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January 2009

Read for the Record

The book Corduroy, celebrating its 40th anniversary, took center stage in Jumpstart’s third annual Read for the Record campaign on Oct. 2. With the help…

You Can Put Your Homework On Hold

For a number of years, access to online classes has been available via desktop computers or laptops. Now, students who are part of the Louisiana…

Learning From Students

Pearson has gone directly to the source to find out what students on campus want. Through the Pearson Student Advisory Board, currently in its second…

NovaNet = Success

Teachers are turning to Pearson’s NovaNet to help reverse the high school dropout rate, which is currently reaching 30 percent. An online program that complements…

It’s All EcoGeek To Us

The new edition of Miller & Levine Biology is not your mother’s science program. Pearson’s best-selling high school biology curriculum combines hip, engaging resources with…

Students Get Voice In Mock Election

The historic inauguration of Barack Obama is a timely reminder of the importance of our right to vote. Last fall, more than five million students…

PowerSchool Makes The Grade In Atlanta

The Ron Clark Academy in Atlanta is one of the more than 10,000 schools in 49 states using PowerSchool, the fastest growing, most widely used…

Learning Is Making Memory

Long-term memory, not the regurgitation of information, is the key to successful education, says Pearson’s Judy Boehmer, an expert on brain function…

We Give Books

What would you call a new project that gives books to needy children? That’s right: We Give Books (you guessed!). Cooked up by The Pearson Foundation…