TeachingBooks.net Observes Banned Books Week
Imagine someone telling you what you can and cannot read. Every year the American Library Association celebrates Banned Books Week during the last week of September, to remind…
Month: September 2006
Louisiana, Dell Team on One of Most Powerful Supercomputing Grids
Round Rock, Texas, September 25, 2006--Dell is working with the Louisiana Optical Network Initiative (LONI) to help create one of the nation's most powerful supercomputing grids. It will…
Study: Reading First spurs achievement gains
The internal audit of Reading First by the federal Education Department was released just days after another report, from the independent Center on Education Policy (CEP), suggested the…
Audit: Reading First beset by favoritism
An internal report detailing the U.S. Department of Education's (ED's) handling of the multibillion-dollar Reading First grant program, criticizes Bush administration officials for steering funding awards to certain…
Hamilton County, TN Increases Carnegie Learning Implementation to 33 Schools
Pittsburgh, PA, September 25, 2006 -- Carnegie Learning, Inc., the leading publisher of research-based math curricula for middle school and high school students, announced today that Hamilton County…
Survey Reveals Only 14 Percent of America’s Best Colleges Compliant with Web Standards
ATLANTA, September 26, 2006--Hannon Hill Corporation, makers of web content management solutions, today announced survey results revealing only 14 percent of America's Best Colleges ranked by US News…
Demand for Mirage Networks’ NAC Solution Spikes in Higher Education
AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mirage Networks(R), developers of award-winning Network Access Control (NAC) technology, stated today that it is experiencing a spike in demand across the higher education vertical as…
Texas Instruments and CBS to Continue Award-Winning “We All Use Math Every Day” Education Program
Dallas and Los Angeles - (September 18, 2006)--Texas Instruments (TI) and the CBS television show "NUMB3RS" announced today they will continue the award-winning national math education program, "We…
Broadcast Pix Installs 200th System
BURLINGTON, Massachusetts (September 25, 2006) Broadcast Pix™ Inc. today announced the delivery of its 200th system. The customer, PBS affiliate, WLAE-TV in New Orleans, recently installed a Broadcast…
Blue Zones: Unlocking the Secrets of Longevity
MINNEAPOLIS, September 19, 2006--On January 29, 2007, the Quest Network will take students on a Blue Zones quest, a three-week, inquiry-based, online, adventure learning project. Together they will…