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Vantage Learning Education Initiative Announces More Than $650,000 in Grants to School Districts
Vantage Learning — Tuesday, August 04, 2009
Phase one of this program will provide more than $650,000 in grants, endowments, and subsidies to districts throughout the country for much needed MY Access! installation and professional development. Read More »
Vernier and NSTA Open Awards That Celebrate Creativity Among Educators on STEM Subjects and Data Collection
Vernier Software &Technology — Monday, August 03, 2009
the Vernier Software & Technology/NSTA Technology Awards, valued at $3000 each, are given to up to seven educators judged to have created the best inquiry-based, hands-on learning activities using data-collection technology interfaced with computers, graphing calculators and other handheld devices such as the Vernier LabQuest. Read More »
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Announces Transitions Series for Adult Learners
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt — Saturday, August 01, 2009
Steck-Vaughn announced the release of Transitions, a two-book college preparation series for adult learners. This first-of-its-kind gateway series is tailored to high school graduates and GED®-credentialed students who require additional skills to succeed in post-secondary education programs. Read More »
Apperson Education Products To Convert Popular Bubble-In Test Answer Sheets to 100% Recycled Paper
Apperson Education Products — Monday, July 27, 2009
The ubiquitous bubble-in answer sheet familiar to every student in America just joined the ranks of the go-green movement – thanks to the efforts of Apperson Education Products. This progressive, family-owned company has decided to absorb the additional costs of producing a 100% recycled product to help ensure a greener future for our planet. Read More »
Kratos Awarded $1.8 Million Department of Education Contract
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. — Thursday, July 23, 2009
The Division of Adult Education and Literacy sought a firm through the Multiple Award Task Order (MATO) contract to implement a project called Supporting States' Development of Policies for Adult Basic Education (ABE) to Postsecondary Education (PSE) Transitions. Kratos' civilian sector, partnered with Abt Associates and Maher and Maher, was awarded the contract. Read More »
Carnegie Learning Cognitive Scientists Win “Best Paper” at International Conference on Education Data Mining
Carnegie Learning — Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Carnegie Learning cognitive scientists and research assistants took top honors at EDM '09, the Second International Conference on Education Data Mining. Based upon analysis of data gathered from the company’s Cognitive Tutor® mathematics software the paper, “Reducing the Knowledge Tracing Space”, demonstrated one way to more efficiently model student learning of cognitive skills. Read More »
School Library Media Specialists Singled Out for Excellence
Follett Software Company — Monday, July 13, 2009
School library media specialists in Kansas and Louisiana have been named the two winners of this year’s American Association of School Librarians (AASL) Information Technology Pathfinder Award, which has been sponsored by Follett Software Company since 1985. Read More »
Raytheon Develops First-Ever Modeling and Simulation Tool To Help Advance U.S. Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Education
Raytheon Company — Wednesday, July 08, 2009
Raytheon developed the tool, known as the U.S. STEM Education Model, and gifted it Wednesday to BHEF to enable researchers, policy-makers and educators to explore policy scenarios that can strengthen U.S. STEM education and workforce outcomes. Read More »
National Science Competition Announces 50 Middle School Students as Semifinalists
Discovery Education and 3M — Wednesday, July 08, 2009
Discovery Education and 3M announced the top 50 middle school students from around the nation as semifinalists in the 11th annual Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge. The semifinalists were selected based on their science communication skills exhibited in a one- to two-minute video about a specific scientific concept that relates to innovative solutions for everyday life... Read More »
Northrop Grumman Foundation Announces Space Camp Program Partnership
Northrop Grumman Foundation — Saturday, July 04, 2009
In partnership with the U.S. Space and Rocket Center, the Northrop Grumman Foundation is sending a group of 64 teachers and students to Space Camp, a program designed to inspire and motivate the next generation of explorers, scientists and engineers through classroom instruction and hands-on activities. Read More »
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