Educators Invited to Submit Priorities MILWAUKEE -- For teachers and school administrators who would like to offer the next president of the United States and his administration a list of K-12 education priorities for America, here's your chance. The American Society for Quality ASQ invites educators from across the...
CHATSWORTH, Calif. -- T.H.E. Journal, the first magazine to cover technology in education and, for more than 30 years in the forefront of the advancement of the learning process, announces a new initiative aimed at exploring all aspects of K-12 curricular materials. The Congress on the Future of Content,...
All K-12 Public Schools Receive Licenses in Language Arts, Reading, and Math MINNEAPOLIS -- PLATO Learning, Inc. (NASDAQ:TUTR), a leading provider of K-adult computer-based and e-learning solutions, today announced an agreement with the Idaho State Department of Education to continue its annual statewide agreement. Under the agreement, all K-12...
Schools Not Turning Out Problem-Solvers, ASQ Survey Says MILWAUKEE -- Many kids in the K-12 education system are not being provided the skills they will need to succeed in the 21st century, according to a recent survey conducted by Harris Interactive([R]) on behalf of the American Society for Quality...
* This September, D. James Kennedy died at age 76. He was among the more impressive of evangelical "empire builders." There are the 10,000-member Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church, Knox Theological Seminary, a K-12 school, radio and television programs reaching millions, along with more than fifty books...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] IN HIS 2007 State of the Union address, Pres. George W. Bush stated: "Now the task is to build on the success, without watering down standards, without taking control from local communities, and without backsliding and calling it reform.... The No Child Left Behind Act has worked...
NBC News is opening its 60-year video vault of historic news archives and supplemental resources to K-12 educators through a partnership with HotChalk. Teachers in every school will have unlimited access to NBC educational content specifically created for classroom instruction. Contact Jodie Pozo-Olano at 540-349-2311 or Jodie@sequoiapr.com.
Byline: The Urban Institute WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 11 AScribe Newswire -- Fewer than half of the nation's private elementary and secondary schools use the federally funded services available to them, says a new Urban Institute study. Many of these resources - special education for...
To: NATIONAL EDITORSContact: UNCF News Bureau, +1-703-205-3480, media@uncf.org Prudential Sponsors Summit Focused on the Nations Responsibility for College and Global SuccessFAIRFAX, Va., Sept. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --- How can the business and education sectors collaborate to ensure that students are well prepared to tackle a college career that prepares them for...
"The Challenge of Leading Change in K-12 Education," an intensive two-day workshop for educators to develop new approaches to make progress on specific challenges they are attempting to manage, will be held January 16 - 17 in New Orleans, La., at the Chateau Sonesta. The program sponsor, Cambridge Leadership...
The U.S. Supreme Court in June struck down, 5-4, two K-12 school desegregation plans that assigned children to schools based on race. The case did not directly involve higher education, but briefs filed in the case, including an amicus brief filed by the AAUP, referred to Grutter v. Bollinger, the...
A digital K-12 engineering curriculum expands with an emphasis on quality and fun. Whoosh-whoosh, whoosh-whoosh. The sound of their heartbeats startled the 12 North Carolina sixth graders, who had expected more of a tick-tick noise. More surprising, perhaps, was how the students produced the sound- using an electrocardiograph...
Tom Ward wanted to continue his education, but the rural Missouri superintendent faced obstacles. He lived an hour and a half away from the closest university with a doctoral program in educational administration. His job gobbled up much of his day, leaving little time for a long commute. Plus Ward...
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Jun 18, 2007 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- China Education Resources Inc. (CER, the Company) (TSX VENTURE:CHN)(PINK SHEETS:CHNUF) - The Office of Extended Education and International Programs EEIP of California State University Monterey Bay CSUMB and China Education Resources Inc. CER, an educational ...
Network Names Regional Partners And Executive Director INDIANAPOLIS -- The Indiana Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (I-STEM) Resource Network announced today that it is the recipient of a $3.4 million operating support grant from Lilly Endowment. The I-STEM Resource Network is a statewide consortium of higher education institutions dedicated...
The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation at North Carolina State University (www.fi.ncsu.edu), a public-private partnership to integrate research, technology, and cross-sector collaboration to enhance education, is leading a state-funded initiative to provide high-speed network connectivity to all K-12 schools in North Carolina. The $6 million...
Software & Information Industry Association Recognizes Carnegie Learning with 2007 Codie Award SAN FRANCISCO -- Carnegie Learning, Inc.'s Algebra I solution has received the 22ndAnnual Codie Award for Best K-12 Instruction Solution given each year by the Software & Information Industry Association SIIA. The SIIA utilizes both journalist and...
News and Grants for Teaching Professionals Invent-A-Toy World Games By Kids For Kids BKFK and Mattel are sponsoring a contest that aims to spark the creative and imaginative spirit of America's kids, and to discover the toys and games of tomorrow. Participants ages 5-19 can materialize their dreams...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY THE top four institutions on this year's list have upheld their positions since last year's list of the area's largest private schools, maintaining the highest levels of enrollment in the greater San Fernando Valley. A number of the schools reported an increase in enrollment compared to...
KC Distance Learning (Portland, OR), a provider of distance learning programs for high school students including core, Honors and AP courses, has acquired the assets of Aventa Learning (Anthem, AZ), a provider of online learning content and services to K-12 educational institutions. No terms were given.
