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Mackin Gives Schools Extra Money for Library And Classroom Resources
Mackin Educational Resources — Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Mackin Educational Resources is standing firm on its “We Really Do Care” motto and providing extra money to schools to stretch their shrinking budgets. To equip schools with needed print books, ebooks, audiobooks, online databases, and more, Mackin is giving schools up to $500 when they place an order over $500 before July 31, 2011. Read More »
Parchman, Vaughan Continues Relationship with Morehead-Cain Foundation
Parchman, Vaughan & Company, LLC — Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Parchman, Vaughan & Company, LLC, a leading middle market investment banker to the education and training industries, is pleased to announce that Mr. Grayson Cooper, a Morehead-Cain Scholar at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill will spend his summer private enterprise internship with Parchman Vaughan Read More »
Capstone Digital To Award $2 Million in Grants to Improve Literacy in Schools
Capstone Digital — Monday, May 09, 2011
Capstone Digital, developer of personalized learning environments for students, announces CARE (Capstone Assisting Remarkable Educators), a $2 million grant program focused on improving literacy in schools. Read More »
Nation's Top 'Mathletes®' Compete at Raytheon's MATHCOUNTS®
Raytheon Company — Wednesday, May 04, 2011
Raytheon Company will host the nation's top 224 middle school math minds as the title sponsor of the 2011 Raytheon MATHCOUNTS National Competition May 5-8 at the Renaissance Washington, D.C. Downtown Hotel. The MATHCOUNTS finalists will compete to earn the titles of 2011 National Champion and National Champion Team. Read More »
USDLA 2011 International Awards Presented for Excellence in Distance Learning
United States Distance Learning Association — Wednesday, May 04, 2011
These prestigious International Awards are presented annually to organizations and individuals engaged in the development and delivery of distance learning programs. Included in the recognition ceremony were awards for 21st Century Best Practices, Best Practices for Distance Learning Programming, Excellence in Distance Learning Teaching, Outstanding Leadership by an Individual, Hall of Fame and Eagle Awards. Read More »
Zaner-Bloser Announces Top 16 National Winners in 20th Annual National Handwriting Contest
Zaner-Bloser — Wednesday, May 04, 2011
Zaner-Bloser is proud to announce that 16 students from across the country have displayed excellent handwriting skills to become national winners in its 20th annual National Handwriting Contest. This year, more than 220,000 students participated in the annual contest. Read More »
Study Island Announces Winners of Project-Based Learning Activities Contest
Archipelago Learning — Tuesday, May 03, 2011
Archipelago Learning announced the winners of its project-based learning contest. The challenge was designed to spotlight excellence in educator-created learning activities that engage students in authentic, curriculum-based and interdisciplinary activities. Read More »
SIIA Announces Top Innovators in Technology for Personalized Learning
Software & Information Industry Association — Monday, May 02, 2011
The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) announces 10 finalists for its Innovation Incubator Program. Participating organizations will be highlighted at the 2011 Ed Tech Industry Summit, beginning with the Business Profiles presentations on May 23 and followed by the Innovation Showcase & Networking Reception. Read More »
The Global Learning Resource Connection Is Growing Exponentially
Global Learning Resource Connection — Sunday, May 01, 2011
The Global Learning Resource Connection (GLRC) is an international collaboration of world class companies, organizations, education agencies, and nations. The GLRC is making resources correlated to learning objectives available for use in the classroom with the help from many of our Premier Sponsors and Partners ... Read More »
Innovation Is Hallmark of AEP's 2011 Educational Product Awards
Association of Educational Publishers — Thursday, April 28, 2011
Innovation in education is more than just political buzz. The products that made it to the final round of the Association of Educational Publishers' (AEP) annual awards program prove that the companies creating today's teaching and learning solutions aren't just talking about cutting-edge technology and curriculum development; they're actively moving the industry forward. Read More »
