Robert S. Peterkin, Urban Education Leader, Joins PLATO Learning's Board
19 September 2006 - 6:00AM
Business Wire
PLATO Learning, Inc. (NASDAQ:TUTR), a leading provider of K-adult
computer-based and e-learning solutions, announced that Robert
Peterkin, director of the Urban Superintendents Program and Francis
Keppel Professor on Educational Policy and Administration at the
Harvard Graduate School of Education has been elected to its Board
of Directors. Dr. Peterkin has focused entirely on education during
his distinguished 35-year career, and he has earned a reputation as
one of our nation's leading advocates for urban education reform.
Dr. Peterkin has been a teacher, administrator, and superintendent
of Cambridge (Mass.) and Milwaukee (Wis.) Public Schools. Since
1991, Dr. Peterkin has led the Urban Superintendents Program at
Harvard with the mission to help future superintendents in urban
schools elevate their political, managerial, and educational
leadership skills and to drive qualitative change for teachers and
learners. In 2003, Dr. Peterkin helped form and launch the Public
Education Leadership Project, a collaborative initiative by the
faculty of Harvard's Business and Education Schools, to improve the
administrative management and educational outcomes of urban school
systems. Dr. Peterkin has written and lectured on equitable school
choice, school governance, school desegregation, women and people
of color in leadership, the achievement gap, and the impact of
school reform on the achievement of African-American children. "Dr.
Peterkin brings vast education experience, with specific emphasis
on urban education, to the Board," said Dave Smith, PLATO
Learning's Executive Chairman. "He will be a valued contributor to
our Board of Directors and a committed steward of our shareholders'
interests." Mike Morache, CEO of PLATO Learning said, "our board of
directors has four outstanding leaders of education in America -
Dr. M. Lee Pelton, President of Willamette University; Dr. Robert
Peterkin, Harvard Graduate School of Education; Dr. Ted Sanders,
former President of Southern Illinois University and former Chief
State School Officer for Ohio and Illinois; Dr. Warrens Simmons,
Executive Director of the Annenberg Institute for School Reform at
Brown University. I am grateful for their insight and guidance in
helping the company shape its strategy to provide the truly
innovative instructional technology for teachers and students in
K12 and higher education." About PLATO Learning PLATO Learning is a
leading provider of computer-based and e-learning instruction for
kindergarten through adult learners, offering curricula in reading,
writing, mathematics, science, social studies, and life and job
skills. The company also offers innovative online assessment and
accountability solutions and standards-based professional
development services. With over 6,000 hours of objective-based,
problem-solving courseware, plus assessment, alignment, and
curriculum management tools, we create standards-based curricula
that facilitate learning and school improvement. PLATO Learning is
a publicly held company traded as TUTR on the NASDAQ. PLATO
Learning educational software, delivered via networks, CD-ROM, the
Internet, and private intranets, is primarily marketed to K-12
schools and colleges. The Company also sells to job training
programs, correctional institutions, military education programs,
corporations, and individuals. PLATO Learning is headquartered at
10801 Nesbitt Avenue South, Bloomington, Minnesota 55437,
952.832.1000 or 800.869.2000. The Company has offices throughout
North America and in Puerto Rico, as well as international
distributors in the United Kingdom and South Africa. For more
information, please visit http://www.plato.com. PLATO(R) is a
registered trademark of PLATO Learning, Inc. PLATO Learning is a
trademark of PLATO Learning, Inc. PLATO, Inc. is a PLATO Learning,
Inc. company.
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