Advisory Board
The Blackboard K-12 Advisory Board is a group of successful and distinguished industry and school leaders contributing to the future success of K-12 by sharing their diverse and invaluable knowledge and experiences. This group will help guide our product strategy and development in the areas of online professional development, extending student access through online courses, and parental involvement and communication.
Partners
My Learning Plan Inc.
Blackboard has partnered with My Learning Plan in order to enhance the professional development capabilities of K-12 districts. The partnership enables Blackboard to offer a comprehensive solution that integrates the professional development management capabilities of MyLearningPlan®. Blackboard Educator Central™ is fully-hosted professional development solution designed to help districts to affordably manage, deliver and evaluate professional development and build powerful educator communities of practice. Click here to read the press release
My Learning Plan is based in Great River, New York with customers throughout the US and Canada.
Wimba
Partnering with Wimba allows Blackboard to offer K-12 schools and districts with a collaborative learning environment to expand educational access for students, support online professional development and create stronger learning communities. Wimba’s collaborative software applications enable schools to easily add a live classroom or virtual language lab within a course or community environment. Wimba Collaboration Suite Express™ is available at no additional cost to Blackboard K-12 clients. Learn more about this partnership or read the press release.
Serving K-12 and higher education clients across the globe, Wimba believes that people teach people.
Content
For districts focused on college readiness, Blackboard has established partnerships with many of the Publishers who produce the textbooks used in upper level High School courses. To find out if the textbook you use has a Course Cartridge available, contact your publisher representative or search the Cartridge Catalog. Blackboard continues to work to grow its network of content partners so please check back frequently for updates.
Digital Content
Videos
Learn more about K-12 on 21st Century Skills
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Industry Insight
K-12 Report: Meeting the Need for High Quality Teachers
The U.S. Department of Education Secretary’s No Child Left Behind Leadership Summit has published a white paper describing how states and districts can address these challenges using e-Learning.
The Blackboard K-20 Connection
An issue brief that examines how K-20 partnerships are creating virtual learning communities that empower learners to acquire the knowledge and 21st century skills they need to complete degrees and compete in a global economy.
Learning in the 21st Century: A National Report of Online Learning
This report examines the views of online learning provided by more than 250,000 students, teachers and parents (across more than 3,000 schools nationwide) in response to the 2006 Project Tomorrow–NetDay Speak Up online surveys.
White papers:
K-12 Newsletter
Archived Blackboard K-12 Newsletters:
Press
Read more about Blackboard K-12 in the news.