Voyager Students Help Set Record in World Math Day Competition
22 March 2007 - 8:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Students shatter the 10 million question goal with nearly 39
million questions answered correctly DALLAS, March 21 /PRNewswire/
-- More than a quarter of a million students from around the world
logged on to http://www.vmathlive.com/ and
http://www.mathletics.com.au/ on March 14, 2007, to celebrate World
Math Day. By participating in the competition to answer the most
math questions correctly, students from 98 countries answered a
total of 38,904,275 questions, quickly exceeding the original 10
million question goal. Voyager Expanded Learning and 3P Learning
hosted the celebration of numbers, with support from Microsoft
Corporation. The event began on March 14 west of the International
Dateline and continued through the last minute of March 14 east of
the International Dateline. Students of all ages and ability levels
competed against each other in real-time battles of speed and
skill. Top Contributing Schools from the United States: -- 6th
Place - Crescent Elementary/Junior High School in Iberville Parish,
Louisiana (328,832 correctly answered questions) -- 21st Place -
Broadmoor Elementary School in Miami, Florida (216,572 correctly
answered questions) Highest Class Contributors in the United
States: -- 10th Place - Fourth-graders at Crescent Elementary in
Iberville (106,596 correctly answered questions) -- 21st Place -
Seventh-graders at Crescent Junior High School in Iberville (74,609
correctly answered questions) -- 31st Place - Eighth-graders at
Crescent Junior High in Iberville (57,213 correctly answered
questions) -- 32nd Place - Fifth-graders at Sweetwater Elementary
School in Miami, Florida (55,265 correctly answered questions) "The
kids had a wonderful time participating in World Math Day! They
smiled, they cheered each other on and most importantly they
learned," said Linda Klein, principal at Broadmoor Elementary
School. "VmathLive is fantastic!" To view the complete World Math
Day results, visit http://www.worldmathday.com/. About Voyager
Expanded Learning Voyager Expanded Learning provides core,
intervention and supplemental reading programs, as well as math
intervention and ongoing professional development programs, for
school districts throughout the United States. Founded in 1994,
Voyager has delivered extended-time reading and basic skills
intervention programs, as well as large-scale reading programs, to
more than 900 school districts in cities such as Dallas, Phoenix,
New York, Philadelphia and Los Angeles, resulting in dramatically
improved student performance. Voyager Expanded Learning, L.P. is
based in Dallas, Texas. For more information, please visit
http://www.voyagerlearning.com/ or call 1-888-399-1995. About 3P
Learning: Founded in 2003, 3P Learning develops e-learning
resources for students and teachers. Key to the success of 3P
Learning's resources is the idea that play plus practice equals
progress. The company's e-Learning resources are written by
teachers who hold this philosophy at their core, and are proven to
engage and motivate students to achieve excellent results. 3P
Learning develops curriculum-based resources for the Internet that
are currently used by over 1000 Australian schools and that have
been used by close to 1 million students. For teachers, 3P Learning
uses technology to provide up to the minute information on
students' progress and the ability to fully differentiate within a
class to target individual student needs. For more information
about 3P Learning, please visit http://www.3plearning.com.au/.
DATASOURCE: Voyager Expanded Learning CONTACT: Shannan Overbeck of
Voyager Expanded Learning, +1-888-399-1995 ext. 9476, ; or Liz
Wheatley, Marketing Manager of 3P Learning, + 61 2 8917 5645; or
Jennifer Chelune, Investor Relations Manager of ProQuest Company,
+1-734-997-4910, Web site: http://www.proquestcompany.com/
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