News and Announcements
May 16, 2012 – Creative Learning Systems releases interactive Standards Tracker™ for aligning Learning Launcher curriculum with academic standards
January 4, 2012 – Creative Learning Systems announces 2012 Advanced Facilitator Development Conference
December 2, 2011 – Creative Learning Systems launches new elementary Smartlabs in Churchill County, Nevada
September 16, 2011 – Creative Learning Systems releases independent research report on SmartLab effectiveness
August 29, 2011 – Texas Public Radio reports on new SmartLab at Davis Middle School in San Antonio, Texas – the first of 11 SmartLabs to be installed in San Antonio middle schools
August 22, 2011 – Denver Public Schools opens first SmartLab at Denver Center for 21st Century Learning
August 17, 2011 – Imagine Coolidge SmartLab featured in local news
June 22, 2011 – Don Hense, Chairman and Founder of Friendship Public Charter Schools, inducted into National Alliance for Public Charter Schools Hall of Fame
June 3, 2011 – Creative Learning Systems announces hosted curriculum initiative
May 3rd, 2011 – Montana SmartLab Team Wins World Robotic Championship
April 29th, 2011 – SmartLab Facilitator Selected NASA STEM Teacher of the Year
November 2, 2010 – Creative Learning Systems releases student demographic survey results. SmartLabs successful in involving women and minorities in STEM education programs.
September 29th, 2010 – Washinton D.C. SmartLab hosts political leaders for National Gear Up Day Summit. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-PA) in attendance. See news release here and video here.
July 23rd, 2010 – Churchill STEM lab to receive funding under Senate Appropriations Bill
June 28, 2010 – Churchill County (Nevada) School Board unanimously approves advanced STEM and Multimedia SmartLabs for High School
April 16, 2010 – Creative Learning Systems announces alignment of Learning Launcher Curriculum to National Standards
March 30, 2010 – Chamberlain SmartLab students featured on D.C. news. Robotics team heading to Toronto for the National Society of Black Engineers conference.
March 26, 2010 – Creative Learning Systems announces 2010 Advanced Facilitator Development Conference
February 15th, 2010 – SmartLab helps Carolyn Ross of Churchill County SD (Nevada) win eSchool News 2010 Tech-Savvy Superintendent Award
January 5th, 2010 – 150th Learning Launcher released by Creative Learning Systems
November 13th, 2009 – SmartLab Facilitator wins Prince Georges County Teacher of the Month honors
September 17, 2009 – Churchill County Junior High (NV) SmartLab from Creative Learning Systems
September 11, 2009 – Torrington Middle School (WY) Mobile Video Console from Creative Learning Systems
February 5, 2009 – Creative Learning Systems announces 2009 Advanced Facilitator Development Conference in Reno, NV.
February 4, 2009 – Education Week reports on Whitmore Lake HS Alternative Energy SmartLab
January 29, 2009 – Creative Learning Systems announces new Learning Launcher™ curriculum and SmartLab ePortfolio System™
January 8th, 2009 – School Library Journal reports on the Whitmore Lake High School alternative energy SmartLab from Creative Learning Systems
December 16, 2008 – Creative Learning Systems Introduces Alternative Energy SmartLab™
July 1, 2008 – Creative Learning Systems awarded contract for high school alternative energy program
April 4, 2008 – Creative Learning Systems and Atomic Learning announce strategic partnership adding over 35,000 online software training tutorials to SmartLabs
February 10, 2008 – Creative Learning Systems announces 2008 Advanced Facilitator Development Conference in Albuquerque, NM
January 21, 2008 – Creative Learning Systems completes phase I of Washoe County, Nevada district-wide implementation
April 18, 2007 – Creative Learning Systems receives Cornerstone Award from the Longmont Area Economic Council
February 16, 2007 – Creative Learning Systems announces Student Project Showcase.
February 1, 2007 – Details announced for 2007 Advanced Facilitator Development Conference (AFDC)
October 5, 2006 – President Bush visits SmartLab in Washington D.C.
September 1, 2006 – JBH Technologies to represent Creative Learning Systems products in Illinois, Indiana and Pennsylvania.
March 13, 2006 – Creative Learning Systems announces dates and location of 2006 Advanced Facilitator Development Conference (AFDC).
October 18, 2005 – CLS releases Southwest Secondary Learning Center case study. Report details dramatic improvement in standardized test scores in New Mexico charter school with SmartLab as core educational program element. Test scores increase an average of 52% over three years.
October 10, 2005 – CLS announces availability of new Mobile Video Console. This innovative solution now offers schools an advanced video production system in a mobile platform.
August 3, 2005 – Creative Learning Systems releases Aims Community College case study. Report examines use of SmartLab in high school diploma program for at-risk students. Aims offers students who have dropped out of the public school system a second chance for academic success. SmartLabs play a key role in reengaging these students and preparing them for a bright future.
May 2, 2005 – Creative Learning Systems releases St. Mildred’s-Lightbourn School Case Study report. Report addresses gap between men and women pursuing technical careers and examines how SmartLab learning environments foster an interest in science and engineering among young women.
April 18, 2005 – Creative Learning Systems announces development of the Facilitator Forum
April 2, 2005 – Creative Learning Systems releases Student Assessment System. Innovative system provides authentic assessment of higher-order cognitive skills.
March 29, 2005 – New survey shows that U.S. middle and high school students report being far less bored and far more interested, excited and challenged in a SmartLab from Creative Learning Systems than in school overall
March 1st, 2005 – CLS forms strategic partnership with Government Capital Corporation - Announces the Education Technology Fund to provide project financing for partner schools
February 15, 2005 – CLS releases new report correlating TLM curriculum with national educational standards
January 26, 2005 – CLS announces the 2005 Advanced Facilitator Development Conference (AFDC)
July 1, 2004 – CLS hires new Chief Executive Officer