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Industry Roundup - A Collection of the Latest AEP Member News Releases

Shakespeare Squared Doubles its Accolades - 8/31
Shakespeare Squared, the Glenview, Illinois, based development company that writes, edits and designs materials for educational and trade publishers, recently has been honored with both national and local recognition. Inc. magazine has for the first time included Shakespeare Squared in its annual Fastest Growing Companies in America list, and founder Kim Kleeman was selected as an honoree in The Business Ledgerís 8th Annual Entrepreneurial Excellence Awards.

Broward County Public Schools Continues Commitment to Providing Educators and Students High-Tech Digital Resources - 8/22
Broward County Public Schools recently renewed its contract to provide Discovery Education unitedstreaming to area educators and students. The only digital-video-based learning resource scientifically proven to increase academic achievement, Discovery Education unitedstreaming enhances local educator's curriculum with digital media and engages the YouTube generation on their ground. Today, one million educators and 30 million students in more than half of U.S. schools learn with Discovery Education unitedstreaming.

Pokemon Learning League Selected as a Finalist for EdNET 2007 Industry Awards - 8/22
Pokemon Learning League, the online suite of animated, interactive lessons in math, science, language arts, and life skills for grades 3-6, is a finalist for the EdNET 2007 Rookie of the Year Award. Sponsored by The Heller Reports and Quality Education Data (QED), the EdNET Industry Awards program, now in its 15th year, recognizes organizations that have made important contributions through their products and programs to the education industry in the past year.

Free Lesson Plans on Racial Understanding Available for High School Teachers and Youth Leaders - 8/21
A set of four lesson plans on race and diversity can now be downloaded by educators at no cost. Designed for high school teachers, and suitable for youth leaders in non-school settings, the lessons are designed to promote greater understanding of difference among high school students. They have been developed over several years by a non-profit organization and can be downloaded from the website RaceBridges.net.

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