Student charged in scheme; Allegedly stolen textbooks sold back to colleges.
Byline: Scott J. Croteau WORCESTER - An Assumption College student allegedly stole textbooks from the college bookstore and had "multiple girls" returning them for cash at other city colleges, according to court records. Jonathan Kuchar, 21, of West Granby, Conn., will face larceny charges next...

Faculty Sign On With Flat World Knowledge to Use Free and Open Textbooks in College Classrooms.
Open Textbook Publisher Empowers Instructors to Address the Affordable Textbook Issue; Unveils Roadmap for Expanded Service in 2009 NYACK, N.Y., Feb. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Flat World Knowledge, a publisher of expert-authored, free and open college textbooks, today announced it has signed 30 U.S. universities and colleges to...

Student union appeals for scrapping of drug test plans; focus on improving textbooks.
The Department of Education (DepEd) has been urged Wednesday to utilize its budget wisely by spending it on education concerns rather than on random drug testing.Around P25 million is going to be spent by DepEd for the conduct of the random drug testing on students next month, an education...

Pencils down! Class is in session--in cyberspace.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] What if you could turn on a computer and take all your classes without leaving home? You could IM classmates, pull up textbooks with the click of a mouse, and talk to your teacher from miles away. More than 1 million U.S. students in elementary,...

Global Content Solution Professionals Back New Microsoft Education Platform for Rich Media.
Microsoft Semblio software toolset provides rich, interactive learning material for educators. REDMOND, Wash., Feb. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- At its fourth annual Global Education Partner Summit, Microsoft Corp. announced a lineup of prominent educational content publishers, developers and software vendors from around the world that intend to use...

SRA/McGraw-Hill Introduces 'SRA Read To Achieve'.
New Curriculum Helps Adolescents Master Comprehension Strategies COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading publisher SRA/McGraw-Hill recently launched SRA Read to Achieve, designed to provide instruction in comprehension strategies that adolescent students can apply successfully to content-area classes, such as science and social studies. It has been...

Schools survey will help guide budget cuts.
Byline: Anne Williams The Register-Guard Members of the Eugene School District Budget Committee on Monday night will begin work on what may be the district's most unpalatable spending plan in nearly two decades. With Oregon mired in recession, a steep tumble in income tax revenue...

McGraw-Hill Partners With Quantum Simulations To Deliver Web-Based Intelligent Tutoring and Individualized Homework Help to College Accounting Students.
NEW YORK, Feb. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- McGraw-Hill Higher Education (MHHE), a premier provider of educational solutions that help drive student achievement, has joined forces with Quantum Simulations, Inc., a leading developer of artificial intelligence (AI) tutoring and assessment software, to offer the Quantum Tutors for the Accounting Cycle. Topics...

During Deep Recession, Website Seeks to Cut Cost of Major College Expense.
TOWSON, Md., Jan. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- With college students across the country getting ready to start the new semester, the financing of higher education has never been more costly, especially for the college textbook market which has seen prices increase at more than twice the rate of inflation in...

Spring Semester's Textbook Tuesday Arrives, January 20.
Chegg.com is Stocked and Ready to Save Students Over $25 Million in Textbook Costs in Spring 2009 Semester SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Chegg.com, the number one online textbook rental company, is stocked-up and primed for the Spring 2009 Semester's "Textbook Tuesday," January 20, 2009....