PRWeb: Education K-12

New Pornography-Detection Tool Makes It Difficult for Sex Offenders and Teens to Hide Pornography

SurfRecon, a new rapid-image-analysis tool, is now available to law enforcement, parents, business owners, and schools. The highly-mobile and easy-to-use tool can quickly find pornography on almost any computer system. (PRWeb Jul 9, 2008)

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MyProjectorLamps.com 2.0 Adds Discount Accounts and a New Look

Projector lamp retailer MyProjectorLamps.com launches updated website that includes new features such as a sleek new look, discount accounts, projector lamp information and a projector lamp FAQ. (PRWeb Jul 9, 2008)

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Nashville Music Industry Makes Noise! with Muzak Heart & Soul Foundation

Music Industry Professionals Partner with Muzak Heart & Soul Foundation to Inspire the Next Generation (PRWeb Jul 9, 2008)

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DANCE-OPOLY Tours the Dance Competition and Convention Circuit Looking for High Rollers; U.S. National Tour to Officially Launch the New Must-Have Gift for Dancers

Dancer 4 Life Productions announced a National Competition and Convention Tour for the NEW Dance-Opoly game that hit the dance world this year. The educational and entertaining board game will be introduced to thousands this summer via an event tour from NY to Las Vegas. The game is expected to become the leading gift for dancers nationwide as the tour hits this July. (PRWeb Jul 8, 2008)

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Pink Moon Elegant Affair Celebrates and Honors 100 Years of Alpha Kappa Alpha by Presenting the Most Anticipated Charity Event of The Weekend on July 12, 2008

Pink Moon will raise money with elegance and style that represents the charitable work of this reverenced sorority has provided to the community for 100 years. Proceeds from this event will be donated to three worthy foundations;The Alpha Kappa Alpha Educational Advancement Foundation (EAF), The Mya Arts And Technology Foundation and The Grant My Wish Foundation. (PRWeb Jul 8, 2008)

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Anti-Tobacco Campaign Tests Lung Capacity, Determination and Tobacco Awareness in 'Miley Mania Adventure'

Pop culture, anti-tobacco awareness and physical endurance merged last Friday in The TRUTH's 'Miley Mania Adventure' in Salt Lake City. Utah's smoking rates are the lowest in the nation, thirty-eight percent fewer high school students smoke today than they did in the early days of the state-wide The TRUTH campaign in 1999. The campaign's youth-focused efforts continue to help drive smoking rates down in Utah thanks, in part, to events like last week's "Miley Mania Adventure" in Salt Lake City. (PRWeb Jul 7, 2008)

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M&A Technology Announces a Strategic Partnership with GoKnow

M&A Technology, leading provider of technology products, announces a strategic partnership with GoKnow, a leader in educational software. As part of this agreement, GoKnow will customize their Mobile Learning Environment (MLE) to the Companion PC in order to deliver a complete solution to harness the power of mobile computing in the classroom. With MLE, teachers can transfer their existing curriculum into the Companion PC and monitor the progress of students throughout the school year. (PRWeb Jul 7, 2008)

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SimpleTuition Connects Quarter of a Million Student Loan Borrowers to Lenders So Far in 2008 : Website Has Potentially Facilitated As Much As $1.2 Billion in Smarter College Borrowing in 2008

SimpleTuition, the leading student loan comparison site for personalized student loan research, today announced at the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) conference that the company’s award-winning website (www.simpletuition.com) has connected more than 250,000 student and parent borrowers to lenders year to date in 2008, on target to reach 750,000 for the year from 2 million visitors. In aggregate, year-to-date activity represents nearly $1.2 billion dollars in prospective borrowing. (PRWeb Jul 7, 2008)

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Digication Partners with Whipplehill to Provide e-Portfolios for Independent Schools: Partnership Enables Schools to Integrate e-Portfolios with Whipplehill's Solutions

Digication™ Inc., a leading provider of e-Portfolios, today announced that it has partnered with Whipplehill Communications, Inc., the leader in independent school software systems, to provide its customers with e-Portfolios for students and teachers to showcase work, collaborate on projects and prepare for college admissions. (PRWeb Jul 7, 2008)

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New TV Show Teaches English to Children of the World

Imagine Island, developed and produced by Imagine Learning, Inc. and BYU-TV International, aims to make English learning fun and rewarding for children around the world. (PRWeb Jul 5, 2008)

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Mom Central Radio Goes Live Powered By BAM

Popular parenting site adds Body, Mind and Child podcasts to offerings. (PRWeb Jul 4, 2008)

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24 Protect Plus Provides Tips to Keep Kids Safe Having Fun While Bike Riding

24 Protect Plus Reminds Members of the Importance of Overall Bicycle Safety (PRWeb Jul 3, 2008)

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Kathryn Hill New Colorado Historical Society COO and Colorado History Museum Director

The Colorado Historical Society hired Kathryn Hill as its new Chief Operating Officer and Director of the Colorado History Museum. Hill brings more than 20 years of museum experience from working for some of the country's most notable cultural institutions, including the Field Museum, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, the Newseum and the High Museum of Art. She will help focus on developing the vision, exhibits and programs for the new Colorado History Museum, which is slated to open in 2012. (PRWeb Jul 3, 2008)

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Monitoring Child Online Activity: A "Necessary Evil" of 21st Century Parenting

Co-Founder of PC Pandora monitoring software looks at the bad stigma associated with monitoring computer activity and why it is an essential part of parenting in the Internet age. (PRWeb Jul 3, 2008)

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Lchinese Announces Learn Chinese 2008 Software for Schools and Universities

Learn Chinese 2008 is an innovative software product that helps educational institutions develop richer Chinese programs by promoting autonomous learning as a complementary tool to teacher's lesson in class. (PRWeb Jul 3, 2008)

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Schoolwires Unveils Clubschoolio?, an Exclusive Online Client Community

Growing Client Base Comes Together Through Online Sharing of Information, Resources and Best Practices (PRWeb Jul 2, 2008)

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Foundations School Community Announces the Launch of a Landmark Anti-Bullying Curriculum for Fall, 2008

Effective with the Fall, 2008 semester, Foundations School Community, a private progressive kindergarten-through-middle school in Van Nuys, will offer an unprecedented “anti-bullying” curriculum that focuses on prevention of the problem rather than dealing with its unfortunate aftermath. (PRWeb Jul 2, 2008)

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IRDF Funded School Student Wins a Spot on the India Team for the 2008 Beijing Olympics

India Rural Development Fund (IRDF) announced today that Pranitha, a student from its grant partner - Rural Development Foundation (RDF) schools in India, won a spot on the Indian Olympic Archery team. (PRWeb Jul 2, 2008)

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ABCTE Celebrates its 1,000th Certification: Traci Brown

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Texas Education Agency Chooses Academy of READING to Improve Reading Ability for Students in Grades 4-8

AutoSkill to provide intensive, targeted reading intervention for state's struggling young readers. (PRWeb Jul 1, 2008)

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Schoolwires Debuts Centricity? at NECC: First and Only Strategic Solutions for Connecting K-12 Communities

Centricity™ Combines Website Management, Community Management and Web 2.0 Collaboration/Communication Tools to Connect K-12 Communities (PRWeb Jul 1, 2008)

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On July 1st, SkyMall Brings "Antimal House", The Reinvention of the Ant Farm to the Jet Set

Antimal House announces its new line of themed ant gel habitats now available from SkyMall, the in-flight consumer products catalog carried on all major domestic airlines. (PRWeb Jul 1, 2008)

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Rapid Responder Receives First Endorsement for a Crisis Management System from the National Sheriffs? Association

The Rapid Responder® crisis management solution from Prepared Response, Inc. has received official endorsement from the National Sheriffs’ Association. This endorsement signifies that the National Sheriffs’ Association has thoroughly reviewed the company and the solution, and verified Rapid Responder’s effectiveness during emergencies through client and first responder interviews. (PRWeb Jul 1, 2008)

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Rapid Resources Helps At-risk Middle School Students in Boone County Make Transition to High School

Middle school students have a hard time adjusting from the single-teacher environment of elementary school to a middle school day with multiple teachers and subjects. Rapid Resources is being used by Boone County Schools in Kentucky to create individual learning plans for at-risk middle school students having a hard time with the transition. (PRWeb Jun 30, 2008)

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AutoSkill Takes Academy of READING to the Next Level With Response to Intervention Package

First Web-Based RtI Solution Combining Management Tool, Intervention Program and Professional Development Debuts at 2008 National Educational Computing Conference. (PRWeb Jun 30, 2008)

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SAM Learning Brings Successful U.K. Program to U.S. High Schools

According to data reported in Diplomas Count 2008 from Education Week, 1.23 million students will fail to graduate in 2008. A U.K. company, SAM Learning, is bringing its successful web-based learning program to the U.S. to help students prepare for High School Exit Exams (HSEE) and, hopefully, stem the tide. (PRWeb Jun 30, 2008)

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Resiligence Releases the Revolutionary Emergency Prevention "Tipformation" Software as a Service at IACLEA'S 50th Annual Conference in June 2008

Tipformation is a web-based tip-line that collects tips from members of the campus community and sends it to Campus Police for resolution. (PRWeb Jun 30, 2008)

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SageWalk Introduces Specialized Treatment Groups for Girls in Recovery

All-girls substance abuse group splits in two to provide more in-depth, individualized treatment to girls at every stage in the recovery process. (PRWeb Jun 30, 2008)

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Habbo Joins Forces with the Matthew Shepard Foundation to "Erase Hate" Among Teens

New partnership will provide an opportunity to teach teens about dignity and respect. (PRWeb Jun 30, 2008)

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MINDsprinting Rescues Students from 'Summer Amnesia' with Free Tutoring Programs

MINDsprinting (www.mindsprinting.com), the nation's premier online provider of FREE, K-12 math and reading directed worksheet tutoring programs, proudly announces its nationwide effort to help students avoid 'Summer Amnesia' where children lose academic ground and fall dangerously behind in math and reading. MINDsprinting offers a solution to this nationwide problem with its suite of FREE services, which include: comprehensive diagnostic Assessment Tests; learning programs tailored to the individual student; and 2 math programs - one of which, its unique State Standards Math program, addresses all of the skills students are required to know for their state's annual proficiency exam (there are over 50 different programs). This FREE tutoring would typically cost over $2,000 annually from tutoring centers like Kumon, without a program aligned with your state's requirements. (PRWeb Jun 30, 2008)

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K-12 Schools Can Maximize Technology Budgets and Enhance Educational Value with Printing Solutions from OKI Data Americas; Company Showcases Customized Industry Solutions at NECC : The Company Also Brings Its Passion for Partnership to NECC Donating Five Dollars to the Fight against Breast Cancer for Every Attendee Photo Taken with the 1955 "Twin Sister" Pink Cadillac

At the 2008 National Educational Computing Conference (NECC) in San Antonio, OKI Data Americas, which markets its products under the OKI® Printing Solutions brand, showcased its full line of printers, multifunction printers (MFP) and customized printing solutions that help K-12 administrators’ maximize technology budgets and achieve a lower cost of ownership. The company’s booth highlighted several key trends in the education industry by displaying their new A4 color printers that bring affordable color printing to the classroom and better stimulate students’ learning; Color Access Policy Manager that helps administrators’ manage printing costs; and Managed Services for Education program, which saves schools up to 38%1 on overall printing costs. (PRWeb Jun 30, 2008)

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K-12 Schools Have Potential to Save 38%1 on Overall Printing Costs : OKI Data Americas offers tips for schools to maximize technology budgets; Westbury School District expected to save more than $1 million in five years with Managed Services for Education program

Maximizing a technology budget is essential in the K-12 education environment, and school administrators must manage shrinking budgets while keeping a focus on return on investment (ROI) and a commitment to continually enhancing the quality of education. OKI Data Americas, which markets its products under the OKI® Printing Solutions brand, revealed cost-savings results from the company’s Managed Services for Education program, a consultative approach to helping schools better understand and manage their printing activity. (PRWeb Jun 30, 2008)

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BrainX Announces Results of a Pilot Program to Improve Exam Scores on the CAHSEE (California High School Exit Exam) : Orange Unified School District Rates for At-Risk Students Passing the Math Section of the CAHSEE Jumped From an Average of 50% to 89% for Participating Students Using the BrainX Learning Solution

In a determined effort to improve the pass rate of English language learner students on the California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE), educators at Orange Unified School District in California investigated various ways in which they might significantly raise student achievement levels for this at-risk population of students. Results from their pilot implementation of the BrainX learning solution indicate that this research-backed approach may be doing just that. English learners are defined as those students who are not yet fluent in English. Statewide these students make up the majority of students who fail the CAHSEE. (PRWeb Jun 30, 2008)

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VIP Tone's EduTone Gateway Connects Schools with Content Providers

VIP Tone launches the EduTone Xchange™ partner program. (PRWeb Jun 30, 2008)

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VIP Tone Acquires Web 2.0 Website for Teachers

Today VIP Tone announced the acquisition of WeTheTeachers.com (WeTheTeachers), a Web 2.0 social networking and educational content sharing website for teachers. WeTheTeachers.com allows teachers from all over the world to search its database by subject area and grade level and to download lessons, educational resources and tools for free. It provides tools for its users to author, store and share educational content and best practices. Members can rate and discuss each other's content and can work collaboratively across the globe through special interest groups and discussion forums. (PRWeb Jun 30, 2008)

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The "Antimal House" Ant Farm Takes a Family Favorite into the Next Generation

With the launch of its new website, "Antimal House" introduces its new line of sports & lifestyle-themed ant gel habitats. (PRWeb Jun 27, 2008)

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Organic Day Nursery and Nature Nursery Join Forces to Spread the Word on Greener Children's Day Nurseries & Nursery Schools across the UK

How Green Is Your Nursery? That was the workshop presented by Eileen Colts-Tegg and Pamela Dori-Bishop at the NDNA Annual Conference & Awards in Manchester. (PRWeb Jun 27, 2008)

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Educate Online Launches, Dedicated to Improving Student Achievement, Building Academic Confidence

New education company has roots as supplemental educational services provider with proven success in improving student achievement. (PRWeb Jun 26, 2008)

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New Company Aims to Boost Elementary Student's Interest in Science, Prepare for Future Careers

Recent studies show American students scoring lower on science and math exams, and that teachers spend anywhere from two to no hours a week on science education, due to the national emphasis on No Child Left Behind. To fill the void, Mini Me Geology (www.MiniMeGeology.com) has created a unique blend of fun and learning for children by launching a one-stop geology education shop. Mini Me Geology is a website where children, parents and educators can come to learn not only about great rocks and minerals but also receive free information about the science of geology. The site offers rock and mineral samples from around the world and kits not available anywhere else, project ideas and curriculum for the class or home, "Ask a Geologist", an interactive site with games and puzzles to encourage learning, Rockland Gazette newsletter, and more. (PRWeb Jun 26, 2008)

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International Narconon Network Delivers for UN Anti-Drug Abuse Day

From Los Angeles to Atlanta, Cape Town to Moscow, Mexico City to Bruxelles, Narconon staff and volunteers are delivering drug education talks or creating public awareness events on and around June 26th, the UN International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. With these events, Narconon staff, many being graduates of the Narconon social model drug rehabilitation program, celebrate the year's accomplishment of providing presentations to more than one million youth worldwide. (PRWeb Jun 26, 2008)

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