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(May 2, 2007) Annika Richards, Director of Public Education for Sober College, Los Angeles, CA, 800-465-0142, announced Sober College has partnered with Spectrum Athletic Clubs to allow fitness opportunities for residents. With the partnership agreement, every Sober College student will receive a gym membership to one of the premiere athletic clubs in the greater Los Angeles Area.
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Through its Advocacy and Public Education program, the Minnesota Housing Partnership collaborates with housing advocates, civic organizations, and financial institutions. Minnesota Housing Partnership uses research, media outreach, and political advocacy to raise public awareness and encourage civic and political participation to promote and achieve affordable housing for low income individuals and families.
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[One] technology that's expected to attract public-education dollars is CRM and other enterprise software suites. CRM is especially attractive to public colleges and universities, which see the technology as a tool for competing for students. They use CRM to court potential students, serve current students and establish relationships with alumni. Among the higher-ed CRM pioneers are University of Alabama, New York's Pace University and George Washington University in Washington, D.C., say industry experts. At the same time, K-12 public schools are eyeing enterprise software because many are keen to update aging back-office systems.
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Nearly every New York City public school is eligible to apply for Parents As Arts Partners grants, including New York City Department of Education approved charter. For the 2006-2007 PAAP grant period, 232 schools submitted applications and 150 were awarded grants (10% of NYC public schools). These include 19 schools in The Bronx; 46 schools in Brooklyn; 26 schools in Manhattan; 41 schools in Queens; and 18 schools in Staten Island. Of these, 10 are special education and 1 is a charter school. Grants have been awarded to 42 schools new to the program this year.*
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WNYC New York Public Radio (February 16, 2007) WNYC News - Education advocates are thrilled that City Council Speaker Christine Quinn called for universal pre-K in her state of the city address yesterday. -see story
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For VARs seeking a slice of the $6.2 billion public-education pie, the outlook is good. IT spending by state and local school districts should grow over the next several years, say market watchers, even as states strain against severe budget deficits. That's not to say the market is static. On the contrary, while public-education spending levels on IT should hold steady, the kinds of IT products and services they buy will not. Out, in many cases, are desktop computers and related hardware, which the schools already have plenty of. In, instead, is an array of more complex technologies: network infrastructure, wireless networks and devices, along with customer relationship management (CRM) and other enterprise software suites.
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