Acclaimed author for young adults Alan Sitomer has teamed with Recorded Books to bring his award-winning teaching skills to schools across the country through a new curriculum product called The BookJam. Sitomer, a three-time Teacher of the Year award winner, shares proven results from his own inncer-city Los Angeles classroom, offering hope to teachers that they, too, can make a difference and be successful when using Alan's methods.
California High School Exit Exam data, collected from the California Department of Education, Lynwood High School, and UCLA's Institute for Democracy, Education, and Access, shows that from 2004–2007, Alan's English and Language Arts students at Lynwood High School had at least a 35% higher passing rate than other English and Language Arts students at his school, and at least 25% higher than the passing rate for the entire state of California. In 2007, 96% of Sitomer's 10th grade students passed the California High School Exit Exam; 77% of California's total 10th graders passed, and 60% of the rest of Lynwood High's 10th graders passed.
Alan is proud to show that his teaching methods are making a difference. "If I am most proud of anything, it's my test scores," Alan says. He shares that he created the BookJam thinking of "teacher-to-teacher quality, the best of the best that I have to offer as taken from the materials I use to achieve success with my own students." The BookJam will be available in Spring 2009. For more information on the BookJam and Alan Sitomer, see http://www.thebookjam.com.
Recorded Books contact: 800.638.1304
Beth Eaton: x1122 beth at thebookjam dot com
About Recorded Books: Recorded Books, a Haights Cross Communications company, produces and distributes unabridged audiobooks and other audio products for schools and libraries, in CD, cassette and Playaway formats. Over 7,000 titles are available for children, young adults, and adults, narrated by professional, award-winning actors. Recorded Books also publishes and distributes SmartPass Audio Guides to Shakespeare and Dr. Janet Allen’s Plugged-in to Reading. Packaging is designed for high circulation. One-year warranty, cataloging, processing, and free marc records are available. For more information, visit www.recordedbooks.com.
About Haights Cross Communications: Founded in 1997 and based in White Plains, NY, Haights Cross is a leading developer and publisher of products for the kindergarten through twelfth grade, or K-12, supplemental education, library, and medical education markets. Haights Cross imprints include: Sundance/Newbridge Educational Publishing (Northborough, MA), Triumph Learning (New York, NY), Buckle Down Publishing (Iowa City, IA), Options Publishing (Merrimack, NH), Recorded Books (Prince Frederick, MD), and Oakstone Publishing (Birmingham, AL). For more information, visit www.haightscross.com
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