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SRI International Wins Contract to Integrate Live and Computer-Based Training for the California National Guard

SRI International, an institute based in Silicon Valley, has been awarded a $3M contract to develop a statewide combat readiness training system for the California Army National Guard that integrates live battle exercises with computer-based simulators. This will greatly increase training effectiveness by linking live outdoor training exercises with simulators to create a realistic battlefield […]

School of Continuing Education Department: W.W. II Vet Receives High School Diploma

That was part of what he was doing from June 1943 to July 1945 while serving in Europe as an infantryman in the Army. He could have stayed home in Jamaica, Queens, and grappled with trigonometry or memorized bits of “The Faerie Queene.” Instead he chose to fight the Nazis from Normandy to the Battle […]

Lessons planned

The living room of Sonya Wright’s East End home looks as if it were plucked out of a public school. Read the Full Article

6 counties get $1.8M in grants

The grants were awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Read the Full Article

New channel will be interactive learning tool

The three-year grant from the John R. Oishei Foundation is by far the largest received by the Western New York Public Broadcasting Association. It will put the organization at the forefront of advances in digital technology, said Donald K. Boswell, president and chief operating officer. Read the Full Article

BCcampus replaces Open Learning Agcy

Advanced Education Minister Shirley Bond says BCcampus will provide a single portal of access for post-secondary on-line and long distance learning. Read the Full Article

New Television Series Address Growing Family Literacy Problem

Both “Madison Heights” and “Lifelines” are designed to bridge the gap between the needs of low literate populations and increasingly overextended service providers. Read the Full Article

Home-schooler makes Teen People

She doesn’t much care about things such as fashion, makeup or celebrity gossip. Read the Full Article

Great Lakes museum receives $1.7 million

The plan to build a Great Lakes museum and educational center at Milwaukee’s lakefront took a giant step forward Sept. 27 when the Northwestern Mutual Foundation and U.S. Department of Commerce donated $1.7 million to the project. Read the Full Article

Video counseling assists people in rural areas

Three years ago the superintendent of schools at Arthur County expressed the need for mental health providers in the Sandhills area of Nebraska. Read the Full Article

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