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Accelerated Elementary French Track Opens for Valley Children in 1st-3rd Grades

The International School of Arizona has designed a new hybrid program that will allow valley children in first, second and third grades to learn in a foreign language immersion environment while following curriculum from Arizona and Europe. New students will gain the benefit of becoming bilingual... - June 18, 2008 - International School of Arizona

C. S. Lewis Event to Explore Faith, the Meaning of Life, and Narnia

The C. S. Lewis Foundation holds a two-week conference in Oxford and Cambridge, England June28-- August 8, exploring the meaning of life and insights from Lewis' works. - June 18, 2008 - C. S. Lewis Foundation

Ashworth University Announces 2008 Graduation Ceremony

Ashworth University has announced that its 2008 Graduation Ceremony will commence August 9 at the Hilton Hotel in Norcross, GA. A leader in distance education, Ashworth will host recent graduates from each of its high school, career school and university diploma and degree programs (university is... - June 18, 2008 - Ashworth College

SeaFolks.com Merchant Navy Officer's Community, is Now Redressed with New & Better Looking Layout

SeaFolks.com, a sleek networking site for merchant navy officers and maritime professionals, looks even better now. New look of SeaFolks.com is inspired by versatility of mariners in different forms of work & hobbies. - June 16, 2008 - SeaFolks.com

Jiffy Lube Road Trip Scholarship Winners Chosen for Gainesville Florida

South Lubes, Inc. dba Jiffy Lube is pleased to announce the winners of the 2008 Jiffy Lube Road Trip Scholarship. - June 16, 2008 - South Lubes Inc

Ashworth University Introduces Post-Secondary International Bridge Program

Ashworth University, recently announced the addition of an International Bridge program to its post-secondary degree offerings. One of only a select few domestic programs of its type, Ashworth’s International Bridge Program has been specifically designed for students holding a three year... - June 15, 2008 - Ashworth College

Top Ten Reasons for Students Opting for Home Study

Europe’s leading IT home study college SkillsTrain has come up with the top ten reasons why students opt for studying at home, with career advancement being the most frequent reason and the need to earn while they learn being almost as high in the list. For mature students, the fear of returning to a conventional college and the need to fit skills around a family are also significant concerns. - June 15, 2008 - SkillsTrain

Talent Agency and Film School Join Forces to Discover Spanish Speaking Actors

Westbridge Film School and 'Normal People' talent agency have issued a call to discover 18 Spanish speaking persons and grant them a full scholarship to become successful actors for film. At the end of their studies, they will be recruited by the agency and offered to participate in real life projects. - June 14, 2008 - Westbridge University

Walch Education Wins 3 Prestigious Industry Awards from Association of Educational Publishers

Walch Education had three titles nominated, and each won in their respective categories. - June 14, 2008 - Walch Education

Project BLUE Teams Up with The Art Institute to Give Students Real World Experience

Students will design projects that promote the Surfrider Foundation initiative, project BLUE. - June 14, 2008 - The Art Institute of California -- Orange County

St. Helens High School Class of 1988 Reunion August 2

The St. Helens High School Class of 1988 plans a weekend of events to celebrate their 20 year reunion August 1 and 2 in St. Helens, Ore. The weekend kicks off with a welcome reception August 1 at Bings restaurant. The reception is open to alumni and spouses and teachers from St. Helens High School. - June 14, 2008 - St. Helens High School Class of 1988 Reunion Committee

Sonitrol Pacific Verified Alarm Leads to One Arrest

Police arrested a suspected burglar after Sonitrol Pacific audio sensors detected activity inside a Washington school June 12. An experienced Sonitrol Pacific sound analyst received an impact activated audio signal from the school early in the morning. She listened to real-time audio to determine... - June 14, 2008 - Sound Security, Inc., dba Sonitrol Pacific

Summer Day Camp for Teens is a Beautiful Experience

All About Me Beauty Camp builds character, ethics, confidence and self esteem though developing inner and outer beauty for 13 - 17 year old teens. - June 13, 2008 - All About Me Beauty Camp

Storming Robots Announces First Robocon Technology Learning Center to Host Student Robotics Exhibition

As part of its continuing mission of furthering science and engineering education through hands-on robotics instruction, Storming Robots Technology Learning Center is pleased to announce the first RoboCon, an exhibition of robotics projects to be held Saturday, June 21st. RoboCon will highlight the accomplishments of students ranging from grade 2 to 12, as they present the culmination from 1 to 9 month of robotics achievement, including individual and team projects. - June 13, 2008 - Storming Robots, LLC

Elicitus Authoring Tool Announces New Version

Trendy Looking Version 7.0 Adds Voiceover Recording, Enhances User Experience. - June 13, 2008 - Harbinger Knowledge Products Inc.

Who Wants to be a Teacher?

EFL teacher Daniela Pesconi has launched a new blog on EFL teaching. As globalization is taking over, more and more people are going for an English course. That demands really well qualified EFL teachers. Being a good EFL teacher is not easy. Schools ~ and students ~ are very demanding and... - June 12, 2008 - Who wants to be a teacher?

Harrington College of Design Awards $20,000 in Scholarships to Soon-to-be Interior Designers, Photographers and Graphic Designers

Four high school seniors were awarded $5,000 scholarships toward their education at Harrington College of Design. - June 12, 2008 - Harrington College of Design

StraighterLine to Exhibit at CCA Convention & Exposition in Las Vegas

StraighterLine (www.straighterline.com), a new online education solution that provides students a high quality, better supported, and lower cost way to obtain college credits through regionally accredited colleges and universities, has announced that its representatives will participate in the... - June 12, 2008 - StraighterLine

Tilana Systems Announces Enterprise Product Line Featuring Tilana RealCDP™ Enterprise Suite™

Formerly available only for SaaS deployments, Tilana now also ships as a complete client-server CDP and storage based sync system for corporate networks running Windows Server and Microsoft SQL. - June 11, 2008 - Tilana Systems Corporation

Texas Association of Private & Parochial Schools Announces AED Partnership

NewHouse Medical and TAPPS (Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools) have entered into a partnership to make available affordable AED (automated external defibrillator) units for member schools. - June 11, 2008 - NewHouse Medical

Stonehenge: Ancient Megalithic Site Holds Secret to Earth’s Turbulent Past

Computer systems analyst Dean Talboys has unlocked a previously overlooked aspect of an ancient megalithic site in Wiltshire, England, which indicates a major catastrophic event at the end of the last Ice Age 13,000 years ago that could have been caused by the rapid decline of the polar ice caps. - June 11, 2008 - Dean Talboys

Two Found Hiding on Roof of School After Detection by Sonitrol Pacific

Police used a K-9 unit to locate two school break-in suspects hiding on the school’s roof after detection by Sonitrol Pacific June 7. - June 11, 2008 - Sound Security, Inc., dba Sonitrol Pacific

Maps101 Launches Presidential Election Map Collection

Online K-12 Education Resource Maps101 announces the addition of a new series of presidential election maps. - June 11, 2008 - Maps101.com

Maryland Web Design Firm Wins Top Honors for Education Web Site

Bethesda Design Web, a full-service web design firm, today won Outstanding Achievement for Excellence in Design and more for the web site of Explore-It-All Science Center, a nonprofit educational science organization. - June 10, 2008 - Bethesda Design Web

Educational Gifts Provide Tasteful Alternatives

The Cookie Cupboard has just introduced a complete line of educational gift baskets and gifts that combine the wonder of learning with the tastiness of gourmet cookies, chocolate and candy. - June 10, 2008 - The Elegant Cookie, LLC

EmploymentCrossing Launches Job Site for Counseling Professionals with More Than 3,500 Jobs

EmploymentCrossing, the premier job-opening research institution, has launched CounselingCrossing, a new website dedicated entirely to providing jobs to counseling professionals. The site seeks to list every counseling job opening in the United States by monitoring jobs posted on every job board, career website, and employer homepage its researchers can locate. - June 09, 2008 - EmploymentCrossing

Cortiva Institute Announces Two New Scholarship Funds

Cortiva Institute announces the establishment of two new Scholarship Funds. The program will provide scholarship funds for Massage Therapy education at any of Cortiva Institute schools nationwide. The scholarships will be awarded to promising massage therapy applicants and the selection process... - June 09, 2008 - Cortiva Institute - Schools of Massage Therapy

Four Winners Selected for Brody Scholarship Program at East Carolina University

Winners will be part of class of 2012 at the Brody School of Medicine. - June 08, 2008 - Brody Scholarship Program

What Benjamin Franklin, Budda, and Napolean All Have in Common

New Quote Book by Renowned Author Inspires College Students. - June 06, 2008 - Tawan Perry

Ready, Set, Art - Abrakadoodle to Open in Central Orange County

Abrakadoodle coming to Central Orange County with summer camps starting in July. - June 05, 2008 - Abrakadoodle of Central Orange County

Robot-Led New Hire Orientation: Real Life Solution in Second Life

New Robotic Instructors simulation helps corporate training departments create effective hew hire orientation program in Second Life. - June 05, 2008 - Alex Heiphetz Group, Inc.

Highland Community College Provides Opportunities with New Online Risk Management Program

With an established online campus, Highland Community College will be enhancing its distance learning options with a new online Associate in Applied Science in Risk Management degree. The new risk management program is scheduled to launch its first courses this fall. - June 05, 2008 - The Learning House, Inc.

Sonitrol Pacific Detects Intrusion at School, Four Apprehended

The police department’s swift and substantial response to a call from Sonitrol Pacific led to the arrest of four individuals suspected of breaking into a Washington high school June 1. A highly trained Sonitrol Pacific operator received signal activations from the school and called the... - June 05, 2008 - Sound Security, Inc., dba Sonitrol Pacific

Litchfield Jazz Camp Announces Jazz Production & Recording Engineering Course

Litchfield Jazz Camp (est. 1997), recently featured in Jazz Times, TIME and on CNN, announces a two-week intensive -- Jazz Production and Recording Engineering, to be held from July 6 – 18. The course is taught by Ed Tetreault, Manager of Peabody Conservatory Recording Arts & Sciences, and Paul Bollenback, a world-renowned jazz guitarist who teaches at the New School and Peabody Conservatory. Paul owns a jazz record label – Elefant Dreams. Hands-on seminar for musicians and aspiring engineers. - June 05, 2008 - Litchfield Jazz Festival

Complete all Illinois Continuing Legal Education (CLE) for $299

Lawline.com is offering special Illinois Continuing Legal Education bundles online for attorneys seeking to fulfill their MCLE requirements before the June 30 deadline. - June 04, 2008 - FurtherEd

Carol Carter Blogs About Educational Development and Life Skills

Carol Carter blogs her thoughts and ideas on education, life skills and success. - June 04, 2008 - LifeBound, LLC

StraighterLine Announces Free Textbook Offer

StraighterLine (www.straighterline.com), a new online education solution that provides students a high quality, better supported, and lower cost way to obtain college credits through regionally accredited colleges and universities, has announced it will offer its textbooks for all of its courses... - June 04, 2008 - StraighterLine

A New Approach to IIT-JEE Preparation

Vidyamandir Classes introduce next generation technology powered distance learning Program for IIT-JEE. - June 04, 2008 - 100percentile

NC Students Place Third in Nation at ARML Competition

A team of 15 students from around North Carolina placed third in the nation at the 33rd Annual American Regions Mathematics League (ARML) Meet on Saturday. The North Carolina team, in what the coaches called a “rebuilding” year with an “awfully young” group of students, were somewhat surprised by their outstanding performance. - June 03, 2008 - NC Science Mathematics Technology Education Center

TelSim Software is Now Offering Free Training and Custom Development Services for Its NOAH Technology

TelSim Software is now offering 2 hours free hours of training for new Developer Account holders. Also, TelSim is announcing a new service, custom NOAH development, which gives customers a quick and easy way to professionally NOAHize web site and e-learning projects. - June 03, 2008 - TelSim, Inc

Redesigned Graduate School Directory Eases Graduate School Search Process for Students

As master’s degrees gain popularity due to the current job market, a free, newly redesigned online graduate school resource offers a solution to ease the graduate program search process. GradSchools.com, a service of EducationDynamics, maintains a graduate school directory of more than 60,000 programs from around the world. Students can search graduate programs by field of study, subject, location, institution and even keywords to find the one that best suits them. - June 03, 2008 - Gradschools.com

Turn the City of London Into a Cultural Experience

The Cultural Experience Course in London is a real revolutionary method to study English as a second language. It gives you the chance to leave behind books and dictionaries to enter a linguistic and cultural trip inside museums and art galleries in the city. - June 03, 2008 - Learn Languages Abroad

On Being a Sh*t: Unkind Deeds and Cover-Ups in Everyday Life

Based on years of research, this book reports on the development and testing of a theory of being a sh*t. Inspired by Harry Frankfurt's best-seller, On Bullsh*t. - June 02, 2008 - Jane Gilgun Books

Lifebound Book Translated to Spanish

Spanish-language Study Skills for High School Students to be used in high schools. - June 01, 2008 - LifeBound, LLC

Seward Incorporated Awarded Two Innovation Research Grants

Projects Focus on Enhancing Student Learning through Technology. - June 01, 2008 - Seward Incorporated

Three Suspected Vandals Apprehended After Detection by Sonitrol Pacific

Audio detection technology installed at a Washington middle school captured the sound of three juveniles at the school, allowing sheriff's deputies to arrest the suspects before any damage was done to the school. - June 01, 2008 - Sound Security, Inc., dba Sonitrol Pacific