Crowley Independent School District System Selects Blackboard
District Expands Blended and Mobile Teaching and Learning Initiatives
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- To strengthen its ability to innovate and deliver blended teaching and learning programs, Texas-based Crowley Independent School District (ISD) selected Blackboard following a competitive review, the company announced today. Blackboard's comprehensive learning environment will enable district educators to easily personalize student learning, deliver new and exciting digital learning experiences and easily adapt new state standards into curriculum.
Crowley ISD officials selected Blackboard to provide one unified platform across Crowley's 23 campuses and more than 15,000 students. The learning environment, which interoperates seamlessly with the district's student information system, empowers teachers and students to easily deliver and leverage digital content and communicate with one another, all from a consistent and connected K-12 learning platform.
As the latest school district to adopt Blackboard's Competency Learning Solution, Crowley ISD will implement Blackboard's learning management system, digital content library, mobile learning capabilities and professional services. District officials selected Blackboard for its long-standing industry expertise and its ability to prepare students for academic success.
"Crowley ISD prides itself on its progressive approach to integrating teaching and learning technologies in our classrooms to not only help our students succeed today, but also to prepare them for future success in college and the workforce," said Jerry Allen, director of technology, Crowley ISD. "Blackboard enables us to utilize a consistent platform that makes it easy for our teachers to deliver digital content and learning activities that students can use at school, at home and on the go."
"We are excited to work with Crowley ISD to provide its students with online and blended learning opportunities that extend beyond the classroom and open up new ways to integrate education into their daily lives," said Mark Strassman, senior vice president of product management for Blackboard. "With Blackboard, Crowley ISD will provide a complete and rich experience to its students and teachers to enhance the teaching and learning experiences and increase student success."
Through partnerships like this, Blackboard's solutions and services are used by one in three U.S. school districts, including 70 of the largest 100 districts, and serve over 20 million K-12 students.
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About Blackboard Inc.
Blackboard is the world's leading education technology company. We challenge conventional thinking and advance new models of learning in order to reimagine education and make it more accessible, engaging and relevant to the modern day learner and the institutions that serve them. In partnership with our customers and partners in higher education and K-12 as well as corporations and government agencies around the world, our mission is to help every learner achieve their full potential by inspiring a passion for lifelong learning. For more information about Blackboard, follow us on Twitter @Blackboard.
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