Cleveland school parents get Internet safety guide from FTC

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Cleveland School District parents will receive a free guide to the Internet so they can talk to their children about being careful online.

The schools will give out as many as 50,000 copies of a Federal Trade Commission publication, "Net Cetera." The distribution ranks as one of the largest for the guide since it was made available a little less than a year ago, according to officials from the FTC's regional office in Cleveland.

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Time Warner Cable names outstanding teachers

May 4, 2009

Cincinnati – Barbara James, a K – 8th -grade teacher at Riverview East Academy, has received a 2009 Time Warner Cable National Teacher Award, announced today by Vin Zachariah, regional vice president, Southwest Ohio Division of Time Warner Cable. In addition to a $2000 cash grant, and a $3000 technology grant for her school, James will be honored during a gala awards event June 3 in Washington, D.C., along with other teachers who developed winning classroom projects selected for this year’s Awards...