December 2005 — News/In Brief
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REDROCK REPORTS TO ACQUIRESCHOOL FUNDING SERVICES.
Las Vegasbased RedRock Reports LLC (www.redrockreports.com), the newly formed information services company for the K-12 education market, has announced an agreement to acquire the assets of School Funding Services, an online, federal grant information service that was part of New American Schools, a provider of professional services and investments in K-12 education. RedRock was created to provide on-demand access to critical information and related analyses by subscription, Webcast, and custom licensing arrangements that help educators target and pursue state-based educational funding opportunities. The organization was also set up to help vendors focus and target their sales, marketing, and strategic efforts. The transaction was expected to close by the end of November, and RedRock is scheduled to announce the availability of its subscription- based service by December.
SIIA Announces 2006 Education Division Board Members
The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA; www.siia.net) named the new members of its Education Division’s Board of Directors last month. The board consists of representatives from member companies who are selected by the organization’s combined membership. Board members are responsible for determining the projects, activities, and events to be undertaken by the Education Division each year. The newly elected and re-elected board members serving two-year terms (2006 and 2007) are: • Brenda Barker, IBM Global Education • Ellen Bialo, Interactive Educational Systems Design • Frank Catalano, Pearson Education • Lillian Kellogg, ENA • Alex Mlawsky, McGraw-Hill • Mark Stevens, America Online • Stuart Udell, Kaplan K12 Learning Services The newly appointed board members serving for 2006 are: • Andrew Flanagan, eSchoolMall • Robert Maginn Jr., Jenzabar Inc. • Don Rawitsch, Siboney Learning Group • Steve Ritter, Carnegie Learning • Cynthia Sanner, Thomson Higher Education The following members will join seven board members who will be serving the second year of their two-year terms: • Karen Cator, Apple Computer • Bridget Foster, SchoolNet Inc. • William Kelly, Learning.com • Midian Kurland, Scholastic Education • Pamela Nelson, Nelson Consulting • Iwan Streichenberger, Edusoft (a Houghton Mifflin Co.) • Mona Westhaver, Inspiration Software.
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