Happy Thanksgiving: How Learning List Gives Thanks
Learning List launched a year ago September
There are many things for which we give thanks and remember…
Have You Pledged to Be ‘Future Ready’ ?
Last week, President Obama and the U.S. Department of Education recognized just over 100 exemplary superintendents for their leadership in transitioning their districts to digital learning. Interestingly, 18 of the superintendents haled from California, nine from Texas, eight from Indiana and from Pennsylvania , seven from New Jersey, six from Virginia, and four from New York. The remaining attendees came from a many other states.
Look Into a Crystal Ball: How to Project Your District’s Instructional Materials Allotment Allocation
Today, the Texas State Board of Education adopted 89 social studies, 55 high school math and 172 fine arts materials. Learning List has reviewed all of the state-adopted social studies and high school math products that were adopted, as well as several materials in those subjects that were not submitted for state adoption.
New Reviews: Nystrom’s StrataLogica Resource
Social Studies School Service |Nystrom’s StrataLogica resource is a supplemental, web-based map and atlas program that includes print materials. Resources support core social studies instruction across grades K-12.
Social Studies School Service’s Active Classroom
Social Studies School Service’s Active Classroom series is a set of comprehensive digital resources to support social studies instruction at the middle school and high school levels. Courses focus on developing literacy skills in the context of social studies instruction.
New Reviews: JUMP Math’s Assessment & Practice (AP ) Books
JUMP Math’s Assessment and Practice (AP) Books provide comprehensive mathematics instruction for grades 1-8. Learning List recently reviewed JUMP Math’s products for grades 4-6. At these grades, instruction addresses number sense, patterns and algebraic thinking, geometry, measurement, and probability and data management.
New Reviews: Sapling Learning’s Dynamic Math Series
Sapling Learning’s Dynamic Math Series is a comprehensive, online mathematics program designed specifically for Texas high schools. The series includes interactive, eBook courses for Algebra I, Geometry, and Algebra II.
New Reviews: Compass Learning Science Courses
Compass Learning provides supplemental, online middle school science courses that support instruction in remediation, self-paced, and supplemental programs: The Nature of Science, Physical Science, Earth & Space Science.
New Reviews: Triumph Learning’s Beyond the TEKS ELA & Reading
Triumph Learning supports instruction of Texas students in grades 3-8 with its TEKS-focused supplemental products in mathematics and English language arts and reading (ELAR). Beyond the TEKS English Language Arts and Reading provides genre-specific instruction focused on developing students’ reading and writing skills.
New Review: EMC Publishing’s Economics
EMC Publishing’s Economics: New Ways of Thinking (Second Edition) is a comprehensive, semester-long high school economics course available in print and eBook formats. The course culminates in a multi-day, multimedia group research project in which students examine the effects of a financial crisis.