WASHINGTON --
Pearson, the world’s leading education company, today signed a letter of
agreement to acquire America’s Choice, a leading innovator in research-based
strategies to help schools, districts, and states dramatically improve student
achievement. Pearson’s
extraordinary resources and technological expertise will facilitate the adaptation
and reach of America’s
Choice’s comprehensive and proven school improvement model to a global
community of educators and students. Learn more.
WASHINGTON, D.C. –America's Choice, a nationally recognized educational solutions provider with proven results for improving student learning, has been approved by the Tennessee Department of Education to help transform Tennessee’s lowest performing schools. Learn more.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The America's Choice School Design and the ACT,
Inc./America's Choice-sponsored Rigor & Readiness Comprehensive
Design have been approved by Arkansas to be funded by School Improvement
Grant funds. Learn more.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – America’s Choice, in partnership with ACT, Inc., has been approved by the Colorado Department of Education to help turn around Colorado’s lowest performing schools. Learn more.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A landmark study by the Consortium for Policy Research in Education (CPRE) on school improvement programs shows that America's Choice surpasses other programs in increasing academic achievement. "Students in AC schools grew at a significantly faster rate than students in comparison schools and faster than students in all other schools." Learn more.
WASHINGTON, DC – Dr. Ken James, EVP and COO of America's Choice, went
public today with his reaction to Obama's decision to spend $100
billion in stimulus funding on education. He speaks about how these
federal resources may give the false impression that up until now
states have been lagging on reform, while the truth is exactly the
opposite, as reported in today's Huffington Post.
September 1, 2009 America’s Choice Ramp-Up to Literacy was featured in the Fall 2009 issue of the Journal of Staff Development (JSD), a publication of the National Staff Development Council. The article, Fast Track to Literacy by Thomas Guskey, Marco Muñoz, and Jennifer Aberli, examines the effectiveness of Ramp-Up in accelerating the literacy skills of struggling high school students. The authors studied the implementation of Ramp-Up in Jefferson County Public Schools in Louisville, Kentucky, and documented the positive results for involved teachers and students.Learn more.
Washington, D.C. – As staggering statistics continue to articulate American students’ lack of preparedness for college and careers, ACT, Inc. and America’s Choice convened the Superintendents’ Symposium Series today to introduce district superintendents from across the United States to practical solutions for increasing student college and career readiness. Both the not-for-profit organization ACT and America’s Choice are national leaders in college readiness and school improvement. Learn more.
IOWA CITY, Iowa— Two educational leaders are joining together to improve educational opportunities for high school students by providing schools with the only instructional improvement program that offers professional development and course curriculum targeted towards college readiness standards. Learn more.
Crown Point, NY - The Press Republican reports that New York State has named Crown Point Central School a High Performing/Gap Closing District. Superintendent Shari Brannock was quoted as saying, "In the past, we had a
designation of needing improvement. We've been off that designation for
a few years. We improved our scores...Now we're on a new list for
high-performing school districts. It's wonderful and terrific. We're
feeling good about the work we're doing." Crown Point is an America's Choice School Design school and has been designated by America's Choice as a Model School.
Washington, D.C. – Jack Jennings, the president and CEO of the Center on Education Policy, which released a report today on Maryland’s efforts to improve struggling schools, cited America’s Choice as one of two programs beginning to have a positive impact in Prince George’s County schools, as reported in today’s Washington Post.
