National News

• September 12, 2009 Middle School Gets $30,000 Grant

  – News-Journal Online DELTONA — Galaxy Middle School received a $30,480 grant this week that will be used for an online program to improve students’ writing skills. The grant comes from Vantage Learning Keystone Partner Program as part of more than $650,000 in grants, endowments and subsidies to school districts throughout the country. The money […]

• September 11, 2009 Grant Helps Schools Implement Writing Technology

  -Sean Green, nwlanews.com Bossier Schools gets $53,250 to pay for new writing software in districts middle schools Bossier Parish Schools received a grant Thursday that will help make educating children a little easier. The district received over $53,000 in educational technology funding as a part of the Vantage Learning Keystone Partner Program. This program will […]

• September 10, 2009 Martin County Schools Get Grants For Computer-assisted Learning

  -R.J. Harrington, TCPalm STUART — Four Martin County schools have received nearly $100,000 in grants from the Vantage Learning Keystone Partner Program for computer-assisted learning in language arts. Anderson, Hidden Oaks and Stuart middle schools and South Fork High School will share $99,000 to update software and purchase additional components of the MY Access! system. […]

• September 9, 2009 More Than $50,000 In Educational Grants On Its Way To Bossier Parish

  -Amber Miller, ArkLaTexhomepage.com The Bossier Parish School system is preparing to receive $53,250 in educational funding. It’s part of the Vantage Learning Keystone Partner Program in which Vantage Learning will award over half a million dollars in grants, endowments, and subsidies to 10 districts throughout the nation to install their signature MY Access! writing program. […]

• September 3, 2009 Apopka High Earns Grant For Improving Students Writing

  -West Orlando News Representatives from Vantage Learning, a New Jersey-based educational software company, will present the $19,500 grant in a Language Arts classroom at the school. The grant will allow 750 students to be licensed to use a software program called MY Access! The program allows a student to write an essay, submit the essay […]

• August 13, 2009 Writing Better

  -Education Matters Savvy Teachers Find New Way to Combat Students’ Text Messaging Habits while Gearing Up for State Exams It’s an uphill battle that teachers face every year: how to keep their students on track with their writing, especially in time for their upcoming state exams. Shorthand text messaging habits like “Wat r u doin […]

• August 6, 2009 Vantage Launches MY Access! Grant Program

  -David Nagel, T.H.E Journal Vantage Learning this week announced it will award more than $650,000 in grants to school districts to help with implementation and professional development for the MY Access! interactive writing suite. MY Access! is an online writing tool that’s designed to improve student writing proficiency. It uses Web-based forms that allow students […]

• August 5, 2009 New Technology Database Could Provide Education Reform A Chance

  -Wamara Mwine – White House Examiner, examiner.com U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and President Obama announced new funding to support Race to the Top Fund which will reward states for innovative education reform. The program is designed to fund state grants that produce data which ties student achievement to teacher performance. This funding will […]

• May 5, 2009 Educational Foundation Marks Achievements

  -Mary Morgan, The Ann Arbor Chronicle Event at Scarlett Middle School noted district’s challenges, too “Everybody’s proud in the Scarlett Nation!” Ben Edmondson, principal of Scarlett Middle School, proclaimed to the 200 or so people gathered in the school’s cafeteria Saturday night. He could have been talking about the eighth-grade boys who were dressed in […]

• July 11, 2008 Vantage Upgrades MY Access! School Edition

  -Dave Nagel, T.H.E Journal Vantage Learning has released an upgraded version of MY Access! School Edition, an online writing program. The new version now aligns with curriculum standards for all 50 states and includes new usability and functionality enhancements. MY Access! uses Web-based forms that allow students to input assignments. It then checks those assignments […]