Archive for August, 2011
DreamBox Learning® Poised for Expansion & Further Innovation as It Names Education and Technology Industry Vets to Key Executive Posts
Seasoned Execs Bring Track Record of Growth and Development to Intelligent Adaptive Learning™ Company BELLEVUE, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–DreamBox Learning®, (www.dreambox.com), the leading intelligent adaptive learning™ company, today bolstered its executive ranks announcing three seasoned veterans from the technology and education sectors who will be instrumental in accelerating DreamBox Learning’s growth and market leadership. The company named [...]
The Dollar General Literacy Foundation Awards More Than $3 Million in Grants to 700 Schools and Organizations
Grants to help strengthen literacy programs for young people GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–To kick-off the 2011 back-to-school season, the Dollar General Literacy Foundation has awarded more than $3 million in grants to 700 schools and nonprofit organizations throughout Dollar General’s (NYSE:DG) 35-state market area. The grants will be used by each organization to enhance literacy and [...]
Toshiba/NSTA ExploraVision Celebrates 20th Anniversary Year of Enhancing STEM Education
– World’s Largest K-12 Science and Technology Competition Kicks Off 2012, Announces Important Entry Dates; Empowers Students to Change the World – ARLINGTON, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–For the past 20 years, hundreds of thousands of students across the U.S. and Canada have gained an understanding of how they can use science and technology to change the world [...]
Feeding the Future Unveiled as 2011 Butter Sculpture at New York State Fair
Dairy Farmers Pay Tribute to School Feeding Programs SYRACUSE, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The annual butter sculpture traditionally pays tribute to the state’s farm families who feed folks in their communities and beyond, but this year, New York’s farmers have turned the tables to publicly thank another group dedicated to providing nutritious food: the School Nutrition professionals, who [...]
Bruised by war, Mogadishu slowly reawakens
By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU | Wed Aug 24, 2011 5:24am EDT MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Their life’s belongings piled on donkeys, Somali families weave along alleys filled with the corpses of starved animals to return to their bullet-ridden homes. After four years of war, Mogadishu bears the signs of a city slowly rising from the ruins [...]
