March 9, 2005 -- This year, Florida produced nearly 15,000 FCAT refugees - students who would have graduated with enough passing grades, enough high school credits, and enough attendance to earn a high school diploma. But, they could not pass that one high stakes test. The political climate of their state made each into an FCAT refugee. Where ...
March 14, 2005 --This special report from Primary Research Group is based on exhaustive interviews with information technology directors and other critical staff involved in IT decision-making from the Princeton Public Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Evansville Public Library, Santa Monica Public Library, Boston Public Library, ...
March 15, 2005 -- Many Americans have been moved by the powerful performances in the award winning film Hotel Rwanda. Few understand how far Rwanda has progressed in the past decade. Hotel Rwanda abruptly ends with soldiers moving in to stop the genocide. Those soldiers, of the Rwandan Patriotic Front RPF were led by then General Paul Kagame, ...
March 16, 2005 -- A new state-wide organization that will band condominium and homeowner associations together to address issues and provide substantive benefits was announced today. The Florida Community Association Coalition FCAC will be the first state wide organization that will band condominium and homeowner associations together in the ...
March 17, 2005 -- Need more than hope and a long shower to ensure you have that perfect idea, presentation, product concept or PR tagline now, today, at the 11th-hour RichContent.com has completed development of their new eXpertSystem and eXpertLingo software solution that taps a 200,000 word Potential Lexicon and a keyworded database of ...
March 23, 2005 -- The tragic shooting at Red Lake High School in Minnesota on Monday was eerily similar to Dead Rabbits song Casa Rebel, which tells the story of three kids who gleefully gun down their classmates. Witnesses said that the suspect, who was unnamed at press time, was waving and grinning as he gunned down students. Dead ...
March 30, 2005 -- An INTOTHEBEST Inc. study showed the INTOTHEBEST College Guide improved writing scores by as much as 12 in high school students. Students found the writing advice helpful in addition to high school English classes and SAT preparation courses. One-hundred-thirty-three students participated in ...
March 31, 2005 - Secure Elements invites conference attendees and the media to a presentation by Secure Elements' chief technology officer at the EDUCAUSE Security Professionals Conference in Washington, D.C., April 5, 2005. Daniel Bezilla will explore how educational communities can benefit from implementing an Enterprise ...
April 1, 2005 -- "Rustle the Leaf," the nationally-distributed environmental comic strip that has received widespread acclaim from environmentalists, educators and the science community, is partnering with the North Atlantic region of Whole Foods Market for a special Earth Day promotion. During the week of April 16-22, Whole Foods Market ...
April 1, 2005 -- The Web Marketing Association announces the call for entries for its 9th annual international WebAward Competition http://www.2005webaward.org, the Internet's premier award competition that judges website development against an ever increasing Internet standard of excellence and against peer sites within an industry. The ...
April 4, 2005 -- The side effects of antidepressants such as Prozac, Paxil and Wellbutrin are leaving many people at risk of painful withdrawal symptoms. Although the dangers of illegal drugs are widely known, the addiction rate of antidepressants, anti-anxiety drugs and stimulants used to treat a variety of symptoms are being felt ...
April 6, 2005 -- Joel Turtel, author of "Public Schools, Public Menace: How Public Schools Lie To Parents and Betray Our Children," shows busy, working parents who are disgusted with public schools how Internet schools can give their kids a quality, low-cost education at home, while taking most of the homeschooling burden off ...
April 6, 2005 -- Spider Strategies, Inc., announced today it is providing participating universities and business schools a free copy of its Balanced Scorecard software - Scoreboard - for use in both classrooms and external learning environments. "It is no secret that today's business world is heavily dependent on computers and software," ...
April 6, 2005 -- World-renowned toy guru and child development authority, Dr. Toy, author of several books and articles about smart play to enhance children's PQ Play Quotient, has granted each of Mic-O-Mic's Helicopter Model 2.06 and Large Breakdown truck Model 8.02 "Dr. Toy's Best Smart Play / Smart Toy Product for ...