http://ednews.blogs.pearson.com Coming to you periodically via e-mail with news and video highlights from Pearson's global education businesses, edNews@Pearson showcases programs and accomplishments that are shaping our markets with the quality of our content, innovation, technology, and international reach. If you have an opportunity you'd like to see chronicled in this video newsletter, contact Sat, 31 Jan 2009 14:52:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [youtube]L_9d4346Bd8[/youtube] T he 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 of Pearson volunteers across the country, the campaign broke the record for the number of people reading the same book on the same day in ... http://www.pearsoned.com/ednews/2009/01/20/the-curious-case-of-corduroy%e2%80%99s-button/ [youtube]49TXrJf3SK0[/youtube] F or a number of years, access to online classes has been available via desktop computers or laptops. Now, students who are part of the Louisiana Community & Technical College System's (LCTS) 47 campuses can add their Blackberry Curves to the mix. Working with Pearson, LCTS this month began offering the ... http://www.pearsoned.com/ednews/2009/01/17/you-can-put-your-homework-on-hold/ [youtube]tIa9tQlkTyI[/youtube] P earson has gone directly to the source to find out what students on campus want. Through the Pearson Student Advisory Board, currently in its second year, a diverse group of college students collaborates with company executives to provide insight into the products and services students need to achieve academic success. ... http://www.pearsoned.com/ednews/2009/01/17/learning-from-students/ [youtube]dzf_oXask5U[/youtube] T eachers 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 individual student's learning styles, NovaNet helps them to recover the credits they need to graduate on time. With just an Internet connection, students are able ... http://www.pearsoned.com/ednews/2009/01/17/novanet-success/ [youtube]sm2EmCYBHvk[/youtube] T he 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 more than a decade of proven academic success. New to this edition are the "ecogeeks," a team of biologists in the field who have created ... http://www.pearsoned.com/ednews/2009/01/16/it%e2%80%99s-all-ecogeek-to-us/ [youtube]7WJEnkZADLg[/youtube] T he historic inauguration of Barack Obama is a timely reminder of the importance of our right to vote. Last fall, more than five million students from across the U.S. participated in the nation's oldest, largest, and most successful voter-education project, The National Student/Parent Mock Election, for which the Pearson Foundation ... http://www.pearsoned.com/ednews/2009/01/15/students-get-voice-in-mock-election/ [youtube]EAyeH1WVEVg[/youtube] T he 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 student information system. This innovative software program provides real-time access to student information, and creates a collaborative environment for parents, teachers, and students to work ... http://www.pearsoned.com/ednews/2009/01/14/powerschool-makes-the-grade-in-atlanta/ L ong-term memory, not the regurgitation of information, is the key to successful education, says Pearson's Judy Boehmer, an expert on brain function. Rather than simply overload students with facts and figures, educators need to understand more completely how the brain processes information, and teach in a way that helps students ... http://www.pearsoned.com/ednews/2009/01/13/learning-is-making-memory/ W hat 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 and Penguin, here's how it works: Pearson employees can test the prototype at www.wegivebooks.com (love that name) read on the site (with a child, ... http://www.pearsoned.com/ednews/2009/01/12/we-give-books/ econdary" />