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| To what types of school districts are SchoolNet Solutions targeted? Rural or urban? Large or small? |
SchoolNet Instructional Management Suite has been effectively deployed in districts of varying sizes and demographic constitutions that face challenges in utilizing data effectively. |
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| How does SchoolNet differ from its competitors? |
SchoolNet offers an open, content-neutral Unifying Technology Platform, affording districts the freedom to mix and match its choice of curriculum, assessments, vendors and supplemental materials. This eliminates the problem of incompatible hardware and software that had previously plagued school districts attempting to incorporate technological solutions into their operations.
Furthermore, the Company's Unifying Technology Platform simplifies professional development and technical support allowing teachers to utilize just one interface and streamline their content input. The technology staff is required to support only one platform, simplifying its work as well. |
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| What are SchoolNet's key benefits? |
SchoolNet Solutions:
- Allow administrators and other key players to make decisions based on hard facts rather than subjective measures, through comprehensive reports available from the Data Warehouse.
- Provide a method for evaluating the progress of student skill development in preparation for state assessment examinations.
- Equip teachers with the tools they need to build effective lesson plans that correlate directly to district-wide standards and share those lesson plans with their colleagues.
- Give teachers access to the vast resources of the World Wide Web in creating and implementing their lesson plans and enable students to access assignments, learning materials and online evaluation exercises that give them immediate feedback.
- Connect administrators, teachers, parents, students and all others with a stake in the district's vitality to the district's daily operations.
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| Who are SchoolNet's strategic partners? |
SchoolNet currently has partnerships with Microsoft, Intel, HP and Dell. |
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| Where has SchoolNet been successfully implemented? |
Numerous school districts are successfully using SchoolNet solutions including Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Cleveland, Ohio, and Atlanta, Georgia. |
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| How does SchoolNet help school districts meet the mandates of the No Child Left Behind Act? |
The No Child Left Behind Act places a greater demand on districts to demonstrate academic achievement defined by mandated performance standards. The schools most likely to succeed under this law will be those best able to provide district-wide assessments, standards alignment and accountability. SchoolNet Solutions are tailored to address all of those concerns. |
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| What has been the impact of this type of technology on the education reform movement? |
SchoolNet Solutions have helped districts improve academic performance in compliance with The No Child Left Behind Act, reformulate their academic strategies and create new visions for the future of education. Ideas are flowing on how to build better districts. Novel accountability systems are exploring proficiency and growth metrics. Robust benchmark assessment programs are giving teachers the real-time diagnostic data they have needed for so long. And curricula are being formulated that embrace the standards movement by aligning what students must know, what teachers must teach, what materials are available to teach, and what assessments will indicate student mastery. District visionaries are emerging who will create the future of education. |
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| What makes SchoolNet's technology unique? |
All SchoolNet software is written in .NET and is just one of a handful of solutions that are compliant with the leading industry standards such as SIF (Schools Interoperability Framework), A2A (Align to Achieve), and GEM (Gateway to Education Materials). |
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