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Computer Curriculum Corporation Announces $2.4 Million Educational Software Sale to Garland Independent School District of Garland, Texas

Business Wire, Sept 21, 1999

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 21, 1999--

District Principals and Teachers Select Computer Curriculum Corporation's Educational Software for 44 District Elementary Sites

Computer Curriculum Corporation (CCC), the leading provider of educational software and services to K-12 schools, today announced that Garland Independent School District of Garland, Texas has signed a contract worth $2.4 million for CCC's elementary educational software. CCC will install the comprehensive package, which encompasses reading/language arts, bilingual and math interactive programs, in 44 sites throughout the district over the next year. In addition, CCC will provide professional development for teachers and technical services support.

According to Terri Houser, elementary technical facilitator, "We chose Computer Curriculum Corporation because our teachers felt that CCC would offer us the most in terms of reaching our instructional goals and most clearly matched our predefined criteria for instructional software." Principals and teachers, using a common set of educational objectives, worked together to evaluate and select an educational software provider. Garland's curriculum framework, meeting TAAS (Texas Assessment of Academic Skills) objectives, student performance reporting, and ease-of-use were among their key requirements.

About Computer Curriculum Corporation

Computer Curriculum Corporation is the leading provider of educational software and services to K-12 schools. CCC's software is installed in more than 16,000 schools and has been used by more than 10 million students worldwide.

Computer Curriculum Corporation is an Elementary publishing group within Pearson Education, the global education publishing business of Pearson plc, the international media group. Pearson Education is the world's largest educational publisher, enlightening and enriching the lives of students of all ages, everywhere, with books, multiple media, and learning programs in all major academic disciplines. Its leading imprints include Computer Curriculum Corporation, Prentice Hall, Addison-Wesley, Scott Foresman, Allyn & Bacon, Macmillan, and Longman. For more information, please visit www.ccclearn.com.

Reader Contact Information: Readers can call Computer Curriculum Corporation at (888) CCC-4KIDS, ext. 6189, or visit the company's web site at http://www.ccclearn.com.

Computer Curriculum Corporation and the CCC logo are registered trademarks of Computer Curriculum Corporation.

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