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		<title>Ed. Publishing Hall of Fame Inductees Give Advice to the Industry</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:20:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On December 3, 2009, AEP inducted Nelson B. Heller, Ph.D., MDR; Michael Ross, Encyclopaedia Britannica; and Pleasant Rowland, Rowland Reading Foundation and American Girl into the Educational Publishing Hall of Fame. During their acceptance speeches, they gave their thoughts on key forces affecting the industry and how to move forward for continuing success.
Pleasant Rowland
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		<title>House Education Committee Holds Hearing on Common Core Standards</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:20:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On December 8, 2009, the full House Education                Committee met to learn more about the Common Core Standards Initiative                and to determine what key players [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=edpublishing.wordpress.com&blog=2608625&post=806&subd=edpublishing&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Education Appropriations Included in Year-End Consolidated Bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:18:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The House and Senate have passed and President Obama signed the FY 2010 Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R.3288). This bill includes Labor, Health, and Education. Here are some of the key appropriations relevant to publishers. 

Title I Grants for Low-Income Children: $14.5 billion, $1.5 billion above the request for Title I grants to school districts to ensure [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=edpublishing.wordpress.com&blog=2608625&post=802&subd=edpublishing&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Final Title I School Improvement Grants Requirements Released</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:17:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>New “Educate to Innovate” Campaign Focuses on STEM Education</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:07:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Monday, November 23 President Obama announced the &#8220;Educate to Innovate&#8221; Campaign for Excellence in Science, Technology, Engineering &#38; Math (Stem) Education. While the initiative has no immediately actionable items for the educational publishing industry, it does further emphasize the administration’s commitment to promoting STEM education.
As part of Educate to Innovate, President Obama announced:

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		<title>Graduation for All Act Includes Provisions Aimed at Instructional Materials</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:01:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The House Democrats, led by Rep. George Miller, Chair of the House Education and Labor Committee, introduced The Graduation for All Act of 2009 (H.R. 4122). The Act would provide eligible school districts with $2 billion in competitive grants to help turn around their lowest-performing high schools, often deemed “dropout factories,” as well as struggling, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=edpublishing.wordpress.com&blog=2608625&post=789&subd=edpublishing&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Google, Grover, and a Gallery of Experts Discuss Breakthrough Learning in a Digital Age</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:23:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Google-hosted, Breakthrough Learning in a Digital Age Forum in Mountain   View, CA, focused on the potential of digital media in education. Paula Maylahn, an education industry consultant, attended the day-and-a-half conference virtually and highlighted for AEP the key takeaways.
Yes, another conference on the need for U.S. education reform. So, if you missed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=edpublishing.wordpress.com&blog=2608625&post=767&subd=edpublishing&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How to create a new revenue stream by developing content for interactive whiteboards</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:16:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SMART Technologies, the inventor of the SMART Board and industry leader with over 64 percent market share in North America, has posted an on-demand webinar to show publishers different ways to create new revenue streams using interactive whiteboards. Here are some highlights from the presentation.
Publishers are facing many challenges in the current education climate, including [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=edpublishing.wordpress.com&blog=2608625&post=749&subd=edpublishing&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Investing in Innovation Fund (i3) Proposed Grant Priorities Released</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:14:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Oct. 6 Secretary Duncan announced the proposed priorities for the Investing in Innovation Fund (i3). Previewed at the America&#8217;s Choice Superintendent&#8217;s  Symposium in August, i3 will provide $650 million in competitive grants to support local efforts to start or expand research-based innovative programs that help close the achievement gap and improve outcomes for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=edpublishing.wordpress.com&blog=2608625&post=713&subd=edpublishing&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[The &#8220;What Works Clearinghouse&#8221; recently                issued a new report, &#8220;Helping Students Navigate the Path to                College: What High Schools Can Do,&#8221; that provides five recommendations [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=edpublishing.wordpress.com&blog=2608625&post=711&subd=edpublishing&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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