Welcome Back! I hope you had a great summer vacation and are invigorated for the new school year.

We are pleased to join you again during the 2007–08 school year. Roadmap to Success spent the summer fine-tuning, taking your valuable end-of-year feedback to deliver the content you indicated was most valued. We hope you enjoy the enhancements. Best wishes for a fantastic school year!

No Child Left Behind: DOE Releases Common-Sense Principles for Educators

The new school year is upon us, and teachers have already made it past those first few hectic and exciting days of school. Now it's time to put all the long-range planning efforts for students into play and begin monitoring the progress of students according to the expectations set by the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation.
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PLATO Learning Honored With BESSIE Awards

PLATO Learning was recently recognized by the ComputEd Gazette BESSIE Awards for its innovative and content-rich programs that provide teachers with technology to foster educational excellence.
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Failure is Not an Option

Learn more about how PLATO Learning has helped to boost the overall graduation rate to 99 percent at a Minnesota high school.
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At-Risk Students at Castle Park Middle School Recover Skills Using PLATO Learning

Sweetwater Union High School District initiated requirements mandating that each student must pass all four semesters of math during the middle school years. Learn more about how the PLATO Learning math curriculum is being used as a supplement within the math classroom.
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Sometimes We Just Need Information on the Go!

This school year, Roadmap to Success has added a podcast feature, because we want to support the busy lifestyles of our readers. All podcasts will feature relevant information about a variety of education and educational technology-related subjects.

If you have ideas for topics you'd like us to cover, we welcome your suggestions. Send your feedback to web@plato.com.

Our September podcast features Straight Curve™ Mathematics—a powerful teaching teaching tool that supplements classroom resources and enriches daily math instruction. Listen to the podcast by clicking on the link below.

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Greetings from Nettie, your PLATO Pathfinder to the Internet. Welcome back for the 2007-08 school year.

I am returning with great new themed lessons for your classroom. However, this year I have decided to pay extra-special attention to math. We speak and hear the language of math all the time. At the checkout counter. At the gas pump. At the movies. Everything we say involves the basics-addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, whole numbers, fractions, decimals, percents, ratios, and proportions. Math plays a big part in sports, from keeping score in each inning in a baseball game to determining how to position your players. This month, I challenge you to help your students learn more about how math plays a big part in everyday life, even on the playing field. Hurry, learn more before the Baseball World Series begins!

Grades K–2

Swing Batter Batter Batter. It's Math Baseball Time!
Students learn counting by playing a fun, engaging baseball math game.
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PLATO® Math Expeditions C with Skills Inventory, Number Operation Addition C Students will develop an understanding of how to count to 30

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Principles K-2

Grades 3–5

Math Hunt
Students learn addition lessons through sports activities.
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PLATO® Math Expeditions C with Skills Inventory, Number Recognition C An introduction to understanding how to count even or odd numbers.

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Principles 3-5

Grades 6–8

Baseball Geometry
Students explore the specifications of the modern baseball by applying various methods for finding volume and surface area of a sphere; comparing and contrasting results among these methods.
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PLATO® Math Problem Solving, Building a Highway: Math Fundamentals Students will enhance their ability to understand numbers, ways of representing numbers, relationships among numbers, and number systems.

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Principles 6-8

Grades 9–12

Cartesian Baseball
Students learn how to use the Cartesian Graphing system; graphing x-axis and y-axis on a ball diamond.
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PLATOŽ Mathematical Reasoning: CAHSEE Mathematics, Making the Grade: Probability and Statistics: Math Problem Solving Students will learn how to collect and organize relevant data to answer basic statistical questions and understand the distinction between a statistic and a parameter.

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Principles 9-12

Back to School Bonus Idea!

Maybe some students spent the summer mountain biking, or even wakeboarding. Now you can show them just how much math was applied to their fun summer activities!
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