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Learning a foreign language is not only practical but also comes in handy for a variety of reasons. When you travel to a non-English speaking country for business or education purposes you would greatly benefit if you are able to master the language of that country.

France is well-known in the world for its fashion, food and culture. At the same time it gets its larger shares of students for study abroad every year making the country as one of the international study centre for French language learning.

NORTH CAROLINA (USA) Feb. 25 - It was a simple demo about one-on-one online live Math tutoring at a school Principal’s office that did it all. “The Principal and his math teachers were so wowed by TCYonline.com live math tutoring that they immediately agreed to introduce our program in their school,” according to the company’s North Carolina business affiliate.

(St. Charles, IL) Dukane Audio Visual is expanding its educational technology product line with the addition of Audio Enhancement,a leading provider of sound amplification products. The Utah-based company features amplification systems centered around its distinctive teardrop-shaped microphones that hang like a necklace for hands free instruction

We recently launched CertificationMap (http://www.certificationmap.com) to help inform future teachers about the requirements for certification in their state and to ease their minds about the process.

Richardson, Texas – February 24, 2009 – Presagis™, a leading provider of commercial-off-the shelf (COTS) modeling, simulation and embedded display graphics software, today announced it has joined the Texas A&M University Visualization Industry Partners (VIP) board.

Arlington, VA - The Bill of Rights Institute announced their collaboration with National History Day (NHD) today. The Institute is sponsoring the Constitutional Rights in History prize, awarded to an outstanding entry in any category from both the senior and junior divisions which documents and analyzes how individuals have exercised their constitutional rights throughout American history.

San Francisco, Calif. — In a new WestEd Policy Perspectives paper, Christopher Gabrieli and Warren Goldstein propose using the "new school day" redesign strategy -- adding about two more hours of scheduled school every day -- as a way to help raise student academic achievement and ensure a well-rounded education. More than 1,000 schools nationwide have already reengineered the school day, many with promising results.

Senator John Kerry’s Office offers to assist Eduminder in Efforts to Help Schools The Eduminder senior team members met with Senator John Kerry’s office and received information, guidance and promises of future assistance in securing possible federal support for Eduminder in its mission to provide primary and secondary schools solutions for the education of children.

Chicago, IL (February 24, 2009) – Kellogg’s Corporate Citizenship Fund has awarded $400,000 to galvanize parents and student leaders in their crusade for healthier children and healthier schools. The grant to Action for Healthy Kids will prepare parents and students to advocate for better nutrition and physical activity practices in their schools.