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Educators Rate MarcoPolo 'Best Site' for Free Lessons and Materials
By Derek Iwasiuk NEW YORK - MarcoPolo has been rated the top free Web site for downloading educational material to use in the classroom, according to a survey conducted by Edutopia Magazine. The site, Voted the "best site to download free lessons and material," MarcoPolo Edutopia, published by the George Lucas Educational Foundation, recently conducted the survey among the magazine's readers, most of whom are educators and higher-education professors. MarcoPolo, which was launched by MCI in 1997, provides high-quality, Web-based content and professional development free of charge for kindergarten-through-12th grade teachers and students. "We are thrilled with the level of response and the passion our readers Nationwide, more than 225,000 educators have participated in training to use MarcoPolo as a curriculum tool. The MarcoPolo site is a gateway to seven discipline-specific sites, with resources furnished by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, National Council on Economic Education, National Endowment for the The areas of study covered include the arts, economics, humanities, Based on national education standards, MarcoPolo saves teachers time and school systems money by offering educators 42,000 cross-disciplinary Verizon delivers technology that touches people's lives. The Verizon For more information on the foundation, visit http://www.verizon.com/foundation. Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ), a Dow 30 company, is a leader VERIZON'S ONLINE NEWS CENTER: Verizon news releases, executive speeches and biographies, media contacts, high quality video and images, and other information are available at Verizon's News Center on the World Wide Web at http://www.verizon.com/news. To receive news releases by e-mail, visit the News Center and register for customized automatic delivery of Verizon news releases. |
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