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Learning Resources Receives Honors for Product Packaging and Catalog
Design - 10/31
Learning Resources, Inc., a leading manufacturer of
innovative, hands-on educational tools, and its design team were
recently recognized by the 2007 American Graphic Design Awards
for its product packaging and catalog design. Eight of the company's
package designs and its 2007 toy catalog were presented with American
Graphic Design Awards.
Discovery Education Awards More Than $100,000 in Scholarships
and Prizes at the 9th Annual Discovery Channel Young Scientist
Challenge - 10/31
Discovery Education recently awarded more than
$100,000 in scholarships and prizes during the 9th Annual Discovery
Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), held October 21 to 24
in Washington, DC. The grand prize winner, Erik Gustafson, was
chosen on October 24 as "America's
Top Young Scientist of the Year" by a panel of judges.
Learning Resources Names Toriumi to Lead Branding Initiative
- 10/31
Learning Resources, Inc., a leading manufacturer of hands-on
educational products for the classroom and learning toys for the
home, announced today its appointment of Eric Toriumi to lead the
company's strategic branding initiative. Toriumi, who is currently
senior marketing director at Learning Resources, will head up the
branding endeavor to better define, position and promote the company's
corporate and product brands.
Curriculum Associates Named Exclusive U.S/Canadian Distributor
for Academic Workout Series - 10/30
Curriculum Associates, a leading
publisher of research-based supplemental curriculum materials and
tools for today's diverse classrooms, has become the sole distributor
in the U.S. and Canada for Academic Workout Kits. The grades 3-10
series was authored by reading experts Jim Burke (gr. 6-10) and
Timothy Rasinski (gr. 3-5) and published in 2006-07 by First Choice
Publishing Group, LLC. The Kits are comprehensive and customizable
classroom resources for teaching the reading and language arts
standards essential for student success.
School in South Africa Uses Neighborhood MapMachine 2.0 to Learn
Geography, Mapping and Computer Skills - 10/30
A civic-minded group
of Canadian eleventh graders recently journeyed to the Queenstown
Get Ahead Project (QGAP) schools in the Eastern Cape region of
South Africa to help younger students learn geography, mapping,
and computer skills. Using donated licenses of Tom Snyder Productions'
Neighborhood MapMachine 2.0 software, students from both schools
learned great lessons about mapping, collaboration, and community.
The van Tulleken Company advises Amaze TV on new "super-indie" partnership
- 10/29
The van Tulleken Company ("van Tulleken"), the leading
international corporate finance advisers in media, information
and technology, is pleased to announce it has advised the shareholders
of Amaze TV ("Amaze"), the UK factual entertainment producer,
on the formation of a new European media group backed by substantial
investment from Palamon Capital Partners. The deal completed on
Oct. 11, 2007.
Learn how to combine reading and writing instruction with Connie
Campbell Dierking's newest book, Teaching Early Writing and
Reading Together - 10/29
While everyone talks about the connection
between early reading and writing, K-2 teachers haven't been shown
exactly how to make those vital instructional connections that
exploit the natural reciprocity between writing and reading. In Teaching Early
Writing and Reading Together, noted educator Connie Campbell
Dierking explicitly shows K-2 teachers how to craft their literacy
instruction to make the most of the writing/reading connection.
Pearson Wins New Five-Year Testing Contract - 10/29
The United
States Department of Education has awarded a new five-year contract
for the period 2008-2012 to the Educational Measurement group of
Pearson for delivering and scoring the National Assessment of Educational
Progress (NAEP). Pearson has been responsible for scoring NAEP,
also known as the "Nation's Report Card," since
1989. Pearson will continue to work with its alliance partners--Educational
Testing Service; Westat, Inc.; and Fulcrum IT--which are all participants
with Pearson on the current NAEP contract.
Helping to Combat Childhood Obesity, New Video from The Trevor
Romain Company Gives Kids Tips about Taking Care of Their Bodies
- 10/25
The annual National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
(NHANES) recently illustrated that approximately one-third of U.S.
children and teens are overweight or at risk of becoming overweight.
To help address this problem, educators and parents can help their
kids develop the right habits to live healthy lifestyles with the
newest video from The Trevor Romain Company, "If You Don't
Take Care of Your Body, Where Else Are You Going To Live?"
Follett Releases InfoCentre 3.0 - 10/25
The latest version of InfoCentre from Follett Software Company
makes library management even easier for K-12 schools. InfoCentre
3.0 now makes it easier to deal with grade and homeroom circulation,
lost copies and fines. It also gives users access to powerful optional
services from Follett Software. The new version of InfoCentre automatically
creates Grade and Homeroom lists based on the values in a school's
patron records.
Questions, ideas, or
in need of more information? Please contact Stacey
Pusey at 302-295-8349.
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