AUSSIE

Blog entry posted January 27th, 2010 by Jeff Vohden

How important are passion, innovation, and creativity to being an effective teacher? To hear Ron Clark speak, as I did last week at the National Title I Conference in Washington, D.C., they are critical—and he has the results to prove it.

Ron’s story is fascinating. After graduating from college, he became a teacher in a rural disadvantaged North Carolina school where he used his own nontraditional innovative approach to teaching to make a tremendous impact on his students. Test scores soared. His real-world applications caught the eye of...

Blog entry posted June 10th, 2009 by Jeff Vohden

Yesterday I had the pleasure of attending IS 339’s Dot-to-Dot conference. For those of you who don’t know IS 339, it is a New York City public school located in the Claremont section of the Bronx. They run a 1:1 laptop program and use Google applications in all aspects of their instruction and operations.

Blog entry posted May 21st, 2009 by Jeff Vohden

On Friday I had the pleasure of attending PS 130’s 7th Annual Benefit Dinner.  If you don’t know about PS 130, you should. It is a PreK-5 school with about 1,100 students located in the Chinatown section of New York City.  PS 130 has gained a great reputation in New York City and beyond.

Blog entry posted March 20th, 2009 by Jeff Vohden

Acquisition complements existing New York based professional development business

Melbourne, 18 March 2009 - Editure announced today that it has acquired all the assets and operation of TeachFirst, a leading provider of professional development content and services to schools throughout the United States. The acquisition expands Editure's professional development division, which already includes AUSSIE PD (Australian United States Services in Education), a leading New York based provider of on-site professional development, offering training services to school districts and educators. Click for full media release.