Publishing forecast firm Simba Information, US, has released a report that says publishers of textbooks and providers of educational materials, tools and services are finding market opportunities from the US federal School Improvement Grants (SIG) programme. The programme aims to overhaul the 5,000 lowest-performing schools across the country.
In a recent report, Simba Information cited case studies where publishers Apex Learning, Scholastic and Carnegie Learning have experienced success in schools using the transformation model. School districts must choose one of four possible intervention models in order to receive SIG funding, which was boosted by $3 billion in federal stimulus funds. Seventy-four percent of districts have chosen the transformation model, followed by 20 percent for the turnaround model.
Case studies in Simba's report show how specific publishers already have benefited from the SIG programme, including Apex Learning, which successfully subscribed Harding High School in Connecticut to its online courses. Another case study from Washington Middle School described the planned implementation of Scholastic's Read 180 and Carnegie Learning's Middle School Math Series.
The report, PreK-12 School Improvement Opportunities 2011, is a market briefing on the unique opportunities offered to publishers and providers of educational materials, tools and services through the School Improvement Grants program. It demonstrates how business models have changed to adapt to the program, as well as where the market opportunities are presenting themselves, along with several case studies on how changes have been implemented. It is available at: http://www.simbainformation.com/redirect.asp?progid=82197&productid=6059265.
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