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Discovery Education and the Outdoor Power Equipment Institute (OPEI) announced their science-based TurfMutt program has expanded to meet the needs of K-5 educators across the country.

The Hastings Center and the Ethics Institute at Kent Place School are joining forces on a pilot project in which a group of high school students will engage in a dynamic, in-depth exploration of the use of medicine for human enhancement, a major topic in bioethics. 

SureScore, provider of college readiness solutions, recently announced that CEO Andrew Vreeke has been singled out for his stellar leadership contributions in transforming education through technology to enrich the lives of learners everywhere by EdTech Digest. 

Moodlerooms, Inc. recently announced that it has been honored across six different categories in EdTech Digest’s 2011 Awards Program, including Learning Management System, Social Networking and Open Source Solution.

Users simply sign an electronic release and MotherKnows collects the records from any medical provider and converts them into a custom tailored health record with easy to read graphic displays of immunizations, growth charts, medications and more.

The use of corporal punishment appears to be declining at Mississippi public schools, according to a newspaper.

Tempers flared at a Wellesley School Committee meeting last week as some residents spoke of collapsing confidence in the public schools, while others called for patience as the district searches for a new superintendent.

Preparing for her daughter’s graduation in the spring, Tuli Chediak received a blunt message from her daughter’s charter high school: Pay us $600 or your daughter won’t graduate.