The
October 26 issue of Education Week includes
a commentary by Dr. Irving Hamer, "A Quantum
Leap in Urban Education," chronicling
his experiences as Deputy Superintendent of
Miami-Dade County schools.
Read
about Dr. Irving Hamer’s role in the
transformation of the Miami-Dade County Public
Schools in the September 2005 edition of
Scholastic Administrator
February 7, 2006 — THE
MILLENNIUM GROUP ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP WITH PROJECT ADVENTURE
Fort Lauderdale, FL – The Millennium Group
(TMG) (www.the-m-group.com) is pleased
to announce a partnership with Project Adventure, Inc.,
(PA) (www.pa.org)
to benefit children nationwide. Their focus will be
to accelerate student achievement and school performance
by providing solutions specifically designed to promote behavior
modifications of students, team building for school
personnel and change of school climate... [ more ]
January 27, 2006 — EVENT
SPEAKER SHARES HOW TECHNOLOGY DRAMATICALLY IMPROVED
WRITING PERFORMANCE
Fort Lauderdale, FL – Nationally recognized
education reformer and leader Dr. Irving Hamer will
be the keynote speaker at a forum taking place during
the American Association of School Administrators
Annual Conference on Friday, February 24 in San Diego.
Sponsored by LearningExpress, LLC, www.learningexpressllc.com,
the appearance is one in a series promoting overall
improvement in K-12 student writing... [ more ]
January 19, 2006 — FEATURED
SPEAKERS AND TOPICS AT UPCOMING SYMPOSIUM ON ACCELERATING
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND SCHOOL PERFORMANCE
December 8, 2005 — THE
MILLENNIUM GROUP OPENS APPLE AUTHORIZED TRAINING CENTER AT DEVRY
UNIVERSITY FT. LAUDERDALE CAMPUS
Fort Lauderdale, Florida – The
Millennium Group (www.the-m-group.com)
and DeVry University (www.devry.edu) are pleased to announce the grand
opening of TMG's Apple Authorized Training Center
at the DeVry University facility located at Ft. Lauderdale
Center, 600 Corporate Drive, Suite 200, Ft. Lauderdale,
FL 33334... [ more
]
November 16, 2005 — THE MILLENNIUM
GROUP ANNOUNCES STRATEGIC ALLIANCE WITH EN TECHNOLOGIES
CORPORATION
Fort Lauderdale, Florida – The
Millennium Group and en
technologies corporation (“entech”)
announced a strategic alliance targeting the K-12
education sector. Under this mutually exclusive agreement,
The Millennium Group will act as reseller on all hardware
and software, while entech will deliver all professional
services and implementation. [ more
]
October 31, 2005 — HAMER COMMENTARY
PUBLISHED IN EDUCATION WEEK
Fort Lauderdale, Florida – Dr.
Irving Hamer, Jr., Executive Vice President for Client
Services and Strategic Development for The Millennium
Group (TMG), has an article published in the October
26 issue of Education Week. A
Quantum Leap in Urban Education
chronicles his experiences as Deputy Superintendent
of Miami-Dade County schools in Florida...[ more
]
October 21, 2005 — FORMER MIAMI-DADE
SCHOOL-REFORM CHIEF JOINS THE MILLENNIUM GROUP
Fort Lauderdale, Florida – Dr. Irving
Hamer, Jr., former Deputy Superintendent for Miami-Dade
County Public Schools and former New York City Board of
Education member joins The Millennium Group (TMG) to launch
an Education practice... [ more ]
October 7, 2005 — THE MILLENNIUM
GROUP RECEIVES IBM PREMIER STATUS
Fort Lauderdale, Florida – The
Millennium Group (
www.the-m-group.com), a Florida-based school transformation
and technology integration consulting practice, announced
today its selection as an IBM Premier Business Partner.
IBM offers three levels of business partnerships.
TMG received the highest status, Premier,
an invitation-only honor, in just one year...
[ more
]
Announcements
September 2005
TMG has completed the implementation of
Apple Computer's single largest sale ever!! An impressive
number of 30,000 ibook laptops computers were purchased
by the School Board of Broward County to refresh their
technology. This refresh was innovative in that the ibooks
purchased are stored in mobile carts. These carts can be
moved between classrooms thus stimulating the use of technology
in innovative ways, creating digital classrooms. This monumental
task of technical excellence and impressive logistics was
completed in three weeks!
June 2005
TMG / IBM introduce project KNEXUS
to Broward County School District. KNEXUS is IBM's
websphere portal technology that will enable the District
to access data from any of their systems and present information
specific to a individual user's needs. This exciting
technology keeps BCSD at the leading edge of technological
advancement in education.
April 2005
Millennium’s Network
Support Internship with McFatter High School is a finalist
for the School Board of Broward County’s Partnership
of the Year Award. This program has been a finalist in every
year of it’s existence. Much thanks to Mark Thomas
and Lynn Goldman of McFatter for their unending support
of this endeavor. Special thanks to Frederick Williams
and his senior class for yet another excellent year
of participation!!
January 2005
Millennium and IBM began implementing
a district-wide AS400 consolidation for Broward County
Public Schools.
December 2004
Millennium and IBM provide
the IBM Host Integration Systems solution to Broward
County Public Schools. This product includes IBM’s
Host-On Demand (HOD) and Host-Access-Transformation (HAT)
solutions.
August 2004
TMG has completed the installation
of 4,200 Apple iBooks as part of the Broward County
Public Schools' Digital Learning Environment Initiative.
The team finished in record time, far exceeding the customers'
expectations. Aided with the latest in Apple technology,
the TMG team plans on using this model as a basis for future
large-scale deployments.
