ProQuest has announced that its guided research and learning resources, reference solutions and ebooks will be available this fall to California's 6.2 million school children in the state's 10,000 K12 schools.
ProQuest is one of three companies selected as part of California's new state-wide digital educational resources program, which is designed to provide anytime-anywhere access to high-quality authoritative content to educators, students and staff in K12 schools. Encyclopedia Britannica and TeachingBooks.net are the two other selections.
California's education philosophy has shifted to student-led inquiry, where students take an active role in the learning process. To support it, the state is seeking resources that engage student curiosity and supply teachers with research and informational materials that complement classroom instruction.
A panel of administrators, librarians and teachers from throughout California selected seven digital solutions from ProQuest, including the ProQuest® Central Student aggregated database with content vetted specifically for appropriateness for K12 students; the eLibrary® service; the Schools & Educators Complete™ ebook foundation, encompassing 12,000 titles that align with California's curriculum standards and Common Core subject areas; the CultureGrams® editorially-curated country reports, which go beyond facts to deliver authentic perspectives on daily life and customs, supporting California's focus on helping students understand the world's people and cultures; and the SIRS® databases that help students form their own opinions about current issues and events through access to appropriate, editorially-curated articles.
California's teachers, students and administrators can get acquainted with their new ProQuest resources from April 15 through June 15. A 60-day trial is available on request at https://www.proquest.com/go/catrial.
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