Report on Educational Trends Released

  The National School Supply and Equipment Association (NSSEA) has just released its annual supplement to Tidings magazine -- The State of the School Market. The publication provides news and data that may help all NSSEA members make well-informed business decisions by keeping them up-to-date on the trends and statistics in the education industry. This year's report includes the enrollment boom, finding funding, the teacher shortage, public school alternatives, school violence, educational technology and school construction. In addition, there are special sections on trends in reading and writing, the home school market and the education market in Australia.

Copies are free of cost to NSSEA's member companies. Non-members may purchase a copy for $99. National School Supply & Equipment Association, Silver Spring, MD, (800) 395-5550, www.nssea.org.

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