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National Parenting Center Has Given Math-Whizz it’s Seal of Approval 2012!

November 21st, 2011 by Rita

We are thrilled to announce that Math-Whizz Tutoring Plus has been awarded the National Parenting Center 2012 Seal of Approval! After 8 weeks of independent testing by children, parents and educators alike, the NPC announced Math-Whizz had received their coveted Seal of Approval and recommendation to parents.

“Up until recently, Math-Whizz was reserved for public and private elementary and middle schools,” explains Ben Keogh, CEO of Whizz Education. “We are grateful that the National Parenting Center is letting parents in on a secret that schools have been using for years to improve the math mastery of their students.” To read more about the selection process and Math-Whizz please click here. If you would like to learn more about some of the topics your child would learn with Math-Whizz check out our math topics pages or register for a free trial.

About the Author: Rita Rogers grew up in the PNW and despite her “low-tech” houseboat upbringing, went on to complete her Master’s of Communication in Digital Media at the University of Washington in 2010. She is passionate about the convergence of education and technology, educational gaming, and outer space.

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This week we are in the beautiful state of Pennsylvania!

November 9th, 2011 by Sally

Ginny will be exhibiting at 60th annual Pennsylvania Council of Teachers of Mathematics. PCTM is an opportunity to network with colleagues from across the state, with the main focus on teaching and learning mathematics in Pennsylvania. Please stop by our booth November 10-11th to learn more about how Math-Whizz can raise achievement in your classroom. Our program is helping teachers deliver effective, individualized instruction for each student, whether struggling or advanced. Math-Whizz’s personalized, interactive and collaborative approach to teaching math is helping all students build the foundation they need to achieve proficiency in math. Math-Whizz can be beneficial in your classroom by:

- Providing differentiated instruction

- Allowing personalized learning for students at all levels

- Ability to login while in school or at home

To learn more about Math-Whizz content as well as to access sample exercises please visit our Math Pages.

Ginny Harbold is our Regional Sales Manager. She grew up in a small town in North Carolina and completed her B.A. in History and later Masters in Business Administration from Wake Forest University. Ginny’s career has always centered on education, from test preparation to higher education publishing to her current role with Math-Whizz. She lives in Maryland with a menagerie of animals and her 3 kids.

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Gates digs online learning and the Math-Whizz method

January 26th, 2010 by admin

The day when Bill Gates publicly declares his enthusiasm for Math-Whizz will be a happy day indeed at our Seattle offices.

Until then we can content ourselves with the knowledge that one of the world’s most influential technocrats (and popular tweeters) understands just what Math-Whizz is doing with online learning, and why it works:

But online learning can be more than lectures. Another element involves presenting information in an interactive form, which can be used to find out what a student knows and doesn’t know. This makes it possible to tailor the learning session to the individual student.

…the online system can quickly diagnose what the students know, provide positive feedback, and make sure their time is spent really improving the conceptual areas where they are weak.

Microsoft founder Gates, who recently moved from the big MS to his equally huge Gates Foundation charity, is clearly keen on how technology can help transform the lives of the underprivileged and poorly-educated and raise standards for everyone else.

Gates, in the ‘Online Learning’ section of his latest annual letter for the Gates Foundation, goes on to argue for co-ordination in rating and organising resources to help teachers and students find the the best material. Despite the size and influence of his former employer, he gives a hat tip to the likes of us, toiling to raise standards in math, english, science…

Some of the best interactive software for K–8 learning is being done by startups using interactivity in innovative ways.

Someone give the man a free Math-Whizz subscription…

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