(Oklahoma City, Ok.) -- From September 22 through October 17 the Education World Internet web site located at www.education-world.com will challenge educators to win more than $15,000 in high-tech prizes. "Chalk Talk Challenge" allows educators to register their opinion online about some of the hottest topics in education including violence in schools, block scheduling and year-round schools. Each answer submitted by e-mail is an entry into the sweepstakes. To participate in the Chalk Talk Challenge, educators must register on-line at www.education-world.com/chalk. Beginning on September 22, participants will receive three questions each week via e-mail.

On October 24, three Grand Prize winners will be chosen to receive Gateway 2000 Destination Big Screen PC/TV computer systems (valued at $3,000 each). Sixty first prize winners will receive Microsoftâ software packages (valued at $100 each) including Encartaâ and Microsoftâ Bookshelfâ. Twenty second prize winners will receive Education World polo shirts. In addition, five weekly winners will be chosen to receive one of two Internet teachers' guides: Net Learning: Why Teachers Use the Internet or Net Lessons: Web-Based Projects For Your Classroom published by O'Reilly & Associates.

The Chalk Talk Challenge is designed to provide insight into educators' attitudes on some of the most prominent issues facing the profession. Results of the Chalk Talk Challenge will be published online at Education World.

Education World is "The Educator's Guide to What's On the Internet," featuring the Internet's largest education-specific search engine plus lesson plans, curriculum materials, employment listings, and monthly reviews of the Internet's best educational Web sites. For more information, please visit the Education World Web site at www.education-world.com> or contact Dean Davison or Michelle Manuel at (816) 842-1500.