Other education stories this past year included the deaths of college test preparation pioneer Stanley Kaplan and music educator Bess Lomax Hawes.

VOA: special.2009.12.31

He discovered that seeds or spores could grow if the seed could develop in a special preparation.

VOA: special.2010.04.06

The show was also aimed at providing children from low-income families with additional preparation for school.

VOA: special.2009.11.27

Here is a recording from the movie. Hepburn's character, Eva,tells about how she has changed her name in preparation for becoming a great actress.

VOA: special.2009.09.20

Let's see if I can name a few off the cuff, or without any preparation.

VOA: special.2010.05.02

Who was Stanley Kaplan? Did he A) start a test preparation company, B) start the test preparation industry, or C) die last month at age ninety?

VOA: special.2009.09.17

The preparation had a sugar base and was similar to gelatin, a food product.

VOA: special.2010.04.06

Yet wealthier families are the ones best able to pay for test preparation.

VOA: special.2009.09.17

The report suggested saving money by considering "less costly forms" of test preparation.

VOA: special.2009.09.17

Another preparation method is to till the ground completely.

VOA: special.2009.07.07

"I tried to take a traditional sort of approach to researching this project and doing preparation for it."

VOA: standard.2010.07.16

Star players endure hours of interviews,talking about their football background and their preparation for the big game.

VOA: standard.2010.02.04

"The amount of preparation that goes in,you know, companies spend millions more in production costs,man hours, .

VOA: standard.2010.01.27

He is also promising to ensure that procedures laid down for collecting the U.N.panel's data are followed more strictly in the preparation of future reports.

VOA: standard.2010.01.23