News Releases issued before 2006

Nov. 1, 2005 Discovery Education, The Faith & Politics Institute, and Freddie Mac Bring Civil Rights Curriculum to Schools; Multimedia curriculum kits provided free to all 15,000 U.S. Middle Schools.
Oct. 26, 2005 Discovery Education Announces Major Discovery Health Connection Updates; Expanded content, streamlined features added at no additional charge.
Oct. 25, 2005 Top U.S. Teachers Gather In Denver for Discovery Education’s Second Discovery Educator Network Summit; “Storytelling in the digital age” the focus of day-long event.
Oct. 11, 2005 Discovery Education Connects Utah Schools to On-Demand Health and Prevention Resources.
Oct. 6, 2005 Discovery Education Announces unitedstreaming South Africa Sweepstakes; Five lucky teachers will win the experience of a lifetime.
Sept. 19, 2005 Senator Clinton, Discovery Communications Open State-Of-The-Art Media Education Center at Poughkeepsie Middle School; Shared goal is to increase student achievement with state of the art facility. (View Photos  from the opening event.)
Sept. 14, 2005 Discovery Education Announces “Explore Your World with Discovery School” Promotion.
Setp. 14, 2005 Discovery Education Connects Wyoming Schools to On-Demand Health and Prevention Resources.
Sept. 14, 2005 Discovery Education Connects Indiana Schools to On-Demand Health and Prevention Resources.
Sept. 14, 2005 Discovery Education and Alabama Public Television Partner to Provide Free Digital Library to All Alabama Schools.
August 15, 2005 Discovery Education and Hazelden Connect Schools to Evidence-Based Youth Health and Prevention Curricula.
June 30, 2005 Discovery Education Introduces the Discovery Educator Network; Nationwide program connects teachers to their most valuable resource—each other.
June 29, 2005 Discovery Education Connects Students to Improved Reading Comprehension; New scientific research shows Discovery Health Connection improves literacy skills.
June 28, 2005 Three Rural Schools Win Big in 2005 CDW-G/Discovery Education “Win a Wireless Lab” Sweepstakes.
June 28, 2005 Discovery Education Announces New Discovery School Multimedia Learning Products; Over 150 new video, DVD, and CD-ROM titles for grades K-12 now available.
June 27, 2005 Discovery Education Wins CINE Golden Eagle Award; “Africa Today” honored for excellence in filmmaking.
June 2, 2005 Discovery Education Raises the Bar in Digital Learning; New unitedstreaming content, features help teachers improve student achievement
June 1, 2005 Discovery Education Partners with CDW-G to Provide School Site-Based unitedstreaming Video Servers; New delivery options give schools greater flexibility for using video to enhance learning.
Apr. 19, 2005 Discovery Education Acquires Health & Prevention Programs from C.H.E.F.®
Apr. 15, 2005 Montgomery County Public Schools Chooses Discovery Education’s unitedstreaming; Award-winning video-on-demand to benefit over 139,000 students and their teachers. (View Photos  from the April 15th announcement event.)
Apr. 1, 2005 Discovery Education and the Association for Continuing Education Partner to Bring unitedstreaming to All Santa Clara County Schools and San Mateo County Private Schools; Award-winning video-on-demand to benefit over 286,000 students and their teachers.
Jan. 27, 2005 Discovery Education Introduces Latest Version of unitedstreaming; New content and features make the country’s most popular educational VOD service even better.
Jan. 27, 2005 Discovery Education Announces Buy One Get One Free Promotion; Limited-time unitedstreaming offer good through April 15, 2005.
Jan. 27, 2005 Discovery Education Introduces Discovery Health Connection; Online curriculum library puts health and prevention education at teachers’ fingertips.
Jan. 27, 2005 Discovery Education Expands Discovery School Product Line; Over 250 new video, DVD, and CD-ROM titles for grades K-12 now available.
Aug. 30, 2004 Discovery Education and Iowa Area Education Agencies Partner to Provide unitedstreaming to All K-12 Schools Statewide; Two-year agreement benefits nearly 500,000 students across the state.
Aug. 30, 2004 Discovery Education and NY State Public Television Stations Extend unitedstreaming License Agreement; Educational video-on-demand provided free to all K-12 schools.
Aug. 23, 2004 Discovery Communications Announces Acquisition of Rainbow Educational Media; Second deal in as many weeks further expands Discovery Education’s Digital Video Library Technology Market.
Aug. 16, 2004 Discovery Communications Announces Acquisition of AIMS Multimedia; Deal strengthens Discovery’s positions in the Education Technology Market.
July 23, 2004 Discovery Education Wins AEP Distinguished Achievement Award; DiscoverySchool.com named Best Educational Website.
June 21, 2004 Scientific Study Shows unitedstreaming™ Increases Math Scores in Los Angeles Unified School District; Algebra and geometry performance sees statistically significant improvements.
June 21, 2004 Discovery Education and ASCD Partner to Bring Professional Development Content to unitedstreaming™; Online video courses provide ongoing training for educators, administrators.
June 21, 2004 Discovery Education Announces Major Initiative to Provide unitedstreaming™ to Every U.S. Public School District; “unitedstreaming™ VOD Pass” unveiled today.
May 18, 2004 Discovery Education’s Assignment Discovery Wins Daytime Emmy Award; Educational programming recognized as “Outstanding Children’s Series”.
Mar. 18, 2004 Discovery Communications, Inc., Announces Discovery Education, New Business Initiative; Steve Sidel named Executive Vice president in charge of Discovery Education.
Feb. 25, 2004 United Learning President Chosen for Digital Media Magazine’s Digital Media 100; List highlights the top innovators in the digital media industry
Jan. 22, 2004 United Learning Eliminates Video Streaming Network Bottlenecks; unitedstreaming Network Manager lets schools control bandwidth usage.
Dec. 16, 2003 AETN, ADE Sign Statewide Agreement with United Learning; Award-winning unitedstreaming available to 1,137 schools.
Nov. 20, 2003 United Learning Bolsters Health Education Programs; New video content from Sunburst and Slim Goodbody added to unitedstreaming™.
Nov. 5, 2003 United Learning Partners with Award-Winning Ripple Effects to Prevent Risky Behavior; Age-appropriate software addresses need in health curriculum.
Nov. 4, 2003 unitedstreaming™ Receives Award of Excellence; Chosen by Technology & Learning magazine for 21st annual awards.
Oct. 30, 2003 United Learning Helping Kids Find Their Inner Super Heroes; Mighty Me Training Camp added to roster of educational products.
Oct. 15, 2003 Teachers Choose unitedstreaming™!; Application earns Learning Magazine 2004 Teachers’ Choice Award.
Oct. 9, 2003 United Learning and Florida Virtual School Partner to Enhance Student Courseware; Partnership brings award-winning unitedstreaming™ capabilities to school’s online students .
Sept. 4, 2003 Discovery Communications, Inc Announces Acquistion of United Learning, Inc; Deal Positions Discovery as Leader in Educational Media & Technology, Benefiting Schools, Teachers and Students.
June 26, 2003 Texas Region 10 Selects ‘unitedstreaming™’ for 900 Schools; United Learning Signs Dallas Metro Four-Year Video-on-demand Contract.
June 23, 2003 United Learning signs statewide agreement with Louisiana; Award-winning unitedstreaming™ available to 2,000 schools for three years.
May 30, 2003 United Learning and onCourse Partner to Provide Streaming Video to Schools Through Public TV Stations.
May 12, 2003 United Learning Offers Pre-service and Professional Development Opportunities with unitedstreaming™; Video streaming technology provides on-demand, distance learning opportunities.
May 8, 2003 United Learning, Shoah Foundation, and Thirteen/WNET Commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day; ‘One Human Spirit’ to be seen by millions of school children worldwide.
April 22, 2003 United Learning Receives a trio of Awards in April; unitedstreaming™ wins BESSIE, Streaming Magazine’s Reader's Choice and Media & Methods’ Portfolio Awards.
Apr. 3, 2003 United Learning Honors National Holocaust Awareness Month with Shoah Foundation Video Available to All Subscribers.
Mar. 13, 2003 United Learning Partners with Cerebellum Corporation; Award-winning ‘Standard Deviants’ programs now available through unitedstreaming™.
Feb. 4, 2003 Texas Region XI Chooses ‘unitedstreaming™’ for 750 Schools; United Learning Signs Five-Year Video-on-demand Contract with Key Texas Districts.
Oct. 9, 2002 United Learning takes ‘No Child Left Behind’ from promise to practice; 12.6% documented improvement using unitedstreaming™ presented to U.S. Congressional Committee.
June 17, 2002
United Learning completes major research initiative showing substantial learning gains with ‘unitedstreaming’; Third and eighth grade students show big boosts in achievement scores and fulfills research mandates in No Child Left Behind Act.

Research factsheet: ‘unitedstreaming™’ research rationale, districts and principal investigators
June 17, 2002 United Learning expands K-12 video collection to more than 5,000 titles; More than 400 titles added this school year with another 200 planned for 2002-03.
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