Science Education & Policy

EQUATE Petrochemical Company Adopts Advanced Learning Management From Tata Interactive Systems (TIS)

MUMBAI, August 1 /PRNewswire/--- TIS' Learning Planet(TM) all set to Enable Success at one of the World's Leading Petrochemical Companies. Learning Planet(TM), an Enterprise Learning Management System from global E-learning provider TIS, has rec ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Aug 1 2008 - 3:30am

Addax Petroleum Announces Federal Government Approval Of Nigeria Gas Utilisation Initiative

CALGARY, Canada, August 1 /PRNewswire/--- International Consortium Formed for Investment in Gas Development- Including the Potential Monetization of OML137 Gas ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Aug 1 2008 - 8:33am

Would Changing The Measurement Mean Fewer Failing Schools Are Failing?

Ohio State University researchers have developed a new method of measuring school quality based on schools’ 'impact on learning' and their results say that summer vacations and parent incomes have more to do with low test scores than the quality ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 3 2008 - 7:49pm

Brightcove Accelerates Expansion In Japan

LONDON, August 4 /PRNewswire/--- Brightcove's New Subsidiary in Japan Adds General Manager, Announces First Customer, and Closes $4.9 Million Financing; gorin.jp to Publish Beijing Olympic Video With Brightcove Brightcove Inc., the leading global Int ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Aug 3 2008 - 9:30pm

TechWeb's Advanced Trading Magazine Names Top Ten Quantitative Analyst Schools

MANHASSET, New York, August 4 /PRNewswire/--- Industry Veterans Rank Financial Engineering Programs Based on Wall Street Recruitability TechWeb's Advanced Trading, the premiere source for objective industry-specific content for trading executives, to ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Aug 4 2008 - 8:33am

Is Head Start Working For Children?

Growing interest in publicly funded programs for young children has drawn attention to whether and how Head Start and other early childhood programs should be asked to prove their worth. Congress asked the National Research Council for guidance on how to i ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 4 2008 - 11:20am

SDW- An Invaluable Business Asset That Costs Only Time!

LONDON, August 4 /PRNewswire/-- The most valuable business asset that you and your sports and leisure facility could own this year will cost you nothing more than your time. Because a ticket to Sports Development Week (SDW, 23-25 September, Birmingham NEC ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Aug 4 2008 - 11:30am

Platts To Announce 2008 Top 250 Global Energy Companies

NEW YORK, August 4 /PRNewswire/--- The Ranking, In Its 7th Year, To Be Unveiled At 3rd Annual Top 250 Global Energy Companies Asia Leadership Awards Dinner Platts, the world's leading energy information provider and a division of The McGraw-Hill Comp ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Aug 4 2008 - 5:30pm

Stevia The Controversial Sugarleaf Unleashed

It may not be an ever popular artificial sweetener like NutraSweet, or have the crystalline texture of pure sugar, but the herb, which is commonly found at Trader Joes when it isn’t in its natural South American setting is sweeter than its sweetener counte ...

Article - Audrey Amara - Aug 4 2008 - 6:56pm

Oncology NEWS International Announces More Functional Redesign Aimed At Broader Coverage Of The Hematology And Oncology Marketpl

SAN FRANCISCO, August 5 /PRNewswire/-- Oncology NEWS International, a leading provider of news and coverage of the hematology and oncology market for the past 17 years, has announced a redesign of its editorial content aimed at addressing the ever-changin ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Aug 5 2008 - 9:30am