A group of dedicated volunteer tutors and an increased emphasis on school attendance showed in Cleveland Elementary School’s test scores this year, said Principal Ty Bell. The school scored a perfect 1500 on standardized testing for the first time and is only the second school in the Norman School District to reach that mark. McKinley Elementary School scored a 1500 in 2007.
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University North Park continues to progress despite gloomy national economic news and setbacks like Circuit City planning to shutter its electronics stores.
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Weather Decision Technologies, Inc. (WDT), a global leader in state-of-the-science weather applications, and NanoWeather, a leading microscale forecasting company, announced on Monday, Dec. 15th, that they are part of a consortium of academic, public, and private enterprises that has been awarded a major two-year grant by the Policy Board of the State of Oklahoma’s EDGE  initiative. WDT is a former tenant in NEDC's technology based incubator, eTec.
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Every semester, student interns with the Center for the Creation of Economic Wealth (CCEW) work with local inventors to get new technologies off the ground at the University of Oklahoma. Interns worked with the K20 Center, a university-wide research and development center within the College of Education that promotes innovative learning through school-university-community collaboration.
CCEW is a tenant in NEDC's technology based incubator, eTec.
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LWPB Architecture has opened a new office in the Carey Lombard Lumber Co. Building at 128 E. Main St. in Norman.
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