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7/7/2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Steve Rossi
Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes
805-541-3836
www.LindamoodBell.com
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| | Lindamood-Bell Chosen as an Approved Provider for Ohio’s School Improvement Initiative |
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Columbus, OH—The Ohio Department of Education
has approved Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes as an External Support
Provider. As an external support provider, Lindamood-Bell will have the
opportunity to partner with persistently low performing schools in
order to dramatically improve student academic performance.
Lindamood-Bell® School Partnerships include state-of-the-art
professional development that prepares teachers to effectively teach
reading, spelling and comprehension.
“We are honored to be chosen as
an approved provider and excited to have the opportunity to partner with
schools in Ohio,” says Paul Worthington, Lindamood-Bell® Director of
Professional Development. “Lindamood-Bell’s school improvement model
provides a comprehensive and scientifically based approach that has a
proven track record of dramatically increasing and sustaining student
achievement.”
Throughout the United States,
Lindamood-Bell has implemented its model of high quality instruction,
rigorous professional development in all areas of language and learning,
and systemic program monitoring and evaluation that ensures that
student academic performance is improved and sustained on a large scale.
Lindamood-Bell’s school improvement model is widely recognized for
improving student achievement in English Language Learners, children in
Special Education, students with learning disabilities, and in Title I
schools. Colorado’s Department of Education has approved Lindamood-Bell
as a School Turnaround Provider. Currently, Lindamood-Bell has been
approved as a Professional Development and Technical Assistance Service
Provider by the Tennessee Department of Education, under its Race to the
Top initiative.
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| About Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes:
Lindamood-Bell is an
internationally recognized leader in the research and development of
programs for language development and learning difficulties. Since 1993,
Lindamood-Bell has partnered with hundreds of schools to provide
innovative instructional programs, professional development and
consulting. Lindamood-Bell’s programs and approach are the featured
subject matter of a five-year study on a major school district reform
initiative in Colorado published in the American Educational Research
Journal (AERJ). Lindamood-Bell has received national recognition from
CNN, Newsweek, Time, US News and World Report and the neuroscience
journal Neuron, and has been featured on the PBS special The Secret Life
of the Brain. |
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