Education Department

Cover letters can be written in different manners reminding employers to choose for qualified applicants that are applying for a certain position in the company. Writing cover letters can be difficult yet these letter or business letters are required in the employment process. Likewise, there are different cover letter format that can be written especially with the education cover letter used in applying a position in the educational departments.
Different cover letters focuses on various information that are applicable to the applicants itself but an education cover letter however usually is more on the educational background of job seekers based on the experiences that applicants' consider will benefit in the choice of school or preferred companies they are applying for. Cover letters are essential part of the employment industries especially for people searching for an occupation through education. Besides, educational cover letters are perfect for applicant that hopes to become a part of the education career field. Education cover letters are usually for applicants who believe are qualified in the position of taking part in the educational department because education cover letters are more focused on the educational background and experiences achieved in the applicants' life.
Applicants interested in a career in education are required to submit a cover letter for the employers to gain knowledge of the applicants' abilities and skills that are believe to contribute in the company. Abilities and skills of the applicant should be in brief but formal manner giving impact on the employers reading while expanding their interest in getting to know more of the applicant. However, cover letters may not often attract the employer due to unexceptional flaws and incorrect grammar. Educational cover letters should be well-written, impressive and interesting while reading in order to have interest in the applicants' achievements and briefly state how one can contribute or gain by being a part of the company.
Writing an education cover letter is the same as writing a standard cover letter. It has the same format as with the standard cover letter but take note in education cover letters always include the applicants' informational background along with highlights of particular achievements based on the educational background that can contribute to the company applied for. Also, keep in mind that the letter should be brief and direct while on the process of writing an education cover letter. As mentioned, cover letters are given attention only if the applicant has an impressive letter that employers consider hiring the applicant.
Education cover letters are a form of business letter with a formal and overpowering vocabulary that are used by applicants complimenting their resumes by introducing their abilities and skills most important to the employers to learn about in a written business letter format. Applicants writing an education letter should consider highlighting certain areas of experiences that can benefit in the employers company while at the same time use the selling method in being hired or taken into the next level of employment procedures.
Making a perfect cover letter can really get you the position you desire. In fact, learning cover letter tips can help you write an impressive, formal business letter that will give impact to the reader. Cover letters all have one goal and that is to get the attention of the employer in making faster decision in hiring an applicant. In turn, an applicant will surely have positive results in their employment process.
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Online education with NYU-ePoly is very easy efficient. We have lot of tools which makes you easy to learn and understand your courses. Taking graduate class is as easy as preparing your dinner at home.

You can access online courses anywhere you like - at work, at home, while traveling. If you think your daily activity is not allowing you to go school then think again you can turn to NYU-ePoly and earn your masters degree in your interesting field like Electrical Engineering, Online Bioinformatics, Organizational Behavior, Computer engineering, Cyber Security, Telecommunication Networks, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Wireless Innovation. Also you can gain Certificate programs in Bioinformatics, Cyber Security, Online Computer Engineering, Power Electronics and Systems, Telecommunication Networking, Wireless communication. So no one can stop you from gaining online learning degree if you are committed.

NYU-ePoly is online education department of the Polytechnic Institute of NYU. We help online students from various part of the world to make their experience and elearning better and smoother. Our help desk is live 24/7. We have best faculty staffing to help you make your distance education better and smooth. Online education is a simple procedure. We have weekly virtual class where professor puts up material, quiz, discussions, and various other materials for you to study. When ever a student get chance to study he access all material of week and studies weekly material. Confusions and doubts are cleared in discussions as well as personal email to professors.

Taking online education exam is also simple procedure. Professors have two categories to take exam. First is if professor wants he can create online exam on our learning platform and take exam. Second is if professor want student to give exam in blue books then student has to find a proctoring facility and fill proctoring request form to ePoly. ePoly will contact your facilities and you can give exam at that proctoring facility. So if you think to go for elearning then NYU-ePoly would be best university to study.

The world as we know it is changing in leaps and bounds on a daily basis. Our children are growing up knowing and using iPods and computers with gigabytes of data storage for all their music and video files. High-speed Internet has become a way of life where more young people subscribe to www.myspace.com, read, chat, and communicate with friends online than ever before. As the Internet marketplace continues to expand rapidly, and technologies afford education access from the ease and convenience of home, it is imperative that parents and educators recognize the benefits involved in education online.

The public education system in the United States grew out of an economy based upon single income workers, zero competition from outside markets for internal education consumers, and more manufacturing jobs than service jobs. The baby boomers born during the post World War II era, enjoyed the benefits of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Servicemen's Readjustment Act or the GI Bill of Rights, which granted affordable access to college education. The baby boomers of the United States catapulted into growth as a result of this, enjoying an unprecedented level of abundance and prosperity.

One of these baby boomers is President George W. Bush, who enacted the No Child Left Behind Act (NCBA), offering the societal challenge of making every child proficient in reading and math by 2012. A schoolteacher for more than thirty years, who now runs a management company for teacher training, described the resultant effect of this act upon the public school system as one which far exceeded the capabilities of what American public schools can currently offer.

Despite the grandiose claims of the NCBA, actual school performance began to decrease after the passage of the act and the United States, as a whole, fell behind in education.

Supplemental Educational Services

In 2004-2005, there were more than 22 million children eligible for "supplemental educational services", which includes tutoring. About 19% of those students got those services, or roughly two out of every ten students who were not proficient in core subjects, received aid. A good analogy would be a physician telling the parents of ten children that that they need medicine to cure an illness and only two out of the ten children can receive the medicine that they need.

The need for tutoring is obviously there. Why then is the current method of tutoring inadequate? There are principally four reasons why tutoring has been ineffective:

1) Schools can recruit tutors for students in rural areas and even fewer for those students in those areas with disabilities.
2) School districts do not tell parents that tutoring is available. When letters are sent home they often arrive late and are hard to understand.
3) Tutors are not allowed into schools and do not coordinate with teachers or the curriculum in the classroom, leaving the student confused.
4) State education departments do not evaluate the quality of tutors, as the law requires.

On one hand we have American schools and students failing and in need of remediation, operating under an outdated system of education, and money going to waste, and on the other hand we have an emerging technology platform based on high speed broadband technology that is leveling the playing field for people, and companies worldwide. This technology is one that not only attracts our children, but also captivates them, so that they return to computers and multimedia repeatedly for entertainment.

Armed with this knowledge, how can we as parents and educators remain blind to the changes within our own culture for learning and acquiring knowledge and the ways in which our children are learning? Tutoring programs such as www.TutorHaven.com take these tools and put them to use to educate our children in a fun and engaging manner.

www.Tutorhaven.com

January 17 2004--Just understanding the major legal issues involved with the divorce process can be mind boggling to the most secure individual, let alone one who is enduring the stresses of a crumbling marriage. When one considers the emotional states of most parties contemplating, or in the early stages of divorce, it is easy to understand why so many endure a difficult and painful divorce process. No one understands this problem better than Keila Gilbert, founder and principal attorney at the Alpha Center for Divorce Mediation.



Having undergone her own difficult divorce years ago, she recognized that there had to be a better way. A different way of navigating the legal, financial and emotional processes were in order. Her answer was a divorce mediation service that offers couples a neutral team of attorney, psychologist and accountant to guide them through the divorce process and, perhaps suffer the least amount of โ€œSurviving the Divorce Processโ€ through the continuing education departments at many of the school districts throughout our area.



Now in it's fourth year, the two-hour educational seminar provides attendees with information on how the actual process of divorce works in Pennsylvania and explains many of the legal, financial and practical matters that need to be considered by both individuals beginning to think about, or who have already begun, the divorce process. Current legal and court approaches are discussed as well as alternative approaches, such as the one offered by Gilbert's Alpha Center for Divorce Mediation.



Although participants come from all walks of life and income levels, they share on common characteristic, according to Gilbert. โ€œThese are people taking an intelligent approach, they are making a conscious effort to get educated so that they can make informed decisions wherever possible.โ€



About 60% of the class participants in โ€œSurviving the Divorce Processโ€ are still in their marriage and are contemplating pursuing a divorce. In fact, some of the attendees are couples. Many of the attendees thank the Alpha Center attorney after the class. A common reaction is โ€œthey make it so easy to get married, why is it so difficult to get divorced?โ€



It is the realization that sends some of the class attendees back home to work on their marriage a little harder. Others continue forward, a little less anxious and a lot more informed about what they are about to undergo.



For more information, contact Alpha Center for Divorce Mediation 1-800-310-9085.



ALPHA CENTER FOR DIVORCE MEDIATION

SPRING 2004 EDUCATION PROGRAMS

โ€œSURVIVING THE DIVORCE PROCESSโ€



Please note: Most schools will accept registrations up to and including the date of the class



Tuesday, February 17, 2004
7-9 pm

Offered by Methacton Community Education

Location: Methacton High School 1001 Kriebel Mill Rd, Norristown, PA 19408

For further information or to register, call 610-489-5035



Tuesday, February 24, 2004
7-9 pm

Offered by Upper Dublin Adult Evening School

Location: Upper Dublin High School
1580 Fort Washington Ave, Maple Glen PA

Registration form, go to: www.udsd.org or call 215-643-8900 ext. 175



Tuesday, March 2, 2004 7-9 pm

Offered by Bensalem Community Education

Location: Bensalem High School 4319 Hulmeville Rd, Bensalem PA

For further information or to register call: 215-750-2800 ext. 2304



Tuesday, March 2, 2004 7-9 pm

Offered by Central Bucks Community School at Central Bucks East High School

2804 Holicong Rd, Doylestown, PA

To register call: 215-996-9081



Wednesday, March 10, 2004 7-9 pm

Offered by Centennial Adult Education at William Tennent High School

333 Centennial Road, Warminster. To register, call 215-441-6157 ext. 1404



Wednesday, March 24, 2004 7-9 pm

Offered by Central Bucks Community School at Central Bucks West High School

375 Court Street, Doylestown, PA

To register call: 215-996-9081



Wednesday, April 14, 2004 7-9 pm

Offered by Souderton Area Community Education

At Souderton High School, 41 N. School Lane, Souderton, PA

To register or for more information, call: 215-721-1551



Tuesday, April 20, 2004 7-9 pm

Offered by Methacton Community Education

Location: Methacton High School 1001 Kriebel Mill Rd, Norristown, PA 19408

For further information or to register, call 610-489-5035

BERKELEY, CA, February 3, 2004 โ€" In spite of legally binding agreements made during repeated meetings of the Individualized Education Program team over the past year, Berkeley Unified School District continues to deny a 10-year old boy his educational rights under California State law.



According to Mrs. Donna Lehman, mother of 4th grader Gabriel Warner-Gonzales, her son is in a highly challenging environment with little support and is not receiving services agreed to by the district. Specifically: speech and language hours are in arrears; there has been no special training for his primary teacher or aide to assist them with understanding autism; his curriculum has not been appropriately modified to offer greatest chances of success; district inclusion resources do not exist; and Gabriel has an excessive commute by bus to an overcrowded school several miles from home.



โ€œThat's just the short list of what's not working here, โ€œ states Mrs. Lehman, โ€œBerkeley โ€" and Rosa Parks Elementary in particular โ€" has been struggling to โ€˜fix' their system for a long time. In a letter sent home to parents at the beginning of the school year, the School District Superintendent asked for everyone's patience and additional contributions, saying that they were still sorting through internal administration problems. Well I don't have patience, I have a special needs child who needs help right now, not after they fix their bureaucracy.โ€



The Lehman family moved to Berkeley in mid-March of 2003 due to a work relocation from Pittsburgh, PA. It was the 2nd move in six months. But whereas the transition from their first move leaving Huntington Beach USD going to Colfax Elementary went smoothly and Gabriel was established in a new room with aide, speech, OT and personal support from the principal in only 4 days, it was an entirely different โ€" and disappointing โ€" experience coming to Berkeley.



Instead, it took 4 weeks for BUSD to place Gabriel and his sister Avalon. Dr. Michael Lehman, Ph.D., the children's stepfather, was shocked, โ€œI would have expected with the University here and the reputation for education and community activism that Berkeley has to have found a wonderful school district.โ€ The opposite is true. โ€œBUSD is worse than any place we've been, including LA Unified, which was a nightmare.โ€ Added Donna Lehman.



Not only did the district take a month to put the children back in school, they said they had to commute five miles, or 25 minutes by car each way, and that Gabriel would be put in a Special Day Class with nine other boys โ€" and one teacher. For anyone unfamiliar with California special education law this might not sound awful, but according to Gabriel's IEP for the year, which was transferred with him from the other districts, he was supposed to be placed in a general education classroom with inclusion support. Also, the SDC student/teacher ratio was way off. So right from the beginning, Berkeley was out of compliance.



Donna Lehman took this issue up with Ken Jacopetti, the Director of Special Services. โ€œBut they asked for my understanding since it was so late in the year, and everything was โ€˜impacted', โ€œ remembers Donna, โ€œand I was desperate to get the kids back into a classroom setting. I'm a marketing executive and have my own business to manage. Making multiple trips to the district offices and ferrying the kids back and forth was taking it's toll, so I agreed โ€" temporarily. At the IEP meeting in June, I was assured that things would be rectified in the coming school year.โ€



Which didn't happen. Other severe gaps and general mis-management by the special education department have made Gabriel's life much harder. Donna is angry with the bait-and switch tactics employed by special education advisor Alan Joy, who promised to place Gabriel and his sister in a school closer to their neighborhood where there was already a full-inclusion teacher in place who had experience with autism. Instead, Alan waited until three days before school started to inform Mrs. Lehman that sadly there was no room at Thousand Oaks elementary โ€" a mere 2 miles away - and the children would again be bussed to Rosa Parks โ€" which takes 45 mins. in the morning and over an hour coming home each day. On the way, they pass another six elementary schools all closer to where they live.



Even under these circumstances, Gabriel has made some progress this year, mostly re-gaining lost ground from last year when he experienced a regression during May and June. The most assistance has come from special day instructor Jessica Schussett, a young, enthusiastic teacher who now functions as pseudo-inclusion assistant and additional support services rolled into one. Jessica has some training in autism and does her best to work with Gabriel, his parents, his teacher and aide.



But Gabriel is in a split 3rd/4th grade class โ€" the same room his sister is in โ€" and was moved twice even on the first day of school. No expectations were set. His schedule was not completed for six weeks. His aide was changed in the first month. The primary instructor stated loudly on the first day, โ€œHe can't be in my class, I already have too many students.โ€ All of this โ€" and dealing with his own disability every day.



Autism is a little understood spectrum disorder affecting the way an individual processes stimuli. There has been an explosion of occurrence and/or diagnosis of this disorder in the last 5-10 years, especially in California. More and more children are entering public schools and needing to be integrated into the regular education classrooms, just like any other child with a disability. Not every district is equipped to deal with this, and Berkeley USD would be one of them.



โ€œGabriel has now attended school in four different school districts, including the mammoth Los Angeles USD, which is where he started in pre-school through 1st grade.โ€ Donna Lehman relates, โ€œWe were lucky we lived so close to so many people who were pioneers in dealing with the disease. Gabriel got immediate and intense early-intervention.โ€



Experts at UCLA's Neuropsychiatric Institute (NPI) diagnosed Gabriel with autism in 1997. After two months in the Early Childhood Partial Hospitalization Program, run by Dr. BJ Freeman, Ph.D. (http://tarjancenter.ucla.edu/whatwedo/services/clinprog.htm), he was placed in what is called a Full Inclusion (FI) pre-school setting with a one-on-one aide to assist with language communication, behavior issues and general prompting for focus.



Donna talks about the reality of working with autism, โ€œThe early days were really rough. Gabriel was not very verbal and he tantrumed a lot. He attended half-day pre-school, then went to individual speech therapy three days a week with Dr. Alicia Elliott of the Elliott Insitute; he also went to a social/speech group on Saturdays; received occupational therapy twice a week at another hospital outpatient facility and he had a behavior therapist/tutor work with him in our home another two days each week.โ€



The integrated program of services paid off. With the exception of the two months when Berkeley mis-placed him, Gabriel has been successfully integrated in a regular school setting. His reliance on special services has decreased every year. For instance, he no longer needs O.T. He also requires less and less support from a one-on-one aide. His response to classmates continues to mature, and he now has a small circle of friends who he joins in playing with during recess.



While this is encouraging and good news, it does not mean that BUSD or any other district has less responsibility to educate children like Gabriel in the most appropriate manner and environment. Berkeley has a long way to go before they can claim to be doing any such thing.



For more information about Autism, visit:

http://www.cureautismnow.org



For information about services for special needs in the East Bay Area, contact the Regional Center of the East Bay in Oakland at 510-393-1200

http://www.rceb.org



To reach Berkeley USD:

Director of Special Education: Ken Jacopetti โ€" 510-644-8986

Special Education Resource: Alan Joy 510-644-8928

Winter Park, FL September 1, 2004 -- InfoSource Inc., the leading provider of technology training solutions for the K-12 market, and Florida Technology Systems, known for providing high-tech solutions for the classroom, announced today an agreement with the Miami Dade School System to supply online training and assessments for faculty and students utilizing the InfoSource Learning Management System and How To Master IC3 Content. IC3ยฎ, the Internet and Computing Core Certification, is fully aligned with the National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) for both teachers and students, and is designed to help schools achieve the digital literacy standards required under the No Child Left Behind mandates.



The evaluation and decision process began with a very successful IC3 pilot program of eighth graders in the Miami Dade school system. Students took courses in Computing Fundamentals, Living Online, and Key Applications covering basic elements in computer software and hardware, Internet and email, and applications like word processing and spreadsheets. Because this IC3 curriculum provides the necessary elements for content and accountability, funding can be secured through NCLB or numerous federal and state programs.



Dee Oakley, District Instructional Supervisor for Miami Dade's Division of Applied Technology Business Technology Education Department, said, โ€œThe technical skills our students are learning today will in time be transferred for use in higher education or gainful employment, giving our students the competitive edge needed. Over 90% of the students in the program went on to pass Certiport IC3 certification exams recommended for college credit and as a start to a technical career.โ€



According to Thomas Warner, President of InfoSource, โ€œWe are proud to be the first approved online vendor for IC3 training. With our focus on and commitment to the K-12 Education market, the ability to provide the training for the first globally recognized, validated, and standards based certification for basic computing and Internet skills really sets InfoSource apart. We are extremely excited to work with school districts across the country to provide the same level of technology mastery to their students, while assisting educators in addressing the digital literacy standards required under the provisions of No Child Left Behind.โ€



For more information about InfoSource's How to Master IC3 Training Solution online courses and how they can benefit teachers and others, please visit www.howtomaster.com/ic3 or call 407-677-0300 (direct), 800-393-4636 (U.S.A.), or 800-253-2995 (Canada).



About InfoSource

InfoSource develops and distributes the How To Master line of technology education, training, assessment, content authoring, and learning management products, all designed to help organizations manage and deliver high-quality education and training programs and help students, teachers, and employees develop PC software skills, enhance business soft skills, and prepare for industry certifications, including ICยณ, Microsoft Office Specialist, A+, MCSE, and CCNA. InfoSource training products include award-winning online, CD-based, and instructor-led courseware. Since 1983, InfoSource has been providing complete training solutions for clients in the corporate, government, and education markets.



About Florida Technology Systems

Florida Technology Systems distributes software and hardware solutions to both the Florida K-12 and the post-secondary markets for: Industrial Education, Career &Technical Education, Technology Education, Information Technology, Reading, Math, FCAT readiness, GED Prep, and Integrated Learning software. In business since 1989, Florida Technology Systems has provided solutions to Career and Technical Education as well as the academic arena. Turnkey solutions from Florida Technology Systems include product, installation, training, and service after the sale.



About Certiport

Certiport (www.certiport.com) provides industry-leading training, assessment, and certification solutions that enable individuals to develop the skills necessary to achieve more, distinguish themselves, and advance in today's academic and business environments. These solutions include the Microsoft Office Specialist and ICยณ, delivered through a channel of more than 9,000 Certiport Centers worldwide. Certiport is a pioneer in using pervasive testing technology and data management systems based on extensive research and professional validation processes.

Financing a college education is usually an expensive investment for many people, but there are always ways around paying for it that can lessen the financial impact.

You may hear from time to time about getting free government grants for college, but may have dismissed the advertisement as a pure scam. However, there are legitimate ways to obtain grants from the government that could possibly entirely fund your educational path.

The Federal Government-

The first place to look for grants is the federal government.

Each year, the United States' federal government gives away millions of dollars in educational grants to people who need to find a way to finance their education. For example, the Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG) is one such grant that gives need-based educational awards to students and anyone who needs money to pay for a college education.

In addition, the Pell Grant also awards money to college-bound individuals and the Pell Grant is one that typically awards more money than the FSEOG award.

State Governments-

The second place to look for educational grants is through the state government.

Typically, colleges award students numerous grants each year through a joint effort with the state educational departments. The amount of the grant depends on how much money is allotted to helping college students, but an individual attending a public, state university could potentially receive up to $5,000 or more in some states to help pay for education.

The amount of aid that can come directly from state government departments and the federal government is phenomenal. All that one usually needs to do in order to get these grants for education, is to fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid.

Filling out that form is simple and easy to do once you realize the value in getting free grants from the government to essentially fund most, if not all, of your entire college education.

If you are looking for College and University Grants and don't know where to start CLICK HERE

Educational Grants can also be found by searching the web. This resource will help - http://freeeducationguide2009.info

Federal loan consolidation departments provide consolidation services to students who seek loans for educational purposes. Consolidation is a refinancing program providing an opportunity for the individual to convert outstanding education loans held by various lenders into a single new loan with a single monthly payment. This method of clearing up credit is a wonderful way to pay off the debt in full right now, while providing you with the crucial opportunity to pay off your loan to a new department with whom you have a fresh slate.
There are many federal loan consolidation departments in the United States. The US Department of Education offers a federal consolidation loan program called the William D. Ford Direct Consolidation loan program. In this program, the borrowers are allowed to apply for a loan consolidation provided an agreement is made to follow to the Income Contingency Repayment Plan (ICR).
The department of education offers loan consolidation services both online and on the telephone. The federal departments offer many loans such as the one under the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program. For loan consolidation, you have to approach either the consolidation department of the lender or a federal education department.
If the borrower defaults on payments, then the consolidation department (Department of Education) reports this to the national credit bureaus. That causes damages to the borrower's credit rating, eventually inviting difficulties for the borrower to purchase a car or house. So the borrowers must keep in touch with the loan-servicing center so that billing statements do not go astray.
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London, UK December 16, 2003--IntraLearn Europe Ltd. of Guernsey, England, the European subsidiary of IntraLearn Software Corporation, the leading supplier of configurable e-Learning software applications to the mid-market, announced today the completion of a major public e-learning site. The Belgium Flemish Minister of Education, Marleen Vanderpoorten officially launched BIS Online (www.bisonline.be) on the 21st of October 2003. BIS Online is the e-learning project for adult learners sponsored by the Education Department of the Ministry of the Flemish Community. (โ€œBISโ€ = Begeleid Individueel Studeren.)



After extensive testing the department of the Ministry of the Flemish Community has chosen the IntraLearn LSP application (Learning Service Provider) as the Learning Management System (LMS) for this initiative. Local distributor Xaurum, a company with offices in Belgium and the Netherlands, has implemented and customized the LMS to the specific demands of the Flemish Community in 7 months.



โ€œIntraLearn has been designed for large-scale operations like BIS and is able to launch content created with third-party tools.โ€ commented Adrian Bott of IntraLearn Europe.



BIS Online combines distance learning presented in a virtual classroom with communication as in a traditional classroom. The constructivist courses are "web based", interactive and use several media styles such as text, sound and video. Content is created in Flemmish within local universities using specialist tools. BIS Online has many practical subjects for adult learners and has launched with foreign language courses. Students subscribe and pay monthly for access. They are assigned a mentor and can create their own lesson plan to suit their needs.



About BIS

BIS is part of the Flemish Adult Education Department. BIS is a successful provider of distance learning with student numbers of over 25,000 per annum. More about BIS Online:

http://www.ond.vlaanderen.be/berichten/2003pers/BIS_Online_21okt.htm



About IntraLearn Software Corporation

IntraLearn Europe Ltd of Guernsey, UK is the European subsidiary of IntraLearn Software Corporation of Northboro, MA, the leading provider of shrink-wrapped e-Learning applications for mid-market corporations, academic institutions and associations. Along with operations in Brazil, Singapore and India, IntraLearn software is distributed worldwide through authorized IntraLearn resellers and LSPs to more than 1,000 major organizations in 40 countries in 17 languages. IntraLearn is a member of the Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Program.

Wellington, FL June 8, 2004 -- The Lands Resources Division of the National Park Service, has recently integrated targeted news and information headlines provided by All Headline News into the department intranet portal. "Having the up-to-date RSS news feeds available from All Headline News benefits the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service in its mission to manage the national park system.โ€ states Allette Karavitis of the Lands Resources Division. โ€œAll Headline News is reliable and timely, and this service provides us an additional tool to respond quickly to news and events."



"We are pleased to be supporting the National Park Service, Land Resources Division and employees in their important ongoing mission.โ€ said W. Jeffrey Brown, CEO of All Headline News. The National Park Service makes the most of our services flexibility by targeting only the specific news and information that is vital to them."



About All Headline News Corp.

All Headline News Corp. is a privately held, leading news portal and aggregator of news and headlines. The company's systems search and index thousands of websites for news and information that is categorized and distributed as live headline links to the original sources. The company's services are used worldwide in portals, websites, charities, governmental entities, educational institutions and other organizations.



To get real-time, automatically updating premium news headlines for your web site, intranet or portal: http://www.allheadlinenews.com/addnews/





Press Contacts:

W. Jeffrey Brown, CEO

All Headline News Corp.

www.allheadlinenews.com

Email: jbrown@allheadlinenews.com

Phone: (561) 827-4065



Allette Karavitis , Supervisory Computer Specialist

United States Dept. of the Interior

National Park Service, Land Resources Division

www.nps.gov

2900 Horseshoe Dr S, Suite100

Naples FL. 33498

Phone: (239) 213-2248

Fax: (239) 261-6879

Email: Allette_Karavitis@nps.gov

Belmont, CA August 27, 2003 -- Against a backdrop of the worst economic times since the Great Depression and in a state teetering on the verge of bankruptcy with a recall that roars, there is a little school district in a little community determined to guarantee that their children will have access to music education. Up and down the state, thousands of California children are returning to classrooms where budget cuts have taken a deep toll on teachers and curriculum. This little school district is determined to make sure that kids don't come out the losers in the California debate.



Located in the middle of San Francisco and Silicon Valley are the communities of Belmont and Redwood Shores, California. This year, with lay-offs, company closures, and an unemployment rate hovering at 9%, the community raised $250,000. The money helped keep the school libraries open three hours per day and saved several teacher positions. They also started a letter writing campaign to the Governor of California that effectively began one of the largest grass roots efforts seen here in 20 years.



Their tenacity did not go unnoticedโ€" two broken fax machines later, the Governor's secretary called the Superintendent to request that the town quit writing, e-mailing, and faxing so many letters! Faced with a $1.5 million dollar deficit and a Superintendent that jumped ship for a richer school district, plans were made to launch a community wide fundraiser that would save music and the arts in the public schools.



Save The Music With The Little School District That Could was hatched and put into play that day. Yet, what they uncovered is something every American should know. โ€œWe are perilously close to realizing the death of music in the majority of our public schools. Quite simply and silently, across the country, music and the arts are dying,โ€ said Deborah Stephens, a parent in the school district.



โ€œWhen I began to look at the research, I realized that much more was at stake than just music. The connection between music and a child's competency in science and math are so intertwined that โ€˜do-re-mi leads to PC.โ€ The heavy emphasis on improving reading and math scores in California, coupled with the dramatic funding cuts, is coming dangerously close to making the song, The Day The Music Died a reality.โ€ said Stephens.



Van Ton, Co-President of School Force, the parent foundation, makes a poignant point: โ€œResearch teams, exploring the link between music and intelligence have reported that music training is far superior to computer instruction in dramatically enhancing children's abstract reasoning skills. These are the very skills necessary for learning math and science. โ€ โ€"Yet, here we sit, in the middle of the fifth largest economic power in the world and the birthplace of technology and music, closing down the very programs that have inspired our best scientists and technologists.



Ironically, California, (the birthplace of Napster, the iPod and the sounds of Carlos Santana, Jefferson Starship and The Grateful Dead) leads the nation in cuts to music and the arts in the public schools. Owen Bruce exemplifies the irony. Owen has taught for 30 years in the little school district. Owen is still on staff, but next year, for the first time in his teaching career, he will not be teaching music to the majority of the kids who attend the public schools. His life's work became a number that was cut from the operating budget of the school district. Owen is a living, breathing โ€œstatisticโ€ of what is going on all over America:



Music and the arts are on the chopping block in 48 states.



Despite Americans' clear support for music education and participation, budget cuts and shifting priorities have placed those programs in more danger than ever. Currently, up to 28 million American students do not receive an adequate music education, and cuts in education funding are either pending or have been enacted in more than half the states nationwide. According to the Music Education Coalition, the current round of budget cuts could lead to curtailment of programs depriving as many as 30 million studentsโ€"more than 60 percent of those enrolled in grades K-12โ€"of an education that includes music.



These cuts come at a time when the importance of music education is better understood than ever before. The College Entrance Examination Board found, for example, that students in music appreciation scored 63 points higher on verbal and 44 points higher on the math than students with no arts participation. U.S. Department of Education data on more than 25,000 secondary school students found that students who report consistent high levels of involvement in instrumental music over the middle and high school years show โ€œsignificantly higher levels of mathematics proficiency.



Save The Music With The Little School District That Could and the communities of Belmont and Redwood Shores, California are determined to make sure that the music plays on in their 6 public schools.



Information: Deborah Stephens 650-622-9115

September 3, 2004 -- EbzB Productions, a professional touring theatre company, announces its 2004 -2005 theatrical season. To book performances contact EbzB Productions at ebzb@earthlink.net or call 919-387-4616. Please visit www.EbzB.org for details, updates, and performance schedules.



EbzB Productions:Your World Is Our Stage!



"Brown v. Board of Education"

The landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling on May 17, 1954 declared separate but equal public schools unconstitutional and the desegregation of America's public schools began. Mike Wiley performs this play depicting the saga of the Brown vs. Board decision and its consequences. Wiley transforms himself seamlessly into many characters including the Reverend Oliver L. Brown, Justice Earl Warren, Charles Scott, and Thurgood Marshall. Perfect for civil rights and black history forums this entertaining tour de force capsulizes the high impact ruling for desegregating schools. "Brown vs. Board of Education" is written, directed and designed by Serena Ebhardt.

A ten-minute version of this play was originally commissioned by the North Carolina Association of Educators with assistance from its parent organization - NEA (National Education Association. The expanded version is already enjoying an active touring schedule. 2004 is the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education Ruling.



"Songs and Letters of World War II"

A musical journey through a war that redefined the world, this cabaretis interspersed with personal letters from the front and headline news of the period. A warm reminiscence and a harrowing reminder of a time that is not unlike the present. โ€œSerena Ebhardt's throaty vocals have stark beauty and authenticity. She spins little dramas when she sings.โ€ โ€"The News and Observer



"The Wrights of Passage"

The story of the passion and focus of Orville and Wilbur Wright in their pursuit of flight. With an aviation timeline interspersed between the Wright Brothers' personal journey, this celebration of man's greatest achievement is a testament to unconquerable faith. See an abstract replica of the Wright Flyer built in front of your eyes.



"The Night Before Christmas Carol"

EbzB's signature piece. Spend an evening in Charles Dickens' study learning about his life and watching him create his famous tale, "A Christmas Carol". Historically accurate and highly humorous.

Written by renowned Dickens scholar, Dr. Elliot Engel. Starring David zum Brunnen.



"David absolutely becomes my great-grandfather

on stage!โ€ โ€"Cedric Charles Dickens



"Madame Defarge's TALE OF A-TRO-CITIES"

Madame Defarge shares her side of the story as she knits together her tale of atrocities during the French Revolution. Based on Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities, this one-woman show features Serena Ebhardt as the French femme fatale whose lust for revenge will not stop for wind or fire.



"The Tender Nights of F. Scott Fitzgerald"

The decadence of the "jazz age" personified through the personal history of one of America's greatest writers. A triangular struggle of love and hate between Scott, Zelda and Hemingway over a background of American history and two World Wars.



"Nicholas Nickleby-- in One Hour, With Two People"

Charles Dickens' famous novel with over 600 characters -- played by only two actors? Fast and Furious. Take part in the fun. Victorian costumes, non-traditional casting, and a little perspiration. Better than the Cliff Notes!



"Via Dolorosa" by David Hare

This probing and powerful work by the acclaimed British playwright recounts his travels and conversations across the Middle East, vividly

evoking ideologies and passionate emotions of the region. EbzB presents David zum Brunnen in the widely praised Deep Dish Theatre Company production of this play.



COMING IN 2005

Lewis and Clark: Celebrating 200 Years



Staged Readings Include:

* Dickens Food and Froth

* Sketches of Young Couples by Boz

* Marriage Vows and Modern Verbiage

* Who Wants To Be David Copperfield?

* Cratchits, Carols and Christmas Chronicles



โ€œYou are true professionals and a delight to work with.โ€

โ€"Billie Boyd, Roanoke Island Festival Park, Manteo, NC



EbzB Arts-In-Education

Educators, please ask about C.E.U. credits for EbzB workshops. EbzB also offers study guides, audience etiquette tip sheets and student matinee versions of our productions. EbzB founders Serena Ebhardt and David zum Brunnen are trained by The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as "Artists as Educators". EbzB designs student, teacher and professional development workshops.



โ€œI'd like to offer EbzB my sincerest gratitude to you for not only making this event a success for our NIE program, but also for bringing history to life for our students! Thank you for your caliber of performance and flexibility.โ€ --Beth Greenwaldt, Newpapers-In-Education Director, Wilson Daily Times



EbzB Productions is recognized by the NC Arts Council's Touring Artist Directory and is a member of the NC Presenters Consortium. EbzB will work with your organization to apply for grant assistance from your local arts council. Recent EbzB partnerships include the NC Museum of Art Outreach Program and Newspapers-in-Education.



www.ebzb.org

Your World Is Our Stage!



EbzB Productions celebrates the profound impact of telling stories, in a theatrical way. We believe that theatre influences and encourages a life to be positively transformed through discoveries unveiled โ€" immediately or over time. To that end, EbzB is developing a growing repertoire of plays and staged readings for touring that encourage transformation, self-knowledge and discovery. Founded in 1998 by Serena Ebhardt and David zum Brunnen, EbzB Productions now tours nationally with simple and compelling productions. Its roster offers a variety of choices for presenters and audiences.



Serena Ebhardt and David zum Brunnen delight audiences on their frequent tours throughout the United States. This award-winning husband-wife, actor-manager team bring over forty years of experience to the stage. Their careers have taken them from off-Broadway and the U.S. to Canada and Europe. Among the many productions in which the couple have appeared together are Travesties, She Stoops To Conquer, Reckless, Cloud Nine, Nicholas Nickleby, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Cat and The Canary, Raney, Dearly Departed, and the off-Broadway American Premiere of Winding The Ball.



In addition to performing, Serena and David are available to instruct and direct. Both have been trained by The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to teach workshops for students and for the career development of teachers and business professionals.