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New Orleans Scores Big in TripAdvisors TripIndex that Reveals Southern U.S. as Top Region for Travelers Looking for Domestic Deals

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New Orleans, LA (PRWEB) June 17, 2012

This is the second year TripIndex has named the south as the top region for travelers looking for deals. New Orleans scored in the top four of the ten most affordable U.S. destinations, along with Dallas, Atlanta, and Orlando. Based on a nights stay, dinner for two, drinks, and a taxi ride, the four cities averaged between $ 283 and $ 309.

We have long known that New Orleans is a great bargain, said Mark Romig, President and CEO of the New Orleans Tourism and Marketing Corporation. Not only is the price point right, but you get an authentic experience found nowhere else in America.

The U.S. list comprises 15 popular, editorially selected U.S. cities, focusing on large and popular tourism markets in the U.S. International destinations were also measured. An illustrated graph is attached.

“New Orleans is both an affordable and attractive destination,” said Stephen Perry, President and CEO of the New Orleans CVB. “Our city exposes business and leisure travelers alike to our culturally- significant dining, music and nightlife experiences all while providing the practicality of budget-friendly travel.”

TripIndex priced out the following items in each destination to represent the cost of an evening out for two people:

Teachers, Parents Praise New Reading Program In Pennsylvania School District For Helping Struggling Students Increase Their Test Scores

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Swiftwater, PA (PRWEB) July 27, 2012

As the assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction in one of the most diverse school districts in Pennsylvania, Dr. Catherine Sweeney needed a way to boost the progress of her high-risk student population. Then, one of her teachers discovered StudyDog, an interactive reading program designed for elementary schools.

Our students were not making any type of progress, Sweeney explained. We have to prepare our students for them to be successful in the 21st century. I think the key is that you need to keep up with technology.

The Pocono Mountain School District faced several challenges with more than half of the districts roughly 10,000 students economically disadvantaged. About 21 percent of the students had learning disabilities and 5 percent were learning English for the first time.

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Forty percent of kindergarteners in the Pocono Mountain School District did not possess basic phonemic skills when they entered the school system last fall. The lack of those basic skills makes it incredibly difficult for students to learn phonics at the primary level. But using Web-based software from StudyDog, teachers tailored interactive learning programs to the specific needs of each child.

We have been extremely pleased with the program, Sweeney said.

After testing StudyDog last spring in classes for children with special needs, administrators rolled out the program for all students in kindergarten through second grade.