BUSINESS PARTNERS

Akamai, Web Hosting
Akamai is the leading Content Delivery Service Provider, serving thousands of customers worldwide. Akamai has the broadest deployment of servers for content, streaming media, and applications delivery with more than 9,700 servers in 56 countries directly connected within over 650 different telecommunications networks. Apple and Akamai have been working together since 1999 to optimize the quality of streaming video and audio over the Internet and to provide the worldwide infrastructure to support content delivery for Apple.com and Apple’s software downloads, and continue to serve as the worldwide backbone for QuickTime TV™ (QTV).

Every LTS™ program has been created to take advantage of the latest web delivery technology available today from cutting edge partner companies like Akamai, Macromedia, PostgreSQL, Red Hat Linux and MCI/Digex. All programs and data are stored on Red Hat Linux servers, housed in a secure MCI/Digex data center, with daily backups and 24/7 monitoring and support.

Incentive Publications, Supplemental Materials
Incorporated in 1969 to develop, publish, and disseminate supplemental educational books and materials, Incentive Publication provides creative materials to meet the educational needs of students in a developmentally appropriate manner. The company is consistently recognized as a publisher of quality education materials that help teachers and parents empower their students and children to master skills and realize their own potential. Learning Through Sports has looked to Incentive Publications for their expertise in content development of both online and off line materials.

Publisher’s Resource Group, Content Alignment & Development
Founded in 1989, Publishers Resource Group, is a company of educators who are dedicated to student success by creating outstanding curricula, assessments, and instructional tools for the K-12 classroom. Careful alignment to rigorous academic standards is a key ingredient in our development process and ensures that all of the work we do address today's accountability mandates. PRG was instrumental in the development of Kid’s College to ensure it meets today’s demands for alignment with NCLB and state standards as well as producing outstanding content.

CORPORATE PARTNERS

State Associations

Alabama
Alabama High School Athletic AssocIATION (AHSAA), and Council for Alabama Leaders (CLAS)

Florida
Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA), Florida School Board Association (FSBA), Florida Association of District School Superintendents (FADSS)

Texas
Texas Association of School Administrators (TASA)

Southeastern Conference
SEC. 2005-2006 marks the 4th year of the SEC Education Initiative that has impacted over 1.5 million K-8 students in the southeast. The financial generosity of the SEC provides every public and private K-8 school in the SEC region with a risk-free trial to the SEC's online version of Kid's College. The university teams represented in this special conference version of Kid's College are Alabama, Auburn, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana State, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Tennessee and Vanderbilt.

Mountain West Conference
2005-2006 marks the third year of the Mountain West Conference Education Initiative! The MWC demonstrates their commitment to academics and good sportsmanship by providing every public and private K8 school in the MWC region with a FREE trial of the Mountain West Conference's version of Kid's College. The university teams represented in this special conference version of Kid's College is Air Force, BYU, Colorado State, New Mexico, San Diego State, TCU, UNLV, Utah and Wyoming. Schools across the Mountain West region have already utilized these award winning programs to increase motivation in students and improve test scores.