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Lingua Health to Offer Complimentary Continuing Education Event Featuring Lisa Rogers, Director of Educating Diverse Learners

2012-12-27 05:02:49

Lingua Health, a nationwide Speech-Language Pathology agency, will be hosting "The Power of Communication" on January 31, 2013, from 4:00pm-6:10pm. This CEU event will be free of charge and is Lingua Health's first Continuing Education opportunity offered in the San Antonio area. San Antonio, TX (PRWEB) December 26, 2012 Lingua Health, an ASHA CEU approved provider, is proud to announce their first Continuing Education Event at their San Antonio office in the Tuscany Heights...

Math in a Child’s World: Policy and Practical Challenges for Preschool Mathematics - Report Released by EdSource and California STEM Learning Network

2012-12-11 05:01:13

California’s preschools face a number of challenges in implementing a high quality math curriculum, according to an EdSource report released today, titled Math in a Child’s World: Policy and Practical Challenges for Preschool Mathematics. San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) December 10, 2012 California’s preschools face a number of challenges in implementing a high quality math curriculum, according to an EdSource report released today, titled Math in a Child’s World: Policy and Practical...

Equals6 and YouTern Team Up to Help Young Career Seekers

2012-12-05 05:00:24

Companies announce partnership to help students and young careerists obtain the skills and connections needed to succeed in today’s difficult job market. Halifax, NS, Canada and Carson City, NV, USA (PRWEB) December 04, 2012 Equals6, the professional social network for students, and YouTern, the online community that connects young talent with internships, mentors and career advice, today announced a partnership designed to help top, young job seekers find meaningful employment. The...

PACE Supports Propositions 30 And 38 -- California's Best Protection Against Deficits, Economic Weakness And Crime

2012-11-02 23:20:38

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Deficit reduction, a stronger economy and safer streets are within the grasp of Californians as election day approaches, according to a leading advocate for early childhood education. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121103/SF05704) Passing Propositions 30 and 38 is the key to a host of financial and social benefits statewide as well as to halting a devastating slide in educational funding, which over the past four years has...

Learning Care Group Makes Nationwide Pledge to 'Grow Fit'

2012-10-19 07:23:13

LEWISVILLE, Texas, Oct. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Learning Care Group officially launches 'Grow Fit' program encouraging balanced nutrition practices and physical activity in more than 900 early childhood education centers nationwide - including Childtime, The Children's Courtyard, Montessori Unlimited, La Petite Academy and Tutor Time schools. Through Grow Fit, Learning Care Group is working to support children's healthy development while preventing childhood obesity and chronic...

Improve Children's Language and Literacy Development through Early Literary Exposure

2012-10-01 02:24:57

DULUTH, Ga., Oct. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ChildCare Education Institute (CCEI), an accredited, online child care training institution, offers new users the opportunity to try online learning with the trial course CCEI330: Books and Beyond: Language Development in Young Children at no cost in October, in recognition of National Book Month. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111019/MM90221LOGO) Books and Beyond introduces methods for creating a learning environment that...

Landmark Victory for Adult Learners

2012-09-06 06:24:46

NEW YORK, Sept. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Last week a federal judge in the Southern District of New York issued an order that crippled one large and complex diploma mill engaged in online fraud. In its ruling, the court found that Amjad Pervaiz, Asif Sarwar Safi and AZM Technologies operated at least 32 individual websites under various names to lure unsuspecting adult learners into paying hundreds, and sometimes thousands, of dollars for bogus online GED test credentials. (Logo:...

GED Testing Service Launches Online Marketplace

2012-08-29 06:27:10

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- GED Testing Service announced the launch of GED Marketplace, a first-of-its-kind collaboration in adult education and GED testing. GED Marketplace is a safe and secure, one-stop shop for adult learners looking for GED testing and adult education study materials online. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120322/PH74825LOGO ) "Nothing like this has ever existed before," said Nick Laul, vice president of strategy and business...

Kris Perry Named New Executive Director of the First Five Years Fund

2012-08-27 06:24:40

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The First Five Years Fund (FFYF) today announced the appointment of Kris Perry as its new executive director. Perry, a nationally recognized early childhood advocate, has been instrumental in driving effective early learning policy at local, state and national levels. As executive director, Perry will oversee policy and communication efforts nationwide for the First Five Years Fund, one of the country's leading organizations focused on...

Development Of Poorer Children Damaged By Living In High-Cost Areas

2012-08-21 22:18:11

Young children in lower-income families who live in high-cost areas don't do as well academically as their counterparts in low-cost areas, according to a new study. The study, by researchers at Child Trends and the University of California (UCLA), appears in the journal Child Development. "Among families with incomes below 300 percent of the federal poverty threshold—that's below $66,339 for a family of four—living in a region with a higher cost of living was related to lower...