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National Peace Corps Association Helps Bring Volunteers Back to the Classroom

The National Peace Corps Association, the nation’s leading nonprofit organization supporting Returned Peace Corps Volunteers and the Peace Corps community, recently partnered with the Peace Corps to bring former volunteers to elementary and secondary school classrooms around the country through the Speakers Match program. Read More »

Nation's Best and Brightest Vie for Top 'Mathlete'(R) Honor

Raytheon Company will host the nation's top 224 middle school math minds as the title sponsor of the 2010 Raytheon MATHCOUNTS® National Competition May 6-9. The MATHCOUNTS finalists from across the United States will compete to earn the titles of 2010 National Champion and National Champion Team. Read More »

USDLA 2010 International Awards Presented for Excellence in Distance Learning

These prestigious International Awards are presented annually to organizations and individuals engaged in the development and delivery of distance learning programs, including awards for 21st Century Best Practice, Best Practice for Distance Learning Programming, Excellence in Distance Learning Teaching, Outstanding Leadership by an Individual, Hall of Fame and Eagle Awards. Read More »

AEP Announces Finalists for 2010 Distinguished Achievement, Golden Lamp, and Beacon Awards

One of the largest and longest-running recognition programs in the industry, the annual AEP Awards are the standard for quality, professional educational products and excellence in education marketing. The program consists of three entry categories: the Beacon Awards, Distinguished Achievement Awards (DAAs), and Golden Lamp Awards. Read More »

netTrekker Personalized Learning in Action Video Contest Winners Announced

netTrekker today announced the winners of its "Personalized Learning in Action" video contest. The contest encouraged educators, with the help of their students, to create video clips illustrating how they use netTrekker (along with other resources) to engage students in a personalized learning experience. Read More »

The ComputED Gazette Selects ‘it’s learning’ as 2010 BESSIE Award Winner

The ComputED Gazette chose it’s learning, a new to the U.S. market individualized learning platform for K-12 and higher education, as an award recipient for the 16th Annual Best Educational Software Awards (BESSIE Awards). it’s learning won in the Learning Platform category. Read More »

National Literacy Program Unveiled at Three Pueblo Schools

A national family literacy program was unveiled today at three Pueblo elementary schools. The program -- funded by a $600,000 grant from Toyota -- is coordinated by the National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL). Read More »

Rock Bottom Remainders Conclude Four-City Fund-raising Concert Tour

The Rock Bottom Remainders and the Pearson Foundation today announced the successful conclusion of last week's four-city 2010 Wordstock Concert Tour, which raised money for Haitian relief in conjunction with humanitarian organization World Vision. Read More »

Inspiration Software’s Family of Visual Learning Tools Takes Top Honors

Inspiration® Software, Inc.’s family of visual learning software tools – Inspiration®, Kidspiration® and InspireData® – are all winners in the 16th Annual Best Educational Software (BESSIE) Awards, sponsored by ComputED Learning Center, San Diego’s leading computer education resource. Read More »

New Channel Guide Offers Best Practices for Boosting Sales Productivity

Understanding and Using K-16 Sales Channels is a new guide for managers of educational technology companies who are facing heightened pressure to grow revenue during times of unprecedented school budget gaps. The 50-page handbook is a compendium of channel management best practices from education sales experts at Nangle+Partners. Read More »