Students from around the globe compete online as they strive to answer more
than 50 million math questions correctly
DALLAS, Feb. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Voyager Expanded Learning(R)
and 3P Learning announced today that they will again host a free, web-based
World Math Day competition on March 5, 2008. Children of all ages and
ability levels from around the globe will unite in their quest to set a
world record in answering math questions correctly on Voyager's
VmathLive(TM) website (http://www.vmathlive.com) and 3P Learning's Live
Mathletics(R) Game Engine (http://www.mathletics.com.au and http://www.mathletics.co.uk).
The event will begin on March 5 west of the International Dateline and
continue through to the last minute of March 5 east of the International
Dateline. Students will take part in real-time battles of speed and skill
and may participate either at home or at school.
Last year 286,392 children from more than 1200 schools in 98 countries
came together to answer 38,904,275 questions correctly. This year,
registration began on February 1, 2008, and already more than 400,000
students in 12,000 schools from more than 130 countries have signed up for
the event and started practicing.
Existing Voyager VmathLive and Mathletics schools will have automatic
entry into the event. Teachers and students can register free of charge at
http://www.worldmathday.com. For countries outside the U.S., visit
http://www.worldmathsday.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 1000 school districts in cities such as Miami, Richmond, New York
and Los Angeles, resulting in dramatically improved student performance.
Voyager Expanded Learning, Inc. is a business unit of Voyager Learning
Company (OTC Pink Sheets: VLCY) and 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.
SOURCE Voyager Learning Company
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