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School Using Pinpoint School Management Solution Impresses DOE
FORSYTH COUNTY, GEORGIA—February 26, 2012—Jim Shelton was excited about what he saw at North Forsyth Middle School.
The assistant deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Innovation and Improvement toured the campus Friday to see how the Forsyth County school system has started implementing its $4.7 million federal Investing in Innovation, or i3, grant.
The local initiative is a public-private partnership with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and the University of Georgia.
Shelton said the system was selected because it's a data-driven district, has strong partners and a unique approach of focusing on individual students.
“It was a really promising sounding model for how you actually teach kids that have different needs and different styles of learning,” he said. “They found a way to integrate information…and then match that to resources that are adapted, so a student has a choice and they can pick the resource that is going to work well for them.”
Georgia's Largest School System Partners with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt to Equip Educators and Students for 21st Century Learning
Gwinnett County Public Schools works with global education leader to power eCLASS initiative and help realize “anytime, anywhere” personalized education.
BOSTON—November 29, 2011—Global education leader Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) today announced that the largest school system in the state of Georgia, Gwinnett County Public Schools (GCPS), has chosen HMH to enhance its digital initiatives and create a more connected, productive ecosystem for teachers, students, parents, and administrators. This partnership serves to support the GCPS eCLASS (digital Content, Learning, Assessment, and Support System) initiative—a multi-year program to deliver the digital tools that will expand the walls of the classroom, enhance student engagement, and foster greater collaboration.
Forsyth County Schools Chooses Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's Pinpoint Suite to Transform Teaching and Learning for Nearly 40,000 Students
Innovative platform introduces an exciting way to bring students, teachers, parents and administrators together in one continuous, holistic learning environment
ATLANTA—August 23, 2011—Global education leader Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) today announced it will be partnering with Forsyth County Schools (FCS) to infuse innovation into the way students learn and teachers teach by implementing the Pinpoint Integrated Education Suite. The Metro Atlanta district, with 35 schools, was one of only 12 public school districts out of the 49 organizations in the nation awarded an Investing in Innovation (i3) federal grant. HMH has committed to serve as the district's private partner which will result in customized development and implementation of a personalized learning system to meet the goals of the grant.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Educational Consulting Services Selected by the Florida Department of Education to Implement a Statewide Teacher and Leader Evaluation System
As part of its Race to the Top initiative, the Florida Department of Education, through its partnership with HMH, will provide school districts across the state with a research-based framework and implementation services for a teacher and leader evaluation system.
BOSTON—February 17, 2011—Houghton Mifflin Harcourt′s (HMH) Educational Consulting Services group will draw on the experiences and targeted resources of The Leadership and Learning Center and Learning Sciences International to provide Florida educators with full access to Dr. Robert Marzano′s Art and Science of Teaching Causal Teacher Evaluation system and Dr. Doug Reeves′ Leadership Performance Matrix as they review, develop and implement new evaluation systems. The Leadership and Learning Center and Learning Sciences International have worked extensively to articulate the Marzano teacher evaluation model and Reeves′ principal evaluation model for aligned focus on raising student achievement and teacher effectiveness.