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Leadership in Rapidly Growing K-12 Market Segment
Herndon, VA (USA), February 2012 - In an independent report on educational technologies, MDR's market-research service EdNET Insight ranked K12 Inc. the leading provider of online curriculum to school districts across the United States. K12 provides online curriculum and support for more than 2,000 school districts in all fifty states. » MORE
Supporting the Use of ICT in the UK
Stafford (UK), February 2012 - Stone, an ICT-services provider to UK education, has announced the second Stone Group ICT in Education Report and a "Rent-a-PC" scheme that presents all levels of the education sector with a new ability to access funding for ICT hardware through revenue budget rather than the capital budget. » MORE
Sopris Opens New Communication Channels
Longmont, CO (USA), February 2012 - Sopris Learning, a provider of research-based assessments, supplemental, and intervention materials, has announced the creation of a new YouTube Channel and Google+ business profile page. » MORE
Open Source Innovation for the Teaching Community
Paris (FR), January 2012 - The goal of the Sankoré programme is to make the digital education revolution available for everybody and to enhance teachers' creativity by the potentials of working digitally and with the internet. The Sankoré Portal offers open and free access to excellent teaching contents and new resources produced with the Open-Sankoré IWB Open Source software. » MORE
Chelsea FC launch Footee for Young Fans
London (UK), January 2012 - Chelsea FC has announced the launch of Chelsea Footee, an online educational football-themed entertainment zone for children that links to the National Curriculum. It has been developed in partnership with UK eLearning specialist MotivatEd. » MORE
European Children's Travelling Language Library
London (UK), January 2012 - The European Children's Travelling Language Library "Eurolib" is a European Union-funded education project. It is targeted at children who have recently started to learn a foreign language and has been used in schools across Europe with great success. » MORE
Raynes Park High School Accelerates Learning
St. Albans (UK), January 2012 - Xirrus, a provider of high-performance wireless networks, has announced the deployment of 802.11n wireless arrays across the Raynes Park High School campus in London, United Kingdom. Raynes Park is a comprehensive secondary school with 1,200 eleven-to-nineteen-year-old students attending the facility. » MORE
UK Education Funding Falls at Fastest Rate Since 1950s
London (UK), November 2011 - Public spending on education in the UK is falling at the fastest rate since the 1950s, according to a report released by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS). The report says the biggest challenges ahead are for early-years education, youth services, and sixteen-nineteen education, where spending is set to fall by around twenty percent in real terms. » MORE
Non-Traditional Education for Non-Traditional Students
Norcross, GA (USA), November 2011 - With the hope of becoming the best in the world, world-class amateur athletes are devoted to their sport. So when do these athletes plan for life after sports, and what happens when it's time to turn in the uniform or hang up the skates? » MORE
Training to Improve Educator Effectiveness
Duluth, GA (USA), November 2011 - ChildCare Education Institute (CCEI), an IACET-approved, nationally accredited, distance-training institution dedicated exclusively to the child care and education workforce, offers educators a new course for stress management. » MORE
