PRWeb: Government Education http://www.prweb.com Latest news releases for Government Education from PRWeb en PRWeb Distribution Newswire http://www.prweb.com/images_v4/prweb_logo_hv2.jpg http://www.prweb.com 200 46 xml@emediawire.com xml@emediawire.com 30 RBM of Atlanta-North Honored at Board of Education Meeting for Contribution to Forsyth County Schools http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/12/prweb3313344.htm Mercedes-Benz dealer is honored during Board of Education meeting for $10,000 contribution to Forsyth County Schools. (PRWeb Dec 11, 2009)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/12/prweb3313344.htm America Ferrera's Facebook Fans Help Save the Children Build a School in Africa http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/12/prweb3321414.htm Emmy Award-winning "Ugly Betty" Actress Asks Her Facebook Fans to Join Her Cause and Give Back This Holiday Season (PRWeb Dec 11, 2009)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/12/prweb3321414.htm Govplace Launches Blog & Social Media Community for Public Sector IT Experts http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/12/prweb3318004.htm Govplace’s recently launched blog gives public sector IT professionals a space to collaborate. (PRWeb Dec 10, 2009)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/12/prweb3318004.htm Forum Adds Noted Education Expert to Board http://www.prweb.com/releases/Forum-for/Education-and-Democracy/prweb3312944.htm Longtime Advocate Presses On for ‘All Children to Succeed’ (PRWeb Dec 9, 2009)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/Forum-for/Education-and-Democracy/prweb3312944.htm Navigate LLC Announces PRIVACY EFFECTIVENESS SERIES FOR GOVERNMENT™ http://www.prweb.com/releases/navigatellc/privacy/prweb3309964.htm The PRIVACY EFFECTIVENESS SERIES FOR GOVERNMENT™ is a structured and adaptable progression of services to assess the adequacy of privacy programs and to help ensure that resources directed at compliance provide value and contribute to achieving the agency’s overall mission. (PRWeb Dec 9, 2009)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/navigatellc/privacy/prweb3309964.htm Texas BuyBoard Awards Sageplan Fleet Monitoring Contract http://www.prweb.com/releases/fleet_monitoring/gps_tracking/prweb3300944.htm Sageplan simplifies adaptation of GPS Tracking services for municipalities, counties, and school districts. (PRWeb Dec 8, 2009)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/fleet_monitoring/gps_tracking/prweb3300944.htm Educational Solutions Introduces the 2010 Edition of Words in Color, its Renowned Literacy Program http://www.prweb.com/releases/readingwriting/literacy/prweb3300134.htm Educational Solutions Worldwide Inc. (www.educationalsolutions.com) announces the 2010 Edition of Words in Color. Words in Color is a literacy approach that 1) simplifies learning to read and write by using color to transform a non-phonetic language to a phonetic one, 2) accelerates learning to read and write by focusing on the processes of combining sounds and spellings, and 3) elevates the experience by creating independent students who are eager to take on challenges. (PRWeb Dec 7, 2009)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/readingwriting/literacy/prweb3300134.htm LangLearner Introduces an Innovative Web and Mobile Solution for Learning Foreign Languages http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/12/prweb3303524.htm LangLearner LLC is pleased to announce the launch of LangLearner.com, a novel and effective way to learn a foreign language. (PRWeb Dec 7, 2009)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/12/prweb3303524.htm Student Monitoring is Essential if Apprenticeships are Going to Deliver their Full Potential, According to Perspective http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/12/prweb2686924.htm Attendance and progression are key to learning success (PRWeb Dec 7, 2009)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/12/prweb2686924.htm Art, Science and Sustainable Community Symposium set for Jan. 30 at Richland College http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/12/prweb3299864.htm As part of the dedication ceremonies for its LEED Platinum Science Building, Richland College will host the Art, Science and Sustainable Community Symposium on Jan. 30 from 1-5 p.m. Attendees at the symposium will hear lectures and panel discussions, participate in breakout sessions, experience the Water: More or Less art exhibit, and tour the new Science Building. (PRWeb Dec 7, 2009)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/12/prweb3299864.htm NCAA Women's Volleyball Championships Will Be Played on Sport Court Volleyball Courts for the 17th Year http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/12/prweb3298914.htm St. Pete Times Forum will host Finals Dec. 17 and 19; Regionals being played at U. of Florida, Stanford, U. of Minnesota and U. of Nebraska (PRWeb Dec 6, 2009)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/12/prweb3298914.htm KCTCS Board of Regents Approves 2010 Legislative Agenda, President McCall Requests No Bonus Or Salary Increase http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/12/prweb3301824.htm The Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) Board of Regents approved an agenda for the 2010 session of the Kentucky General Assembly today during its regularly scheduled quarterly meeting. The agenda supports the vision, mission and strategic goals of KCTCS, along with the 2008-2020 Plan for a Competitive Commonwealth that is designed to transform the state’s economy by focusing on workforce education, college and workforce readiness, and transfer education. (PRWeb Dec 5, 2009)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/12/prweb3301824.htm Businesses Must Play Their Part In Economic Recovery According To Perspective http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/12/prweb3294454.htm Emergence From Recession Will Be Dependent Upon Developing Workforce (PRWeb Dec 5, 2009)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/12/prweb3294454.htm Govplace Contracted to Design, Build and Manage IT Storage and Disaster Recovery for the County of Orange, California http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/12/prweb3296954.htm County to leverage a progressive Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) offering to improve government efficiency and reduce costs. (PRWeb Dec 4, 2009)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/12/prweb3296954.htm SocialSmarts® Program Tied to Improved Teacher Effectiveness and Student Results http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/12/prweb3285584.htm In response to the growing emphasis on the importance of teacher effectiveness in the classroom as evidenced by Race to the Top Funding criteria and the $300M in school grants released last week by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, The PoliteChild today released results of its programs’ positive impact on both teacher performance and student achievement. (PRWeb Dec 3, 2009)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/12/prweb3285584.htm The Scientist Names Photometrics’ Evolve EMCCD Camera One of the “Top 10 Innovations” of 2009 http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/12/prweb3286874.htm The Scientist, a leading scientific magazine covering the life sciences, ranked Photometrics’ Evolve “Intelligent” EMCCD camera fourth among the publication’s “Top 10 Innovations of 2009. (PRWeb Dec 2, 2009)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/12/prweb3286874.htm New Book Helps Pre-teens Deal With Challenges http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/12/prweb3280474.htm The Wisdom Tree and the Red Swing subtly teaches the value of taking time to think through a problem and view it from a variety of perspectives in order to find a solution. It looks at such problems as bullying, race, being the new kid at school, obesity, boys’ obsession with size, death and divorce, cheating and more. And it emphasizes qualities often missing in today’s world—compassion, good manners and civility toward others. It helps kids understand how it feels to be different, isolated and ostracized. Finally, it shows children how to be open-minded and how adversaries can become allies. (PRWeb Dec 2, 2009)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/12/prweb3280474.htm Florida's Eckerd College to Launch Yearlong Africa Initiative in January 2010 http://www.prweb.com/releases/eckerdcollege/africa/prweb3272574.htm "The Plight and Promise of Africa: An Eckerd College Initiative" is a Tampa Bay communitywide effort that will promote dialogue about Africa both in and out of the classroom. (PRWeb Dec 1, 2009)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/eckerdcollege/africa/prweb3272574.htm Aviator College Receives Approval to Issue F-1 Visas from the U.S. Department of Citizenship and Immigration Services http://www.prweb.com/releases/aviator-college/flight-training/prweb3280434.htm Aviator College - one of the premier aviation colleges in the country - has just been granted permission to issue F-1 visas by the U.S. Department of Citizenship and Immigration Services. This visa allows foreign students to learn flight training and remain in the United States after their schooling so they can work and build up their flying hours. (PRWeb Dec 1, 2009)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/aviator-college/flight-training/prweb3280434.htm Detroit Public Schools Expand Use of MY Access!® Online Writing Program in Classrooms http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/12/prweb3275824.htm Students’ improvement on high stakes exams prompts school district to increase use of Vantage Learning’s MY Access! (PRWeb Dec 1, 2009)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/12/prweb3275824.htm Preschool and Kindergarten Spanish is a Snap with New Spanish Champs Curriculum http://www.prweb.com/releases/preschool/Spanish/prweb3270624.htm Spanish Champs Curriculum Allows Preschool and Kindergarten Children to Sing, Play and Dance Their Way to Spanish Skills (PRWeb Nov 30, 2009)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/preschool/Spanish/prweb3270624.htm Mobile Outreach Skills Training Demonstration on Capitol Hill: A Solution for Putting Americans to Work NOW in EXISTING Manufacturing Jobs http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/11/prweb3275854.htm Time Wise Management Systems will be demonstrating its Mobile Outreach Skills Training (M.O.S.T®) Program on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, December 2, 10am - 4pm (New Jersey & Constitution Avenue) in response to President Obama's call for job creation innovation and White House Jobs Forum this week. (PRWeb Nov 30, 2009)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/11/prweb3275854.htm Leading College for Vision Impaired Students Adopt EasyReader, an eBook Player Backed by Sir Steve Redgrave http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/11/prweb3268944.htm New College Worcester, a leading international college for blind and low vision students have announced they are taking their first steps with the world’s fastest growing alternative format, DAISY. Delivering new levels of accessibility is a software ebook and DAISY player called EasyReader, a reading solution for vision impaired and dyslexic readers backed by five time Olympic Gold Medal winning rower Sir Steve Redgrave. This news follows less than a week since alternative format experts, Dolphin Computer Access launched EasyReader version 5.10. EasyReader version 5.10 extends its’ support for ebook formats to now include access to the millions of open EPUB books immediately available online from Google Books and Project Guttenberg, amongst other sites. (PRWeb Nov 30, 2009)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/11/prweb3268944.htm Khalifeh & Associates Inc. Engineers First Ever Approved Gray Water System in Los Angeles County http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/11/prweb3265114.htm In order to accommodate Abode Communities request to explore water saving measures for landscape irrigation, Khalifeh & Associates Inc. set out to design the first gray water system approved by the County of Los Angeles. At a time when Los Angeles is facing water shortages, Abode Communities (a non-profit developer specializing in sustainable low-income housing projects) was committed to invest the necessary resources for designing and installing an environmentally sound system that would reduce water consumption in their 70 unit senior housing project. (PRWeb Nov 30, 2009)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/11/prweb3265114.htm Elluminate Announces Continued Momentum of Ground-breaking Social Learning Network for Education http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/11/prweb3194074.htm LearnCentral™ offers educational networking, professional development opportunities, and free virtual meeting and public conference rooms. (PRWeb Nov 27, 2009)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/11/prweb3194074.htm Todd DePastino Wins 2009 Sperber Prize for his Biography of World War II Cartoonist Bill Mauldin http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/11/prweb3261374.htm Historian Todd DePastino received the prestigious book award for Bill Mauldin: A Life Up Front at a ceremony at Fordham University's Lincoln Center campus in New York City. The biography recounts the embattled career of the Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist best remembered for his grim depictions of life on the frontlines in World War II. (PRWeb Nov 27, 2009)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/11/prweb3261374.htm THRASS UK’s Innovative Software Helps Children Learn South African Languages and Get Right into the Spirit of the 2010 World Cup http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/11/prweb3266384.htm The University of South Africa (UNISA), is encouraging everyone to speak a South African language during the 2010 FIFA World Cup. THRASS UK’s innovative software can enable children to do that very easily and at the same time get right into the spirit of the event. (PRWeb Nov 27, 2009)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/11/prweb3266384.htm CEC Network Names Charles L. Ivey as Acting CEO http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/11/prweb3262804.htm Canadian Education Centre (CEC) Network announced today the appointment of Charles L. Ivey as Acting CEO after months of prudent search in filling a pivotal leadership role in the organization. (PRWeb Nov 27, 2009)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/11/prweb3262804.htm Alex Neil MSP Joins City & Guilds to Introduce Skills Manifesto http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/11/prweb3256014.htm Minister Alex Neil MSP has hailed City & Guilds’ Scottish Manifesto for Skills as ‘a route map for the future’. As unemployment figures continue to rise in Scotland and the government strives to pull the economy out of recession, the leading awarding organisation has produced a document that offers some solutions. (PRWeb Nov 26, 2009)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/11/prweb3256014.htm Water For People Wins International Recognition for Mobilizing Communities in Malawi http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/11/prweb3261354.htm Water For People, a Denver-based nonprofit international development organization, was recognized by the African Ministers’ Council on Water (AMCOW) recently for its commitment to programs in Malawi that have supported and mobilized communities to improve water and sanitation conditions. (PRWeb Nov 26, 2009)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/11/prweb3261354.htm Intriguing Scientific Results from World’s Largest Intention Healing Project: DreamHealer http://www.prweb.com/releases/Human_Physiology/Group_Intention/prweb3253964.htm Adam DreamHealer’s Global Intention Heals Project proved that sending healing intentions changes the physiology of someone at a distance. Over 10,000 participants sent healing intentions at a time unknown to a volunteer who was monitored by a quantitative-EEG. The data was analyzed by world experts in the USA and Canada. (PRWeb Nov 25, 2009)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/Human_Physiology/Group_Intention/prweb3253964.htm Green Supply Chain.org Receives 2009 Best of Business Award http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/11/prweb3245244.htm Small Business Commerce Association's award honors achievement. (PRWeb Nov 25, 2009)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/11/prweb3245244.htm SchoolSafe Communications Adds $1 Million to School Safety Fund http://www.prweb.com/releases/school_safety/nims_ics/prweb3254424.htm SchoolSafe Communications, the leader in communications technology for schools, announced today that it will underwrite $1 million in a first round of grants to U.S. school districts through the new School Safety Fund established by School Safety Partners. (PRWeb Nov 24, 2009)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/school_safety/nims_ics/prweb3254424.htm Free WiHood PCs for US Military and Veteran Families http://www.prweb.com/releases/Family/Military/prweb3233214.htm “The proud families of US Military and Veteran personal also deserve to benefit from the latest PC and Internet technologies!”, says Founder and CEO, Thomas F. Anglero. “WiHood recognizes their enormous contributions. With WiHood's virtual PC service, military families benefit from a portable, private, secure PC, anywhere, anytime!” (PRWeb Nov 24, 2009)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/Family/Military/prweb3233214.htm Pacific Capital Group's Gary Winnick Hosts Dinner Honoring David Gergen, Director of Harvard's Center for Public Leadership http://www.prweb.com/releases/gary/winnick/prweb3252194.htm Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was among the Los Angeles political and financial leaders who attended. Founded in 2000, the Center has a distinguished alumni list of international leaders and scholars who are "daily advancing and elevating the management and standards of the public sector worldwide." (PRWeb Nov 24, 2009)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/gary/winnick/prweb3252194.htm State Educational Services Agency Selects InetSoft's Business Intelligence Software http://www.prweb.com/releases/business_intelligence/software/prweb3229464.htm Special education personnel to monitor progress and trends in student performance. (PRWeb Nov 23, 2009)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/business_intelligence/software/prweb3229464.htm Album Released on Gurpurab of Ninth Sikh Guru http://www.prweb.com/releases/sri-guru-teg-bahadur/shaheedi/prweb3244044.htm On the sacred Martyrdom Day (Shaheedi Gurpurab) of Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib, Guru Nanak Daata Baksh Lai Mission has released a video album titled “Haun Balihari Satgur Poorey, Saran Ke Daatey Bachan Ke Soorey”. The video is offered as a humble tribute at the Lotus Feet of the Beloved Sikh Guru and touches upon His unmatched greatness, sacrifices, and love for His children. (PRWeb Nov 23, 2009)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/sri-guru-teg-bahadur/shaheedi/prweb3244044.htm Eighth Grade Girls Need Your Help http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/11/prweb3240334.htm The eighth grade girls of St. Mary School in Janesville, WI are going to Washington D.C. in May 2010, and they want to take you along with them—your letters and videos, that is. (PRWeb Nov 21, 2009)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/11/prweb3240334.htm Embroidery Solutions Inc. Announces Membership Renewal to AUSA http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/11/prweb3235014.htm Embroidery Solutions of Orlando, FL, announces the renewal of its membership to the Association of United States Army (AUSA). This is the second year of its membership and looks to continue support and focus in helping those in the Defense industry through quality embroidered and printed attire. Additionally ESI renews their commitment to provide online web stores with customized products for existing clients to easily reorder. (PRWeb Nov 21, 2009)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/11/prweb3235014.htm Algerian Ambassador Pays Merrimack College A Visit http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/11/prweb3235794.htm His Excellency Abdallah Baali, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria to the United States, visited Merrimack College as part of an all-day conference - “Christian-Muslim Understanding, Reverence and Shared Works of Justice and Peace: The Algerian-Augustinian Experience And Beyond.” (PRWeb Nov 20, 2009)

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