Rand McNally Brings Geography to Life Through New Online Educational Service

With Geography Awareness Week (Nov. 12-18) just around the corner, Rand McNally has combined its 150 years of geographic and education expertise with the power and convenience of the Internet to introduce schools to the ultimate geography teaching tool: Rand McNally Classroom. This new online service will spark students’ imaginations with engaging geography content and interactive games and activities, while providing teachers with skills-based lesson plans and assessments—all in one place. The subscription-based service launched in October, offering a host of original content on the web that will complement Rand McNally’s atlases, wall maps, and other classroom materials...

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Texans Can! Launches Site Celebrating the Success of Students, Graduates

Texans Can!, the parent organization of public charter schools serving at-risk youth, has revamped its website to focus on the success of its students and graduates. Texans Can! schools aim to stop the cycle of poverty and dependence on public assistance by helping at-risk youth earn their high school diplomas through relationship-based education. The site offers a collection of success studies, ways to help, and much more...

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