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Belkin Tablet Stand with Storage Named a "Cool Tool" Finalist in EdTech Digest Awards Program
Awards Recognize Outstanding Solutions in Education and Technology - April 27, 2013 - Belkin
Belkin Introduces New Mobile Device Management System for K-12 Education
Store and Charge Station Keeps Tablets, Laptops and eReaders Organized, Available, and Fully Charged for Less Hassle and More Learning in the Classroom - April 27, 2013 - Belkin
Drug-Free South Travels 600 Miles for Drug Education in Tennessee
The Foundation for a Drug-Free South has, in just one month, traveled 600 miles to visit students across Tennessee and deliver information on the Truth About Drugs. - April 26, 2013 - Drug Free South
Beverly Stewart, M.Ed Named to State Advisory Committee
Beverly Stewart, M.Ed, Director of Back to Basics Learning Dynamics, was recently named to the Delaware Lieutenant Governor’s Small Business Advisory Committee. - April 26, 2013 - McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds
Message in New Anti-Bullying Children’s Book May be a Little Controversial
In her newest children's book, author P.B. Jeffrey asserts that bullied children need to take ownership of their own lives and demand respect, an idea that some people may reject. - April 24, 2013 - Belizario Jeffrey Communications Co.
Welcome to The Kingdom of Should: A Special Story for Children on the Autism Spectrum and Their Parents
The Kingdom of Should is an audio story with a therapeutically designed musical soundtrack and several kid-friendly songs for and about children on the autism spectrum. The story shows that one's apparent limitations can be turned into strengths. It also addresses issues like bullying and gluten-free diet as it relates to autism spectrum behaviors. The Kingdom of Should was created by a schoolteacher, a developmental music therapist and a behavioral optometrist. - April 24, 2013 - Land of Can LLC
CEE Features RSI 2012 Intel Science Talent Search Awardees Sara Volz and Jonah Kallenbach at Its Congressional Luncheon
CEE Welcomes Senators Nelson (FL) and Cochran (MS) and Congressmen Green (TX), Honda (CA), Hultgren (IL), Rokita (IN), Van Hollen (MD) and Celebrates the Center’s Programs. - April 23, 2013 - Center for Excellence in Education (CEE)
Superior Grocers Partners with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services to Promote Healthy Living and Launch CalFresh Awareness Month
Superior Grocers, one of the largest independent supermarket chains in Southern California, is partnering with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services to promote healthy living and connect the community with CalFresh and nutrition education resources and programs by sponsoring... - April 22, 2013 - Superior Grocers
How to Draw 5.0. Three-Purpose Educational App That Teaches How to Draw on a Whole New Level
ArtelPlus today announces How to Draw 5.0, an update to their easy to follow instructional app featuring more than 150 different drawing instructions and a coloring book. The app is for users who'd like to learn to draw in an easy and effective way. With more than two and a half million downloads, the app provides drawing lessons for kids and their parents and teaches to draw in various styles and techniques. High quality pictures and drawing tools aid users in mastering the art of drawing. - April 22, 2013 - ArtelPlus
Garden Party is Blooming Fun for Fundamental Learning Center
Fundamental Learning Center is having the party of the year at Wichita. Held at Botanica on May 10th from 6-10:30pm, this party will not only be fun but be huge help to those struggling with dyslexia. - April 20, 2013 - Fundamental Learning Center
Children Helping Children
Children throughout the Baltimore area will help children with life-threatening illnesses sleep more soundly. Children from Baltimore area Goddard Schools held a pajama drive through April 19th for the Casey Cares Foundation, a charity that provides uplifting and ongoing programs with a special touch to critically ill children. Children from 14 schools will be collecting new pajamas to give to seriously ill children for the charity’s Kami’s Jammies program. - April 20, 2013 - Casey Cares Foundation
South Fork High Alumni Association to Launch Website Through Strategic eMarketing
South Fork High Alumni Association will use its future website to better organize and facilitate fundraisers and keeping former graduates of South Fork High School in touch with the community. - April 20, 2013 - Strategic eMarketing
Trek For Autism Event Featuring Original Cast Members to Benefit AchieveKids Schools
“Captain Pike Found Alive with Spock’s Wife in Cupertino, CA.” - April 18, 2013 - Bluelight Cinemas
Summer Learning Program to Release Pre-Kindergarden Workbook
ThinkStretch Summer Learning Program has released a Pre-K: Heading to Kindergarten summer workbook to help parents prepare their children for school. The workbook is available now. - April 17, 2013 - Think Stretch
Northern Virginia Tutoring Service Addresses the Middle School Algebra Dilemma
Northern Virginia Tutoring Service announces an Algebra I summer seminar for rising 7th, 8th, and 9th grade students who struggle with the question: am I prepared to take Algebra this fall? - April 14, 2013 - Northern Virginia Tutoring Service, LLC
BratBliss Launches Website for Summer Camp Planning
Planning kid's summer camps and activities can be a very stressful activity for parents. Bratbliss addresses this problem by providing an easy to use site that allows parents to plan their kid's summer activities and camps with their facebook friends. - April 14, 2013 - Bratbliss, Inc.
Custom College Visits Announces Partnership with Frosch Travel
Custom College Visits, a company that offers tailor-made campus tour itineraries for college-bound students and their families, today announced that it has entered into a partnership with Frosch Travel (FROSCH), one of the leading travel management companies in the U.S. This new partnership will... - April 12, 2013 - Custom College Visits
School District of DeSoto County Selects JDL Technologies for $401,600 Network Update
DeSoto County School District has selected JDL Technologies to update its network as part of the E-Rate 16 initiative for the funding year July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014. JDL also provides network services for the School Board of Broward County and Miami-Dade County Public Schools in addition to The King’s Academy and other private schools in Florida. - April 12, 2013 - JDL Technologies
Two Moms Become Indiana's Latest Tech Entrepreneurs by Building an Online Resource for Families and Educators
Local moms, Lynn Smith of Carmel and Angela Evans of Indianapolis have been working for more almost two years to create www.fieldtripfinder.com, a website to search and discover unique, educational field trips, save favorites, review and rate locations and share ideas with others. And their commitment to education means this website is absolutely free for educators, youth group leaders, parents and families all over the world. - April 11, 2013 - FieldTripFinder.com
Orbaby's Upcoming App for Better Learning: Baby Learns Sight Words
Orbaby is going to publish “Baby Learns Sight Words,” the basic one for preschool or school-aged children. It’s a puzzle game which contributes to a better learning and memory, and develops the function of left and right brains. The game theory of Jean Piaget points out that... - April 10, 2013 - Orbaby
Crossroads Academy Artists Take Flight, a First Friday Student Art Gallery
On Friday, May 3rd, in a First Friday event co-hosted by Crossroads Academy and The Roasterie, 190 pieces of Crossroads Academy student art work will be displayed in The Roasterie’s new Café and Bean Hanger. This unique First Friday art display will celebrate the ingenuity and... - April 10, 2013 - Crossroads Academy of Kansas City
Armadilla Wax Works Opens Candle Factory Store in Prescott Valley, Arizona
Armadilla Wax Works has opened a Candle Factory Store in Prescott Valley, Arizona. They have been pouring quality candles in Arizona since 1971, and with the factory store open they are now offering free factory tours for field trips and groups. - April 10, 2013 - Armadilla Wax Works
Cleveland’s Shaker Heights Minority Achievement Committee Welcomes Los Ellis April 10, 2013
Come join the Shaker Heights Minority Achievement Committee as they welcome Los Ellis. - April 09, 2013 - TraLos
One High School Student Educates Many About TS on Behalf of New Jersey Center for Tourette Syndrome
East Brunswick High School senior Amanda Silvers talks to nearly 140 students and teachers at Spotswood High School about TS, a misunderstood, misdiagnosed, inherited neurological disorder that affects 1 in 100 children and adults. - April 06, 2013 - New Jersey Center for Tourette Syndrome
Registration Begins for 2013 National Forum on Character Education
2013 National Forum on Character Education opens registration. The inaugural School Safety Summit, an intensive workshop on reducing violence in schools, will be a major feature of this year's conference. The conference takes place in Washington DC, Oct. 24-27, 2013. - April 06, 2013 - Character Education Partnership
Positive Promotions Announces Winning Schools for 2012 Red Ribbon Week Contest
Each October, Positive Promotions supports the efforts of Red Ribbon Week by sponsoring an annual contest to recognize schools and organizations that celebrate the week in creative ways. Chosen from hundreds of outstanding contest entries, the company is proud to announce and congratulate the winning schools of the 2012 Red Ribbon Week Contest. - April 04, 2013 - Positive Promotions
Tech4Learning Releases Pixie App for iPad
Pixie, creativity software used by millions of elementary students, is now available as an app for iPad. - April 04, 2013 - Tech4Learning, Inc.
Enslow Publishers Offers Bargain eBook for Limited Time Only
Enslow Publishers, Inc., a long time publisher of books for school and public libraries, has announced that they are now publishing eBooks. For a limited time, they are offering consumers the Kindle version and the iBooks version of "Hannah Pritchard: Pirate of the Revolution" for only 99... - April 02, 2013 - Enslow Publishers, Inc.
The Grauer School to Host 6th Grade "Discover Day" on April 18th
The Grauer School, a non-profit, independent middle and high school, invites fifth-grade families to attend the upcoming "Discover Grauer Sixth Grade” campus tour event. - April 01, 2013 - The Grauer School
New Port Richey and Palm Harbor Orthodontist Dr. Jeremy Albert to Donate $1,500 to Community-Chosen Schools
Albert Family Orthodontics “Supporting Local Schools" campaign encourages community involvement in New Port Richey area education. - March 30, 2013 - Albert Family Orthodontics
Dancing Dreams Rings the NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell
Dancing Dreams, a non-profit that helps children with physical challenges dance, at NASDAQ to ring the opening bell in celebration of their 2013 dance performance "Broadway Babes." The Dancing Dreams performance of "Broadway Babes" takes place Sunday, April 28 at 1:00pm at The Mary Louis Academy in Queens, NY. Broadway actor Dan Domenech of Rock of Ages and MSG Network sports commentator and Dancing Dreams spokesperson Al Trautwig were on hand to ring the bell. - March 28, 2013 - Dancing Dreams
Content Transformation Leader Announces the Adoption of New Identity
Planman Technologies, a global leader in integrated content transformation solutions, announced today the renaming of the company as Contentra Technologies. This new name represents the company’s focus on content transformation services and the broadening of its service lines. - March 28, 2013 - Contentra technologies
Palm Cove Elementary PTA Hosts 3rd Annual Spring Bazaar
Featuring Entertainment, Prizes, Local Merchants and Giveaways. - March 28, 2013 - Palm Cove PTA
ASD Publishing Signs New Authors for Spring
ASD Publishing is pleased to announce the signing of three new authors to the ASD Family. All authors bring unique stories of persistence and fortitude and will have books released digitally in April, 2013. - March 26, 2013 - ASD Publishing
Emerging Artist Vows to Preserve Artistic Expression in Children
Glenda Freeman strives to teach others the value of creative expression. - March 25, 2013 - Glenda's Art, Furniture & Jewelry
Portable Experimenter’s Platform, Powered by Raspberry Pi
A game-changing booster for STEM education, ultra low-cost data acquisition system, and Audio Explorer for experimentation in sound form the beginning configuration of the Portable Experimenter's Platform. It works with any networked computing device with a browser. Hobbyists in electronics and students can perform experiments in sound or voice, as well as learning computing in Linux and Python. - March 23, 2013 - Wattminder
One of the Biggest Music Events for Kids in the DFW Area Coming on April 14th
On April 14, over 500 kid and teen musicians from School of Rock’s locations all over DFW will descend upon Dallas’ Deep Ellum neighborhood for an entire day of their own unique rock and roll festival called Rockstravaganza. This will be SoR’s third Rockstravaganza and it has been highly successful in its goals, namely creating awareness of talented students and bands, but also in raising money for the school’s scholarship program (School of Rock Scholarship Fund 501(c)3. - March 22, 2013 - School of Rock
CEE and KBR Host Dinner Event to Strengthen Science Teaching
The Center for Excellence in Education (CEE) and KBR will host a Bite of Science dinner event for high school teachers at Brandeis High School located at 13011 Kyle Seale Parkway in San Antonio, Texas. The event is scheduled for Thursday, March 21, 2013 from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Science teachers... - March 21, 2013 - Center for Excellence in Education (CEE)
Salt Lake City Child Care Urge Diet and Exercise to Curb Childhood Obesity
From their Salt Lake City child care, daycare experts Amy Moyes and Bethany Hosking explain how parents and daycare workers can help fight childhood obesity. - March 17, 2013 - Learning Tree Schools
MyEduWorld Regional Launch Nagpur Gets a Fab Response
HCL’s innovative learning program MyEduWorld garnered a fabulous response at the recently concluded regional product launch in the city of Nagpur on 5th of March, 2013. The highly successful event added another feather to the cap of MyEduWorld. - March 17, 2013 - HCL Learning
The Center for Excellence in Education Sponsors Teacher Enrichment Program
CEE and KBR Host Two Dinner Events to Strengthen Science Teaching in Houston, Texas - March 16, 2013 - Center for Excellence in Education (CEE)
IQ Cinema Launches Educational 3D Program in Singapore
IQ Cinema showcases its unique blend of educational 3D content for the very first time in Asia, launching at the Golden Village Grand in Great World City. - March 14, 2013 - IQ Cinema
STOMP Out Bullying Named a FOX Sports Supports 2013 Charity Partner
Launches Public Service Campaign Featuring Top Celebrity Athletes - March 13, 2013 - Love Our Children USA
Future Problem Solving Program International Announces Topic on International Women’s Day
International competition to focus on women. - March 10, 2013 - Future Problem Solving Program International, Inc
The School for Young Performers 2013-2014 Admissions
The School for Young Performers is pleased to announce the opening of admissions for the 2013-14 school year. This year, in addition to offering one-on-one private education, they will also be offering the choice of a small classroom setting. The School for Young Performers accepts students from... - March 09, 2013 - The School for Young Performers
Tourette Syndrome and Bullying a Part of Memorial Middle School's Advocacy and Awareness Efforts
New Jersey Center for Tourette Syndrome Youth Advocate of the Year Emily Fleischman discussed these important topics with nearly 200 students and educators at the Fair Lawn school on February 22. - March 07, 2013 - New Jersey Center for Tourette Syndrome
San Diego Locals Are Crowdfunding Their Way to Free Preschool
A new San Diego-based not-for-profit organization, Teacher Lee Play-To-Learn™, is crowdfunding the publishing of a book, DVD and online resource center. Sales of the book will fund the free preschool program. - March 05, 2013 - Teacher Lee Play-To-Learn, Inc.
New Book Gives a Home-Spun Twist on Education
New book teaches parents the best of the popular educational theories out there—and how to bring them home. - March 04, 2013 - Night Owls Press
Grauer School 6th Grade Student Exemplifies Impact of Small Schools Movement
Alexandra Parker is a 6th grade student that represents the qualities inspired by the nationally growing small-schools educational model. - March 02, 2013 - The Grauer School
Taylor Morrison Denver Announces Pre-Sales at Its Latest New Home Community, Terrain in Castle Rock
Taylor Morrison has announced that pre-sales have begun for its latest community, Terrain, located in prestigious Castle Rock, Colo. Located conveniently between the Denver metropolitan area and Colorado Springs, Terrain offers a connected family lifestyle surrounded by the beauty of the Colorado... - March 01, 2013 - Taylor Morrison