Press Release Archive

Where Playing Games and Learning Collide
New contest for teachers provides an opportunity to bring standards to life with a chance to win a Classroom Jeopardy! StandardsLink set and event for your school.

ETA/Cuisenaire Products Featured in New U.S. Department of Education Consumer Guide
Educational publisher ETA/Cuisenaire announces that two of its flagship products, VersaTiles® Math and VersaTiles® Literacy, have been reviewed and recommended by the U.S. Department of Education in a new Consumer's Guide to Afterschool Math and Literacy.

ETA/Cuisenaire Announces Classroom Jeopardy! StandardsLink Competition
for Teachers
It's the game America loves to play, and now teachers throughout the continental United States will get the chance to sharpen their smarts on the classroom version of Jeopardy!

ETA/Cuisenaire Partners with CHARACTER COUNTS! To Strengthen Connection between Character Education and Cross-Curricular Instruction
ETA/Cuisenaire is partnering with CHARACTER COUNTS!, the national nonprofit organization that promotes character education in over 4,500 schools nationwide.

ETA/Cuisenaire Commemorates International Literacy Day with Complimentary WorldScapes® Products
Exclusive Literacy Series Offers Students a World of Reasons to Read

ETA/Cuisenaire® Offers Special Back-to-School Savings on Popular
VersaTiles® Product
ETA/Cuisenaire announces a special deal on VersaTiles®, its exclusive self-correcting, independent student practice system designed to build essential skills and improve test scores in math, science and reading.

Research-Based Literacy Resource Book Receives
The 2006 AEP Distinguished Achievement Award for Professional Development
ETA/Cuisenaire announced today that its Comprehensive Literacy Resource for Grades 1-2 Teachers authored by Miriam P. Trehearne was recently named The Distinguished Achievement Award in the category of Professional Development from The Association of Educational Publishers.

Henrico County Teacher Wins $10,000 Classroom Makeover
As the grand prize winner in the national ETA/Cuisenaire Magnificent Classroom Makeover Contest, Ms. Man's 4th grade classroom will undergo a makeover this week.

ETA/Cuisenaire Launches Global One Book, Our World Campaign in Honor of International Literacy Day
Teachers receive books from WorldScapes® Grades 3-6 series and connect online with Australian classrooms

Educational Publisher Marks 75th Anniversary of Popular Math Manipulative
Cuisenaire® Rods and their continued impact on math instruction to be celebrated at NCTM Annual Meeting & Exposition, St. Louis MO

Popular Reading Manipulative Found to Have Significant Impact on Literacy Achievement
Research Study Shows Use of Reading Rods® Phonics Helps Students "Catch Up" or Exceed Goals

New Resource Books Put Teachers at Ease Introducing Math Manipulatives into Classroom Instruction
Full-color, hands-on lessons for PreK-4 allow teachers to differentiate instruction and improve student performance

Call for Entries-PreK-6 Teachers Can Enter to Win $10,000 "ETA/Cuisenaire MAGNIFICENT CLASSROOM MAKEOVER"
Award to Include Supplemental Curriculum Materials for Literacy and District-Wide Professional Development

ETA/Cuisenaire Debuts StarLIT Literacy Intervention Toolkit for Phonological Awareness
Literacy Expert Susan L. Hall Consults on Development of Portable, Ready-to-Use Resource for Overcoming Reading Difficulty

ETA/Cuisenaire adds 56 New Math and Science Titles to WorldScapes Leveled Literacy Series
Students Learn Math and Science and Build Literacy Skills While Exploring the World with Cross-Curricular Texts

New Literacy and Math Resource for Preschoolers Reflects Urban Experience
Familiar Settings and Images Encourage Oral Language Development through Purposeful Play and Build Math, Literacy Skills

ETA/Cuisenaire Transforms New York City Elementary School Classroom, Helping Students Become "Joyful Readers"
2005 "Magnificent Classroom Makeover" Awards $10,000 in Educational Materials, Professional Development from Literacy Expert Miriam Trehearne

Magnificent Classroom Makeover for Kindergarten Awarded by ETA/Cuisenaire!
2004 winners to receive over $6,500 of materials and support to create an ideal environment for literacy learning

ETA/Cuisenaire® Introduces Informational Texts to K–3 Readers
Leveled series reaches all learners with content across the curriculum
and interactive learning opportunities

ETA/Cuisenaire® Adds 40 New Titles to Popular SunSprouts™ Series
Leveled series for shared and guided reading provides multiple opportunities for interactive literacy learning

ETA/Cuisenaire® to Award ‘Magnificent Classroom Makeover’ For Kindergarten
Winner to receive over $5,000 of materials and support to help create an ideal environment for literacy learning

ETA/Cuisenaire® Publishes Comprehensive Literacy Resource for Kindergarten Teachers
Miriam P. Trehearne title is the first to combine research with daily how-to manual specifically for kindergarten teachers

ETA/Cuisenaire® Introduces a Complete, Hands-On Measurement Curriculum for Grades 1–5!
ETA/Cuisenaire announces MeasureWorks™— a unique program dedicated to developing students’ measurement skills through systematic instruction and engaging practice activities with real-world applications.

ETA/Cuisenaire® Introduces 140 New Titles for Shared, Guided, and Independent Reading!
ETA/Cuisenaire introduces SunSprouts™—a comprehensive series of Big Books for shared reading and leveled texts for guided and independent reading.

ETA/Cuisenaire Launches Reading Rods® Phonics Program!
Reading Rods Phonics is a comprehensive, full-year program that teaches the phonics skills students need, using manipulatives they will love!

ETA/Cuisenaire Introduces Algeblocks® for Middle School
This hands-on program uses a three-dimensional area model, 10 color-related plastic blocks representing variables and units (1, x, x², x³, y, y², y³, x²y, and xy²) and a binder with reproducible activities, to introduce middle school students to basic algebraic concepts.

ETA/Cuisenaire Debuts New Corporate Identity at NCTM
The NCTM Annual Meeting featured more than 270 exhibitors—including ETA/Cuisenaire, which showcased its new corporate identity and its extensive line of mathematics manipulatives.

ETA® Expands Leadership in Manipulatives-Based Education with Acquisition of Cuisenaire®
ETA announced today the expansion of its leadership in manipulatives-based mathematics education with its acquisition today of Cuisenaire Company of America, formerly part of Pearson Education.

ETA/Cuisenaire Moves Into Its New Office/Distribution Center
Construction is complete for ETA/Cuisenaire at a new 145,600 square-foot office and distribution center situated on a 12.57-acre site at Continental Executive Parke in Vernon Hills, Illinois.

H.O.T. Kits from ETA/Cuisenaire Receive the Learning Magazine Teacher's Choice Award
ETA/Cuisenaire is proud to announce that its Math Hands-On Teaching Strategies (H.O.T.) Kits for grades K–6 received Learning Magazine's prestigious 2000 Teacher’s Choice Award.