Recently added articles from Heller Report on Educational Technology Markets:
FETC a warm memory.
Feb 01, 2004 ... The Florida Educational Computing Conference (FETC), held in the enormous new North/South Complex of the Orange County Convention Center, benefited from the energy and enthusiasm (to say nothing of the relative warmth of the temperatures, at least to frozen Northern attendees) of the more ...
Paying for extras.(Around the States)
Feb 01, 2004 ... CNN reports that in the face of a $900,000 budget short-fall the Scotts Valley (CA) school District has hired a marketing firm to find companies willing to ...
Paying for performance.(Around the States)
Feb 01, 2004 ... TX Gov Rick Perry is floating a $500 million reward plan for schools for cutting dropout rates and improving test scores. Districts would ...
Not paying enough.(Around the States)
Feb 01, 2004 ... The Republican-controlled Virginia House of Delegates, by a vote of 98 to 1, passed a resolution calling on Congress to exempt states like Virginia from ...
HOSTS leverages mentoring to deliver student success.
Feb 01, 2004 ... HOSTS Learning (Vancouver, WA) is one of those well-kept secrets. The 32-year old company delivers personalized services that accelerate student achievement in reading and math. Its research-based learning systems mesh well with the requirements of NCLB and the company has begun to expand ...