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		<title>San Bernardino County Library Adds Language Learning Tool</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The San Bernardino County Library has expanded its array of electronic resources by adding Mango Languages, an online language learning program that library members can avail of from anywhere through the Internet. The language learning software isn’t only for English speakers, but is a useful tool for speakers of other languages that want to learn [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zinio’s Digital Newsstand to be Available in College Stores</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Zinio, a provider of printed material in digital form, has partnered with NACS Media Solutions (NMS)&#8212;a subsidiary of the National Association of College Stores (NACS)&#8212;to provide the very first digital online newsstand that directly targets the college market. The online newsstand will give students access to 3,000 digitalized magazines and books from all over the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learning Styles – The Key to Educational Success</title>
		<description><![CDATA[All students whether in grade school or college have individual learning styles. According to Susan Bastable, RN, EdD, the chair and professor of the Department of Nursing at Le Moyne College in Syracuse, NY, an effective learning style should be one that enables a student to learn more effectively. This doesn’t mean, however, that students [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mercedes-Benz’s Project Hope Happy Music Classroom Program</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite having a love for music, primary school students in impoverished areas of China may never have the chance to pursue their musical interests because of financial reasons, according to a survey. However, the major automaker Mercedes-Benz plans to change all that. Project Hope Happy Music Classroom Program, the carmaker’s new initiative, aims to bring [...]]]></description>
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		<title>For the Love of Music Fund</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new foundation has been established to provide financial support to fifth and sixth grade students in Western Indiana who want to pursue their interests and talents in music. The For the Love of Music Fund was formed by a woman who hails from Western Indiana, Kathleen Culver, who’s a music lover (and not a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NCTAF: Successful Teaching Through Collaboration of School Staff</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new research performed by the National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future (NCTAF) suggested that teaching and learning in the 21st century can only work if teachers and the entire school staff collaborate as a team. The report also suggests that simply making adjustments to antiquated school structures and policies will not help. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dell Expands Connected Classroom Array of Products</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In line with the goal of teaching students how to cope with the demands of work and life in the digital age, Dell has released an inexpensive netbook with a screen that can be rotated so that students can read electronic text as though they were reading from a book. This netbook also features a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blackboard Partners Up with McGraw-Hill to Provide Integrated Educational Content</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Blackboard, Inc., the provider of educational software, said that it will developnew technology that includes content and tools from The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Blackboard further said that it will combine its own learning and teaching platform with McGraw-Hill’s adaptive learning tools, media-rich content, and assessment engines. Through this partnership between both companies, schools that are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teaching Children Minus The Teacher, Only Computers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sugata Mitra, a professor with a passion for computer-based teaching, has developed a new concept for education based on the premise that children can learn new and complex things will little or no supervision. Mitra based his findings on an experiment that spanned 10 years. The experiment started with giving Indian slum children access to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>George Steinbrenner – Legendary Yankees Owner and Philanthropist</title>
		<description><![CDATA[George Steinbrenner, a managing partner and the principal owner of the Yankees may have passed away, but his legacy as a generous philanthropist lives on. The Yankees’ big man, who was as famous for his temper as his charity, set up foundations that helped build the community, youngsters and students of Tampa, Florida. According to [...]]]></description>
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