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Florida Training Academy is Bringing Active Shooter Training to Jacksonville, Florida

Florida Training Academy and the ALICE Training Institute have teamed up to bring ALICE Instructor Training to Jacksonville, Florida on February 23 – 24, 2017. This two day instructor course is designed to teach proactive survival strategies for violent intruder or active shooter incidents. The goal of the ALICE program is to provide individuals with survival-enhancing options for those critical moments in the gap between when a violent situation begins and when law enforcement arrives on scene. - October 26, 2016 - Florida Training Academy

New Children's Book Sparks Curiosity and Encourages Interest in STEAM Subjects

"Ms. Pearl Makes a Discovery" is a new children’s book designed to encourage curiosity and get children excited about learning! Readers will witness the adventures of Ms. Pearl and her animal friends, who all have a special interest in either science, technology, engineering, arts or math. Together, they explore the fascinating world of STEAM while inspiring the reader to recreate some of the amazing experiments performed in the book. - October 24, 2016 - Christina Washington

Rock Brook Student Gets the Job Done

Celebrating National Disability Employment Awareness Month - October 24, 2016 - Rock Brook School

Deadline for Career Step’s National Military Family Association Full-Tuition Scholarship Approaching

Career Step will close the application period for its National Military Family Association scholarship on Monday, October 31. - October 21, 2016 - Career Step

TrustED Launches: New Content Hub and Online News Site for K12 School Leaders

Veteran education journalist joins with K12 Insight to create a new online destination focused on community engagement and technology. - October 18, 2016 - K12 Insight

Peekaboo Faces by Play and Learn with Me Receives 2016 Best of Lafayette Award

Peekaboo Faces by Play and Learn with Me Receives 2016 Best of Lafayette Award in Entertainers and Face Painting Categories. - October 18, 2016 - Play and Learn

Career Step Attends Fifth Annual Military Spouse Employment Partnership Event

Ryan Ewer, Chief Marketing Officer, will represent Career Step at the fifth annual Department of Defense MSEP Partner Meeting in Alexandria, Virginia. - October 14, 2016 - Career Step

Career Step to Launch New Inpatient Auditing Program at AHIMA16 Convention

Career Step will be releasing its new Inpatient Auditing program at the AHIMA16 Convention and Exhibit in Baltimore, Maryland, October 15 through 19. - October 13, 2016 - Career Step

Career Step to Present with Parallon Business Solutions at AHIMA16 Convention

Career Step Vice President, Laurie McBrierty, will be presenting in conjunction with Parallon Business Solutions during the AHIMA16 Convention on transforming inpatient medical coders to auditors. - October 12, 2016 - Career Step

GSGN’s School Lists Skyrocket, Organizing Nigerian Education

With Nigeria’s dramatic spike in population many schools are becoming overburdened and making a move to Nigeria more intimidating than ever. Good Schools Guide Nigeria is here to help. - October 11, 2016 - Good Schools Guide Nigeria

A Plus Program Announces the Launching of a New SAT Prep Evening Class in Boston

A Plus Program has announced the addition of evening SAT Prep classes in Boston to help high school seniors prepare for the SAT test. - October 09, 2016 - ASC Boston

Vretta Receives the Learning and Development Award for the Best Use of Blended Learning to Increase Student Success

It was announced on September 7, 2016 that Vretta Inc. has received the prestigious Brandon Hall Group Excellence in Learning award in the category of Learning And Development for increasing student success using blended learning programmes. Vretta was awarded a bronze award for the Best Use of... - October 08, 2016 - Vretta Inc.

Expii - International Math Talent Search Perfect for Classrooms

The Spirit of Ramanujan Talent Initiative is searching for mathematical talent from all over the world. Give students the opportunity to experience the transformative educational opportunities offered by the Templeton World Charity Foundation. Help students find funding for education by solving... - October 06, 2016 - Expii Inc

Career Step Expands Professional Training Focus with Acquisition of Medic-CE

Career Step announces its acquisition of Medic-CE, one of the largest providers of online continuing education for EMS providers and firefighting professionals, creating the first and only unified solution for EMS continuing education requirements. - October 05, 2016 - Career Step

Grammaropolis Expanding Their Innovative Teaching Method on Kickstarter

Hailed as the Schoolhouse Rock for the 21st Century, Grammaropolis uses animated characters with personalities based on the roles they play in the sentence. - October 05, 2016 - Grammaropolis

Author Chad Reinertson Launches the Business Game Changer "5-Hour MBA"

Chad Reinertson combines the core lessons from top professional MBA programs with successful business practices to deliver the most useful guide for any startup, entrepreneur or small business owner wanting to improve their company. - October 03, 2016 - 5-Hour MBA

5th Wheel Training Proudly Announces a New Admissions Location for Toronto and GTA Area

It is easier than ever for those interested in a career in truck-driving or heavy machinery operation to obtain the training needed for a DZ- or AZ-class license or equipment operation certification. 5th Wheel Training Institute, one of the top commercial vehicle training schools in Ontario, has... - September 30, 2016 - 5th Wheel Training Institute

Kiron and tts Extend Their Partnership

Refugees get a free and comprehensive support package to build competence in Office 2016 and Windows 10. - September 30, 2016 - tts GmbH

Career Step and National Military Family Association Award Third 2016 Military Spouse Scholarship

Career Step is proud to team up with the National Military Family Association to award Shermaine Sampson-Turntine a full tuition scholarship toward its Medical Transcription Editor program. - September 29, 2016 - Career Step

Expii Partners with Edmodo to Offer Personalized Interactive Learning to Students

Expii, Inc. has entered into a strategic agreement with Edmodo to offer single sign on with Edmodo’s credentials on Expii’s personalized learning platform. Expii, a free application that offers personalized learning recommendations, breaks down thousands of math and science topics into... - September 29, 2016 - Expii Inc

Sqoolz is a Sponsoring Partner at the K-12 Conference, Bengaluru

Sqoolz (www.sqoolz.com) is a sponsoring partner at the EdTechReview K-12 Conference held at The Vivanta by Taj, Bangalore on Sept. 23, 2016. Addressing the effective use of education technology by schools, Sqoolz will be talking to school leaders and offer a glimpse of their platform that is being rapidly adopted in India. - September 29, 2016 - Sqoolz

International Math Talent Search Extends Deadline

Expii.com, Emory University, and the Templeton World Charity Foundation are happy to announce that, due to an overwhelming response, they are extending the deadline for the Spirit of Ramanujan Talent Initiative until December 1, 2016. - September 23, 2016 - Expii Inc

Explore Liquid Nitrogen, Homebrew, Cheese, and Bugs at the Museum’s Adult Swim: Science of Eats - Sept 30

Hands On Children’s Museum is once again offering playtime for adults at the museum with Adult Swim: Science of Eats – Friday, Sept 30 from 7-10 p.m. The late night event for adults 21+ is a chance to sample local bites & brews and learn about the science behind the foods we eat. - September 22, 2016 - Hands On Children's Museum

SITA Customers Benefiting from New Training Approach with tts Learning Software

Training hundreds of customers around the world can put the brakes on an otherwise rapid rollout of a new software service. SITA found the solution to this challenge by adopting a new approach to knowledge transfer and creating e-learning objects with tt knowledge force. By the end of the project... - September 21, 2016 - tts GmbH

Tech4Learning Integrates Wixie with Clever

Tech4Learning is making it easier for districts to infuse Wixie into their classroom curriculum by integrating with Clever®. Now schools and districts can automatically provision and securely authenticate Wixie users through the Clever platform. Wixie is a publishing and creativity platform... - September 16, 2016 - Tech4Learning, Inc.

SE3D Awarded Phase Two NSF Grant

SE3D, a company leading innovation in bioscience education and technology, announced today that it has been awarded the Small Business and Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The NSF SBIR grant is awarded to organizations who create innovative... - September 16, 2016 - SE3D

With the New Healthcare Coaching Institute, Virginia Tech Shapes the Next Generation of Industry Leaders

vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2016/08/outreach-cotahealthcarecoaching.html - September 15, 2016 - Pyramid Resource Group

Pittsburgh Startup Aims to Help Teachers and Students

Pittsburgh-based startup, Expii.com is aiming to ease the burden on teachers while making math education fun for students. - September 14, 2016 - Expii Inc

Wasa Kredit Boosts Process Competence Through tts Software tt Performance Suite

Wasa Kredit has been actively working with training and performance support and with the help of the tt performance suite software, the company has now improved significantly in both areas. - September 08, 2016 - tts GmbH

Bright Start Releases Results from It's "International Student Success Program" (ISSP)

Bright Start shows dramatic improvements in student's GPA and behavior. - September 07, 2016 - Gary Surdam

EdTech Company Paperscorer Launches App to Auto-Grade Google Quizzes

In direct response to the massive adoption of Google for Education by US schools, Paperscorer Inc. today launched its Paperscorer app for Google Classroom. Paperscorer enables teachers to generate bubble sheets from Google forms, administer assessments in paper, auto-score assessments with mobile devices and import grades back to their Google accounts. - September 07, 2016 - Paperscorer Inc.

Classical Conversations® Passes 100,000-student Mark

Classical Conversations®’ student enrollment went over the 100,000-student milestone this week, making it one of the largest homeschooling organizations in the world. - September 04, 2016 - Classical Conversations Inc.

Phoenix Comicon 2016 Brings in Record $64,000 for KNTR

Kids Need to Read (KNTR) received proceeds totaling $64,000 raised during Phoenix Comicon 2016. This is the seventh year the convention has supported KNTR and its literacy programs for disadvantaged children. - September 03, 2016 - Kids Need to Read

Tech4Learning Updates Pics4Learning Image Library for New Devices

Tech4Learning has rebuilt its popular Pics4Learning image library to better support student project work on new devices. The new interface makes it easier to find and save images for use in student projects on a wide range of devices, including handheld phones, tablets, and large screen... - September 03, 2016 - Tech4Learning, Inc.

School Supply Sponsorship Program to Benefit Louisiana Students Following Historic Flooding

In response to the historic flooding in Louisiana, Educational Products, Inc., the leader in prepackaged school supply programs, has initiated the Louisiana Flood Relief School Supply Sponsorship Program as part of a national effort to provide relief for the victims of flooding. EPI has teamed up with the Louisiana Association of United Ways to offer individuals the opportunity to sponsor $15 school supply packs. For every 5 packs purchased online, EPI will donate 1 pack to the relief effort. - September 03, 2016 - Educational Products, Inc.

ACLS Certification Institute Offers Group Discounts for Its Accredited Online Curriculum

ACLS Certification Institute offers group discounts for those training at least five individuals for ACLS, BLS, PALS, and NRP certifications. - September 01, 2016 - ACLS Certification Institute

Thriving Brain Foundation Presents Event to Help Children with Auditory Processing Disorder

Leading experts gather to share information on how to assess, diagnose, remediate and accommodate auditory processing disorder. - September 01, 2016 - Thriving Brain Foundation

Tutoring Chicago Announces Third Location and Expanded Volunteer Recruitment Efforts to Support Continued Growth

Near-west side tutoring site will be open in time for the 2016-17 school year; will accommodate 120 economically disadvantaged students. - August 31, 2016 - Tutoring Chicago

Career Step Named to the Inc. 5000 List of the Fastest Growing Companies Nationwide

Career Step is pleased to announce that it has been included in the prestigious Inc. 5000 list, which ranks the fastest growing, private companies in the nation, for the eighth time in the company’s history. - August 31, 2016 - Career Step

Places4Students.com Partners with Niagara College Student Administrative Council to Provide Off-Campus Housing Solutions

Niagara College Student Administrative council has launched a new off-campus student housing service in the Niagara Region. - August 24, 2016 - Places4Students

Club Z! In-Home Tutoring Opens for Business in East Cobb, Sandy Springs and Dunwoody

Club Z! In-Home Tutoring Services, the nation’s fastest growing in-home tutoring company, has opened branches in East Cobb, Sandy Springs and Dunwoody. Club Z! provides high quality, individualized tutoring to students in the security of their homes, at times convenient to parents. - August 23, 2016 - Club Z! In-Home Tutoring Service

Zarantech Unveils Three New IT Courses

ZaranTech LLC, a leading online learning destination which provides unique learning platform to train freshers and working professionals who are looking for career enhancement through certification courses. ZaranTech LLC recently launched three new trending courses TOGAF, Tableau 10.1 and Workday HCM. - August 21, 2016 - ZaranTech

10th Annual Scottsdale College Fair

On October 22nd, 2016 from 1:00-3:00pm, The Scottsdale College Fair Foundation will bring 100+ colleges and universities from around the world to Desert Mountain High School. The Scottsdale College Fair gives students and parents the chance to converse with college representatives and gather additional information on admissions and financial aid. Info on their scholarship program will also be at the fair. Free to the public to attend. scottsdalecf.com - August 18, 2016 - Scottdale College Fair

RFT: Reports on Russian Trade with Asian Countries in Q1 2016

Though Russia's trade with Asian countries did not show the significant positive dynamics in the 1st quarter of 2016, Asia is still viewed by Russia as a very promising partner. - August 17, 2016 - Russian Foreign Trade

Learn from the Best Announces a New Partnership with The King's College

The leading expert in the test prep industry, Learn From The Best, recently announced its partnership with The King’s College to host a comprehensive 10-week GRE course at the school for both students and the public. It is scheduled for Thursdays from 6:45 to 9:15 pm, beginning on September... - August 13, 2016 - Learn From The Best

Code3 CME to Exhibit at the IAFC’s FRI 2016 Conference August 19 Through 20

Code3 CME, a Career Step company, will be exhibiting in booth 34107 at the International Association of Fire Chiefs Annual Conference and Expo Fire-Rescue International 2016 conference in San Antonio August 19 through 20. - August 12, 2016 - Career Step

SUNY Schenectady County Community College Establishes a New Agreement with Bellevue University

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