K12 Education - news and articles

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Pearson Volunteers Help Raise $1.5 Million and Break World Record (PRWeb Oct 10, 2008)

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Brainetics, a breakthrough mind and memory system created by "The Walking Calculator" Mike Byster, received a 2008 Parent's Choice Gold Award. Founded in 1978, The Parent's Choice Foundation is a non-profit panel of educators, scientists, librarians, whose mission is to "create for parents a non-commercial clearinghouse of supplementary media experiences and learning products." They also "provide parents with information to participate wisely in their children's learning outside the classroom." (PRWeb Oct 10, 2008)

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Keeping accurate, centralized records of free and reduced-fee meal data can maximize returns for underfed school districts. (PRWeb Oct 10, 2008)

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MINDsprinting (www.mindsprinting.com), the nation's premier online provider of free , K-12 math and reading directed worksheet tutoring programs, continues to help families during these very difficult economic times. MINDsprinting's free services are a relief for parents and teachers who want an effective and convenient educational resource, in contrast to most brick-and-mortar tutoring centers. Tutoring centers usually cost between $2,000 - $5,000 per student per year while MINDsprinting's proven programs are free and are available anywhere there is access to the Internet and a printer. (PRWeb Oct 10, 2008)

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White House Drug Czar alerts parents to threat of online exposure, calls for stronger monitoring. (PRWeb Oct 9, 2008)

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Pearson Volunteers Help Raise $1.5 Million and Break World Record (PRWeb Oct 9, 2008)

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Pearson Volunteers Help Raise $1.5 Million and Break World Record (PRWeb Oct 9, 2008)

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CBEST Online Course and Practice Tests are designed around the content objectives of the Reading, Mathematics, and Writing sections of the CBEST (California Basic Educational Skills Test). (PRWeb Oct 9, 2008)

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Children of America, a subsidiary of World Wide Childcare Corp. (Pink Sheets:WWCC), expanded into Delaware this week with its first educational childcare center opening at 1127 Valley Road in Hockessin. In addition, the high-quality childcare service provider also opened its third location in New Jersey at 34 Worlds Fair Drive in Franklin Township. The new centers offer well-developed curriculums designed especially for children ages six weeks to 12 years. (PRWeb Oct 9, 2008)

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MNPSalumni.com is a website where alumni networks have been set up exclusively for each of the Metro Nashville Public High Schools. Nashville high school alumni are very excited and can't get enough of their school's network. (PRWeb Oct 9, 2008)

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GLSEN, Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, today released the most comprehensive report ever on the experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students, The 2007 National School Climate Survey. The report is being released in conjunction with the announcement that GLSEN will partner with the Ad Council on a multiyear national public education campaign targeting anti-LGBT language among teenagers. (PRWeb Oct 8, 2008)

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Fun, Hands-on, Educational Event for Science, History and your family! (PRWeb Oct 8, 2008)

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Fast Radios, a leader in the commercial two-way radio industry, introduces 2 Way Radios over Internet (RoIP). This new technology allows users to talk via two way radios to locations ten miles, hundreds of miles or even thousands of miles away! (PRWeb Oct 8, 2008)

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Five Child Ambassadors Will Win a Trip to New York City to Meet Gyllenhaal and Help Spread Joy to Kids in Need During the Holiday Season (PRWeb Oct 8, 2008)

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