News Briefs

  • 09/13/06

News Briefs

Online Professional Development Resource Launched for Arkansas Educators

The Arkansas Educational Television Network (AETN), Arkansas Department of Education (ADE), and PBS TeacherLine recently launched Arkansas IDEAS, an online professional development resource for Arkansas educators designed to enhance teachers’ content knowledge and instructional skills…

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Virco Classroom Makeover Gives a Boost to Michigan School

School principals are always delighted to hear they’ve been chosen to receive a Classroom Makeover. But the news is even better when the winning school is located in a state that’s been hit hard by education funding cuts…

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TeachingBooks.net Brings Books to Life for Chicago Public Schools

TeachingBooks.net will provide more than 425,000 Chicago Public School students with online access to an expanding collection of author programs, book readings, book guides, and other K-12 resources that span thousands of fiction and nonfiction titles for children and young adults...

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DyKnow Joins HELP Team to Rebuild Hurricane-Damaged Schools

DyKnow Technologies has been invited to join the Hurricane Education Leadership Project (HELP Team) to contribute to the reconstruction of the educational infrastructure in hurricane-damaged regions of the United States. As a member of the HELP Team, DyKnow is pleased to announce it will award grants to schools in the Gulf Coast as they rebuild or establish their educational technology platforms…

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