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03-18-2009Texas Senate, House panels take up bills to improve student testing

03-18-2009 GAO finds school arts curriculum not hurt by standardized testing

03-19-2009 Governor to offer $168m to education; Stimulus funds may avert teacher layoffs

03-19-2009 PEARSON FOUNDATION AND NEA FOUNDATION CELEBRATE AWARD-WINNING TEACHERS THROUGH STUDENT-CREATED SHORT FILMS

03-19-2009 U.S. Education Department Releases Annual Digest of Statistics

03-19-2009 West Contra Costa Unified School District Selects PowerSchool as New Student Information System

03-19-2009 Pearson Announces New Client Wins for PowerSchool Premier

03-19-2009 Pearson eCollege Expands Global Presence to Latin America

03-18-2009 Pearson eCollege is Educator's Choice for Integrated Education Solutions

03-19-2009 N.J. likely to subtract Algebra II requirement

03-17-2009 Palo Alto teachers pick controversial Everyday Math as new curriculum

03-17-2009 Controversial math program rejected

03-18-2009 Publisher does about-face on logger-bashing book; First-grade text was rewritten and reissued to Grants Pass schools with apologies from the publishing house

03-17-2009 Schools wrestle with how to spend stimulus funds; should they launch new programs to help kids or try to save jobs threatened by tough economic times?

03-17-2009 College study finds two-year 'penalty'

03-17-2009 Report Shows Steep Gains by Students From Abroad

03-18-2009 Community Colleges Surge Amid Economic Downtown; National survey reports rising enrollments and decreased budgets for community colleges.

03-18-2009 Community College Surge

03-18-2009 Community-College Leaders Find They Must Serve More With Less

03-18-2009 Pearson's Learning Solutions Meet Community Colleges' Needs in Today's Economic Times

03-17-2009 Duncan: Schools must improve to get stimulus money

03-16-2009 State considers international tests to gauge performance

03-17-2009 Romer becomes senior advisor of College Board

03-16-2009 Computer Science Programs Make a Comeback in Enrollment

03-17-2009 Reading, Math Software Found to Have Little Effect on Scores

03-17-2009 Guidelines Sketch Out Use of Aid; Federal Stimulus Allocations to Come Soon, With Strings

03-17-2009 Versant Spoken English Test Earns Prestigious ICC Certificate of Quality Assurance

03-17-2009 Independent Research Finds English Learners Significantly Improve Reading and Language Skills with Pearson's 'Reading Street' Curriculum

03-16-2009 Innovative Virtual World Education and Training: Pearson Learning Solutions Partners with Engineering & Computer Simulations

03-12-2009 Parents frustrated over math texts

03-06-2009 Lawmakers should not gamble with education (Opinion)

03-12-2009 Report: 12 states made gains in HS graduation rate

03-12-2009 Drummound Talks Google Settlement at AAP Meeting

03-12-2009 Community colleges launch Web site for career planning

03-12-2009 Austin superintendent to work at testing firm; Pat Forgione will head a new center created by Educational Testing Service.

03-12-2009 New fed funding for ed tech nears $1 billion; New $270M appropriation is in addition to the $650M contained in the stimulus package for 2009 and 2010

03-11-2009 Out-of-School Factors Seen as Key; "Poverty and Potential: Out-of-School Factors and School Success"

03-11-2009 'Depth' Matters in High School Science Studies

03-11-2009 English-Language Learners

03-11-2009 Pearson Introduces New, Contemporary, Computer-Based Testing Program for Certifying Educators

03-19-2009 DRA2 Handheld – Tango Software Edition From Pearson Finalist in 2009 Software & Information Industry Association CODiE Awards

03-18-2009 Topics for Engaging Students in Biology Discussed at 2009 National Science Teachers Association Conference

03-04-2009 Google reinvents the library

03-04-2009 Seven Pearson K-12 and Higher Education Products Honored as Finalists in 2009 Software & Information Industry Association CODiE Awards

03-04-2009 Pearson Foundation and National Education Association Foundation Celebrate Award-Winning Teachers Through Student-Created Short Films

03-04-2009 National Standards Gain Steam

03-04-2009 DRA2™ Handheld – Tango™ Software Edition Honored as a Finalist in 2009 Software & Information Industry Association CODiE Awards

02-26-2009 Experts Wonder How Education Goals Will Be Met

02-26-2009 Kindle as textbook replacement? UW students not sold on idea

02-26-2009 Utah to buy education technology with stimulus funding

02-26-2009 Study points out flaws in European test

02-26-2009 Education Secretary Duncan Highlights Budget Proposals to Increase College Access and Affordability

02-26-2009 Independent Research Confirms Seventh Graders' Test Scores Soar With Pearson's Prentice Hall Middle School Math Curriculum

02-26-2009 Dissecting Obama's Message

02-26-2009 Report urges U.S. to look abroad for ed lessons

02-17-2009 Tropical Biology Scholarships 2009 Support Biology Teachers
on Field Study Adventure of a Lifetime in Costa Rica