Category: Education and Schools
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Irving Independent School District Pilots Caselite Software
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: Irving Independent School District (ISD) is located outside of Dallas, and provides a comprehensive curriculum of educational services to nearly 35,000 students enrolled in pre-kindergarten through grade 12. The special education department of Irving ISD has decided to pilot Caselite Software with its staff of Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) during the 2013-14 school…
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A New Way to Learn: Spanish Teachers Provide Free Live Online Spanish Classes
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: Bright Spanish, an organization comprised of a small group of Spanish teachers, is offering free six-week Spanish courses online. The classes are taught live in a video conference ‘classroom,’ where students listen to the teacher and participate in real time. The group hopes to make Spanish learning more accessible by providing interactive,…
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Edupoint’s Growth and Success in Virginia Continues
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: A strong commitment to the Virginia market has resulted in continued success for Edupoint Educational Systems, as five former Star_Base districts representing over 177,000 students have recently selected the Synergy Education Platform – a leading student information system solution for the national K-12 market.
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State Farm Grant provides Economics and Financial Literacy Training to Teachers and Students in California
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: CCEE (California Council on Economic Education) recently received an $8,000 State Farm Grant to provide financial education training to teachers through the Virtual Economics 4.0 program. The teachers trainings are intended to help educators increase student understanding of economic, personal finance, and entrepreneurship concepts.
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Mid-America Christian University selects Regent Education’s Financial Aid Management and Enrollment Optimization Solutions
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: Mid-America Christian University (MACU) has selected Regent Education to assist them in transitioning to a non-term enrollment model and serve their growing online population. MACU needed a financial aid management system that would support non-term and borrower based academic year (BBAY) models. They selected Regent Education’s Regent 8 financial aid management system…
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Olathe Public Schools Selects Edupoint’s Synergy SIS Solution
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: Edupoint Educational Systems, a leading student information system (SIS) solutions provider to the national K-12 market, announces that it has been selected by Olathe Public Schools (OPS) to implement its Synergy(R) SIS solution. The centralized, web-based solution will provide this high performing district with a fully integrated system designed to efficiently and…
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Workforce Investment Board of San Bernardino County Points Youth to a Bright Future at Y4
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: At the April 27 Y4 Youth Resource Event hosted by the County of San Bernardino Workforce Investment Board, Candice Fedrick took the stage to tell her story. Y4 stands for ‘Why Youth? Why wait? Why now? Why not? Because the next generation is already here!’ It is an event for at-risk youth…
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Two San Rafael High Schools Win First and Second Place in 2013 Northern California Financial Literacy: MoneyWise Teen Contest
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: The California Council on Economic Education (CCEE) announced today that the four-student team from San Rafael High School, in San Rafael California, led by instructor Abigail Shapiro, won first place in the 2013 MoneyWise Teen Contest. The winning team included students Rebecca Brown, Frances Casey, Natasha Sharp and Roslyn Yeager.
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Center for Student Opportunity Announces I’m First Scholarship for First-Generation College Students
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: The Center for Student Opportunity (CSO), a national 501(c)3 non-profit, is now accepting applications for the I’m First Scholarship, a $2,000 four-year renewable scholarship for matriculating first-generation college students.
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Celebrate Global Education at The World Savvy Gala – San Francisco
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: Tickets are now available for the World Savvy Gala 2013 on April 11 at the Dogpatch WineWorks in San Francisco. With the mission to educate and engage youth in community and world affairs, World Savvy is a nonprofit organization serving youth and educators nationally from offices in San Francisco, New York, and…