Artwork by Hatty Ruth Miller, Lumbee artist  
 
Category: 21. Business, economics, and employment

    WITT017. Witten, Scott. “Local firm produces educational software.” Robesonian Sunday, 24 December 2000: D1. 

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Publication type: Newspaper article

Arrow Educational Products, Inc., headquartered in Pembroke, produces three multimedia reading software titles (“Fair Voyage,” “Reading with Phonics,” and “Phonics Voyage”) as well as other educational products related to history and to Native Americans. The company's CEO is Reginald Oxendine, Jr.; his parents, career educators Reginald and Peggy Oxendine, designed the reading software products. The company has 11 employees.

Besides receiving positive reviews, the company's products have sold well. As of this writing, it had sold over 18,000 items throughout the United States. The company, established in 1995, has seen annual sales increases five times. It has given away $3,000 in products in its quarterly random drawings.

For more information, see the company's web site at  www.arrowinc.com

Additional Subjects: Arrow Educational Products, Inc. | Reading instruction | Phonics | Reginald Oxendine | Peggy Oxendine | Reginald Oxendine, Jr. | Lumbee entrepreneurs 

This annotation was written on: January 6, 2002; edited on June 18, 2002.

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