Leading Partners for Educators Become Generation Ready

NEW YORK, July 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Building on 20 years of experience raising student achievement through school partnerships, Editure Professional Development Inc. and JBHM LLC are becoming Generation Ready Inc. The company, which was created through acquisition by Weld North Holdings LLC last September, unveiled the new name and brand today at its Best Practices Conference in New Orleans.

"The Generation Ready name and brand represents our organization's mission to help educate a stronger, more vibrant generation of students who are prepared to meet life's challenges," said Justin Serrano, Chief Executive Officer. "Our comprehensive range of services has been developed in partnership with both rural and urban schools and can help support leadership and instruction in schools at any stage of development."

Generation Ready is one of the nation's largest providers of teacher and school leader professional development services, through partnerships with districts, schools and state departments of education. The company's unique approach offers an evidence-based system of job-embedded education consultancy based on The Six Essential Practices of Effective Schools, professional development best practices and its proprietary ReadyPath technology platform. This blended delivery model has a proven track record of supporting and sustaining teacher skills and capacity in thousands of schools and ensuring a tight connection between professional development and student achievement.

Additionally, Generation Ready today announces that Dr. Richard F. Elmore, a professor of Harvard Graduate School of Education and a leader in the field of school improvement, has agreed to chair Generation Ready's advisory board. "I have the greatest respect for their expertise and track record in providing support to schools in the process of improving teaching and learning. This is an exciting and powerful new venture that brings greater life and vitality to the work of school improvement," said Dr. Elmore.

Generation Ready has simultaneously launched its redesigned website www.generationready.com.

About Generation Ready

With roots that go back 20 years, Generation Ready is the nation's leading professional development partner, working with superintendents, principals and teachers to elevate student achievement through professional learning services and targeted school and district solutions. Created through acquisition by Weld North Holdings LLC in September of 2012, Generation Ready combines the deep expertise and resources of two long-renowned education organizations – Editure/AUSSIE Professional Development and JBHM Education Group. Our mission is to support teachers and school leaders in order to educate a stronger, more vibrant generation of students prepared to meet life's challenges. For more information, visit www.generationready.com.

SOURCE Generation Ready