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PhD or Masters Degree - Getting Help When Most Needed

According to a study by the National Science Foundation (www.nsf.gov) only 45 percent of the students entering doctoral programs successfully finish and receive their degrees. Many of those students fund their graduate journey with enormous student loans—in some cases, well in excess of... - June 30, 2007 - KoeppCorp

Partnership Forged Between Prenap And Peah, LLC

Developer of Educational Software Partners with National Home School Organization - June 30, 2007 - Prenap

Barbara C. Sias Inducted into Metropolitan Who's Who Executive and Professional Registry

The Metropolitan Who’s Who Registry of Executives and Professionals recognizes Barbara C. Sias, Individualized Education Plan Specialist for Albuquerque Public Schools, for showing dedication, leadership and excellence in all aspects of education. Ms. Sias has an impressive background in... - June 30, 2007 - Cambridge Who's Who

North Carolina Education Ball to be Featured on ABC11

Thirty minute special to highlight work of CISNC - June 30, 2007 - Communities in Schools of NC

STA Travel and VisaHQ.com Announce Exclusive Visa Services Partnership

STA Travel, Inc. and VisaHQ.com, Inc. announce a new partnership, which makes VisaHQ.com the exclusive visa services provider for STA Travel. The new service becomes available today at http://statravel.visaheadquarters.com/visas.php. - June 29, 2007 - VisaHQ.com

How Knowledge Management Can Make Your Educational Institutes e-Literate

cyn.in releases a comprehensive document on how Knowledge Management can help Educational Institutes achieve optimum standards in the educational domain. It lists what requirements a KM must fulfill to satisfactorily manage all the Knowledge Management requirements of an Educational Institutes. - June 28, 2007 - Cynapse

BMG India announces, IEMA accredited, ISO 14001:2004 Lead Auditors Training in Mumbai.

ISO 14001 (Environment Management System) assists organizations to be more eco-efficient, proactively manage their environmental impacts with the purpose to prevent pollution, conserve resources and continually improve. thus being more responsible to the global community. An effective and robust EMS can assist organizations in an integrated approach to economic growth, improved environmental performance and social welfare. - June 28, 2007 - BMGI India

The New Art Institute of California – Sacramento to Begin Offering Classes in October 2007

The Art Institutes today announced the addition of The Art Institute of California – Sacramento to its system of schools. - June 27, 2007 - Education Management Corporation

Reducing Healthcare Disparities by Serving the Under Served Communities

Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science to be Featured in a Story on The Profiles Series - June 26, 2007 - Profiles Production LLC

Trinity Academy of Raleigh Hosts Society of Classical Learning Annual Conference

Dr. Robert Littlejohn, head of school at Trinity Academy of Raleigh, a K-12 college preparatory school community located in North Raleigh, has announced that the school will host the 2007 Society of Classical Learning Conference June 28-30 at the Sheraton Raleigh Hotel at 421 S. Salisbury St. in... - June 25, 2007 - Trinity Academy of Raleigh

Educational Fair 2007

The Education Station's Annual Educational Fair will take place on Wednesday, July 18th, 2007, at the Springdale store. - June 25, 2007 - The Education Station

Kids Cook at Camp This Summer

Kids cooking is exploding in popularity. Learning how to cook and eat well is not only fun, but imperative. Parents can learn how to locate kids cooking opportunities in their areas. - June 25, 2007 - Teach Kids to Cook

YOUniversal Results - Self Improvement Company with an Edge

YOUniversal Results is not like most Self Improvement and Motivational Training companies. YOUniversal Results helps people reach their goals through education, motivation, behavioral changes and support. The difference is that YOUniversal Results does this with an emphasis on getting MAD; Motivated, Active and Determined. The responsibility and accountability for success is placed firmly on the individual. This is not for the faint of heart. - June 25, 2007 - YOUniversal Results

Shaw Fund Grant Secures a Sustainable Future for School Garden in Bayview

The Shaw Fund announces it’s continuing support for the educational garden at Willie Brown Jr. Academy, with a $45,000 grant. The Willie Brown Jr. Academy school garden features over 20 raised beds of vegetables, fruit and flowers. All fourth, fifth and sixth grade students participate in a... - June 24, 2007 - Shaw Fund

Faith-Based Family Support Program to be Featured on Next Episode of The Profiles Series

Focus on the Family announced today that its organization will be featured on the next airing of The Profiles Series, hosted by Lou Gosset, Jr. The family-friendly series will be broadcast on cable networks nationwide Wednesday, June 27, 2007. The award-winning program will take viewers on a... - June 24, 2007 - Profiles Production LLC

Education Institution for Students with Learing Disabilities to be Featured on The Profiles Series

Beacon College, the only accredited 4-year education institution in the country for learning-disables students, will be chronicled on the The Profiles Series Wednesday, June 27, 2007 on cable networks nationwide. The college, founded in 1989, was the idea of a group of concerned parents passionate... - June 24, 2007 - Profiles Production LLC

Now Parents Need Not Be a Language Expert to Teach Their Children Spanish

Can parents teach their child Spanish without knowing the language themselves? Yes they can through Allbilingual's program. Bridge S.A. will make this a reality to Singaporean and Asians. - June 24, 2007 - Bridge S.A.

Training Simulation That Works - In Second Life

How many times have you seen a project hit a brick wall of teams’ inability to work together: from mild cases of overblown ego and tug-of-war to vicious in-fighting? New training simulation, created by Delta L in Second Life reveals team compatibility problems in advance, and helps team members to learn by working together on a task. The working demo of the simulation is available in Second Life on Education Island. - June 23, 2007 - Delta L Training

Countdown to September Launch of International Online Phonics Synthetic Programme

Debbie Hepplewhite today confirmed that her new International Online Synthetic Phonics Program was on schedule for its September 3rd Launch. - June 23, 2007 - SyntheticPhonics.com

Trinity Academy Of Raleigh Announces Dates for Technology-Based Summer Camp

Dr. Robert Littlejohn, head of school of Trinity Academy of Raleigh, a K-12 college preparatory school community located in North Raleigh, has announced dates for the Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science (IMACS) summer camp, a weeklong technology-based program hosted by Trinity Academy of... - June 21, 2007 - Trinity Academy of Raleigh

Montessori Concepts Offers Low Price Guarantee: Company Offers High Quality Products at Fraction of Competitors’ Prices

Montessori Concepts, a family-owned and operated leader in high-quality, low-cost Montessori materials announces its summer sale, through July 31st, along with its continued low price guarantee. Montessori Concepts was founded with the goal of making Montessori materials accessible to everyone. ... - June 21, 2007 - Montessori Concepts

Accelerated Growth Spurs Emantras Expansion in Chennai, India

US based Emantras Inc, an ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 27001:2005 (information security standard) certified company and Digital Education solutions pioneer announced the setting up of its second state of art development centre in Chennai, India. Emantras specializes in content creation and delivery... - June 21, 2007 - Emantras

Dentists Go Above and Beyond Dental Continuing Education Requirements: The Wealthy Dentist Survey Results

Dentists Go Above and Beyond Dental Continuing Education Requirements: The Wealthy Dentist Survey Results

Dentists take far more dental continuing education courses than required, according to a survey conducted by The Wealthy Dentist. The 75 hours a year survey respondents reported spending on dental C.E. classes is far more than the approximately 20 annual hours required by most state dental boards. - June 19, 2007 - The Wealthy Dentist

New Online Course Gives Small Business Owners Financial Tools to Succeed

Best-selling author teaches entrepreneurs crucial skills, thinking, attitude - June 18, 2007 - Journey To Wholeness

Trinity Academy Of Raleigh Head Of School Delivers Keynote Speech At The Geneva School

Trinity Academy of Raleigh, a K-12 college preparatory school community located in North Raleigh, has announced that its head of school, Dr. Robert Littlejohn, was selected as the keynote speaker for The Geneva School’s 2007 graduation ceremony held on May 25 in Winter Park, Fla. Dr. - June 18, 2007 - Trinity Academy of Raleigh

Medical Career Prep Provides Free Training for Potential Coding & Billing Specialist

Medical Career Prep (MCP) offers a free certification level Medical Terminology for Coders course to 200 registrants during the first seven days of each month. - June 17, 2007 - Medical Career Prep

North Carolina Education Ball to Be Held at Progress Energy Center for Performing Arts on June 16th

Business Leaders, State Officials and Community Leaders Gather to Support Communities In Schools and Help Lower the NC Drop-Out Rate - June 16, 2007 - Communities in Schools of NC

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Helps Affiliates Pay for Early Childhood Literacy Program

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Helps Affiliates Pay for Early Childhood Literacy Program

Innovative Program Gives 10 Percent of Sales Back to Local Communities to Support Dolly's Imagination Library which promotes Early Childhood Literacy. - June 14, 2007 - Dolly Parton's Imagination Library

Children's Book Written for Children on the Perils of Child Molestation

Children's Book Written for Children on the Perils of Child Molestation

Mi-Leing teaches children, who have been victimized by sexual abuse (or have potential to become so), with an instructive story on how to break the silence, and bring an end to this wide-spread unspoken violation. The story is written in the manner of a fairy-tale, and in the style of Dr. Seuss. - June 14, 2007 - Mi-Leing

CJPS Enterprises Supports Oakland University’s Breakthrough College Education Program

CJPS Enterprises LLC joins forces with a distinguished list of visionary companies who are demonstrating their commitment to building the talent for Michigan’s future by supporting Oakland University’s ATiB (Applied Technology in Business) program. - June 14, 2007 - CJPS Enterprises

Business Institute of Texas – Challenging The System of Traditional Learning.

Business Institute Of Texas is a non-accredited presentation / lecture web portal that teaches basic business principles to individuals regardless of their educational background. The mini 4 hour business courses are presented over the internet, in a self pace (take up to 30 days to complete)... - June 14, 2007 - Business Institute Of Texas

New Top Kids Websites Named by The Ratings Guy

New Top Kids Websites Named by The Ratings Guy

Quickly find trusted websites for kids, from learning to skills development, reading, games, fun facts and "how stuff works," combined with news and great stuff about animals and the outdoors. Summer computer time is an adventure with trusted sites selected by The RatingsGuy. - June 13, 2007 - The Ratings Guy

Search for Truth and Understanding Leads to New Book

Search for Truth and Understanding Leads to New Book

Reginald W. Davis aims to answer the question, “With all the different thoughts, beliefs, religions, and sciences, how do you know what path to follow in order to find self-actualization and spiritual-fulfillment?” - June 12, 2007 - Rexology Press

1Z0-043: OCP DBA 10g Certification Practice Test Launched by uCertify

uCertify today released its practice test for 1Z0-043: Oracle Database 10g: Administration II certification exam. Oracle's OCP DBA 10g is an advanced certification exam that measures a professional’s skills in implementing and managing Oracle 10g database. David, Director Product... - June 10, 2007 - uCertify

The Ophelia Project Offers Summer "Girl-Talk" Sessions

Tuesdays in June and July will be a time to share, care and have fun. - June 10, 2007 - The Ophelia Project of Erie

Offshore Online Tuitions Company Announces ACT Preparation Programs

Etutelage, a fast growing offshore online tuitions company announced ACT preparation packages for students all across USA. The intensive study packages include personalized, live sessions with ACT experts to enable students achieve their target scores in the ACT in September. - June 09, 2007 - Etutelage Eduservices

Western Asset Management Deploys KESDEE’s Financial E-learning Courses Through GeoLearning's Hosted LMS Suite

Western Asset Management, a Premier fixed income manager implements the GeoExpress(tm) on-demand LMS platform to deliver finance training programs from KESDEE. - June 08, 2007 - KESDEE Inc.

Revealing the Secrets of Google 2.0 with the Help of WhiteSmoke Software

Revealing the Secrets of Google 2.0 with the Help of WhiteSmoke Software

Using the right words is the key to productive searching. WhiteSmoke helps you find the relevant keywords with its wide synonyms finder. - June 07, 2007 - WhiteSmoke

The Ophelia Project Opens Registration for Relational Aggression Seminar

The Ophelia Project has opened registration for “It Has a Name: Relational Aggression,” a one-day seminar to take place Friday, Oct. 19 at the Ambassador Banquet and Conference Center in Erie, Pa. The educational event offers workshops in relational aggression, cyberbullying,... - June 07, 2007 - The Ophelia Project

Private Tutoring is Becoming More Popular as Children Struggle to Meet Exam Grades and Turn to Individual Tuition to Meet School Standards

School children who are not achieving the minimum test standards at school have new hope from individual tuition from a tutor who lives in with the family and designs a tailored tutoring programme to meet the child’s educational needs. - June 07, 2007 - Tutors International

Voice Actor Discovers the Global Slave Trade

When voice over artist, Nikki Saco, auditioned for a role in Robert Marcarelli's documentary, Not for Sale, she knew slavery existed, but believed it was an isolated problem in a remote part of the world. "I now know the problem is neither isolated nor remote," Saco said in response to an email about the project. Not for sale - The Documentary, was released to DVD on April 27, 2007 and is available through NotForSaleCampaign.Org. - June 06, 2007 - NikkiSaco.Com

The Mrytle Beach Herald Achieves Another First

The Myrtle Beach Herald, one the Southeast’s most progressive newspapers, has become the first U.S. news publication to assign UV scores to its news stories and columns. What is a UV score, and what is its purpose? UV stands for Understanding Value, an innovation of Understanding... - June 06, 2007 - Understanding Corporation

Incredible Cost-Saving Opportunity for School Districts, Local Education Authorities and Ministries of Education, Worldwide

Leading Print Management Software Company, Software Shelf, Makes Group Licenses Available to the Education Sector - June 06, 2007 - Software Shelf International, Inc

TERI to Educate School Children under the “Yamuna Action Plan Phase - 2”

A multi-dimensional campaign-cum-action program on health, hygiene, and sanitation launched in schools of Gurgaon, Sonepat, and Panipat to bring about greater awareness and create interest and concern for environment - June 03, 2007 - The Energy and Resources Institute

Expert Certified Professional Organizer and Coach Offers Summer “Kid Organizing” Classes for Middle School Children – A Helpful Solution For Parents and Children

Clear Aim Marketing and Organizing, LLC has announced that they will be offering another “Kid Organizing 101” class. The class will begin on Wednesday, August 15, 2007 and meet for two weeks from 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm. The class will be held at Brookdale Community College located in... - June 02, 2007 - Clear Aim Marketing & Organizing, LLC

URateStuff Launches June 1st Spreading the Wealth Among its Customers

URateStuff Launches June 1st Spreading the Wealth Among its Customers

URateStuff is a product review site that will revolutionize the way products are bought and sold. Consumers are given more power by not only being able to rate other consumer reviews but by also choosing which products to write about. The number of positive rankings by the URateStuff community... - June 01, 2007 - URateStuff International

CrossTec SchoolVue v9 Extends Student PC Lab Management and Control Functionality

New printer, web and USB controls, along with Vista and enhanced wireless support, provide superior student PC management - June 01, 2007 - CrossTec Corporation

Beverly Jo Keeney-Kowalski Named Metropolitan Who’s Who Honored Member in Education

Beverly Jo Keeney-Kowalski, Kindergarten Teacher for Belleview Christian School, has been Named Metropolitan Who’s Who Honored Member in Education. While inclusion in Metropolitan Who’s Who is an honor in itself, the Metropolitan Who’s Who selection committee hand picks these... - June 01, 2007 - Cambridge Who's Who

Trinity Academy of Raleigh Delivers Donations to Local Children’s Hospital

Dr. Robert Littlejohn, headmaster of Trinity Academy of Raleigh, a K-12 college preparatory school community located in North Raleigh, has announced that the school has donated all items collected during its Will Power Outreach Program to the North Carolina Children’s Hospital. Donations,... - May 31, 2007 - Trinity Academy of Raleigh

Friends of Oak Park Schools Pledges $100,000 to Benefit Oak Park Schools

Friends of Oak Park Schools has announced that it will be presenting a check for $100,000 to the Oak Park Unified School District for the benefit of the children within the Oak Park Schools, at their June 12th Board Meeting. "On the heels of our $60,000 donation last year, which contributed... - May 31, 2007 - Friends of Oak Park Schools

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