve learning for all students.

School Specialty Introduces Three New Intervention Systems for Closing the Reading Achievement Gap
Grade-Level Target Solutions Combine Powerful Proven Technology and Print Intervention Tools With Teacher Professional Development
Today at the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) 2010 Conference, School Specialty introduced its new intervention systems for closing the achievement gap in reading. Combining its bestselling intervention software program, the Academy of READING®, with proven print intervention tools, the company launched three targeted solutions to help build reading skills for life.

School Specialty Adds Lexile Measures to MCI
Literacy Intervention Program Uses Widely Adopted Reading Measure For Placement and Progress Monitoring
School Specialty today announced that it has partnered with MetaMetrics®, developer of The Lexile Framework® for Reading, to create the MCI Pre- and Post-Tests: Placement and Progress-Monitoring Using The Lexile Framework® for Reading. The addition of Lexile® measures within MCI (Making Connections® Intervention) provides educators with a comprehensive solution for determining the reading levels of struggling middle school readers, matching them with targeted instructional resources that can improve their literacy skills, and monitoring their growth in reading ability. MCI is intended for struggling readers in middle school and beyond who fall below proficiency standards.

West Virginia Board of Education Adopts School Specialty's Math Intervention Solution
Academy of MATH Builds 21st Century Skills, Closes Achievement Gap in Math
School Specialty announced today that the Academy of MATH® has been adopted by the West Virginia Board of Education.  The award-winning intervention software was selected to help students build the 21st century skills required to meet West Virginia Mathematics Standards. The math software program was reviewed by the state's Instructional Materials Review Committee and approved by the West Virginia State Board of Education.

School Specialty's RTI Package for the Academy of READING Honored in 2009 Awards of Excellence from "Tech & Learning" Magazine
Intervention Solution Proven to Help Students Make Rapid, Permanent Gains; Winner in Best Upgraded Products Category; Featured in December Issue of Ed-Tech Magazine
School Specialty's RTI Package™ for the Academy of READING® intervention product is a winner in the 2009 Awards of Excellence from "Tech & Learning" magazine. The company's Response to Intervention (RTI) offering received top honors in the Best Upgraded Products category. The award program, now in its 27th year, recognizes both the "best of the best" and creative new offerings that help educators in the business of teaching, training and managing with technology.

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School Specialty's Reading and Math Intervention Solutions Adopted by Georgia Department of Education for Teaching K-12 English for Speakers of other Languages
State's More Than 60,000 K-12 ESOL Students Will Build Fluency, Make Grade-Level Gains With Academy of READING and Academy of MATH
School Specialty announced today that the Academy of READING® and the Academy of MATH® have been adopted by the Georgia Department of Education for teaching K-12 English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL). Focused on their mission of leading the nation to improve the academic achievement of English Language Learners, Georgia schools serve more than 60,000 ESOL students.

Fast Growing Texas School District Turns to School Specialty Academy of MATH to Close Achievement Gap
Fort Bend ISD to Implement Powerful Intervention Solution, Join Research Study
Fort Bend Independent School District (ISD), one of the largest and fastest growing school districts in Texas, is turning to Academy of MATH® from School Specialty to close the achievement gap for its struggling students. Located southwest of Houston, Fort Bend ISD will use its new math intervention software to meet the learning needs of at-risk students in the district's 69 schools.