Education

BATON ROUGE, La., May 11 /PRNewswire/ -- The Pearson Foundation today announced plans to support, for the second year in a row, Louisiana State University's (LSU) Biology Intensive Orientation for Students (BIOS) program with scholarships and digital arts equipment. The 2009...

GAITHERSBURG, Md. - May 7, 2009 - Sodexo, a leading integrated services company providing food service and facilities management on 600 campuses in the United States, joined with a group of sustainability-minded Ithaca College students in upstate New York to cook up a...

PHILADELPHIA, May 7 /PRNewswire/ -- A nationwide Gallup poll released this week finds children who have support from their parents, guardians or another caring adult are more likely to be hopeful, engaged and positive about their future well being educationally and socially....

MINNEAPOLIS, May 6 /PRNewswire/ -- On October 8, more than one million children and adults are expected to team up with a single "Hungry Caterpillar" to help break a world record and draw attention to the early education crisis affecting millions of at-risk young children he...

CHICAGO, IL - May 4, 2009 - American InterContinental University (AIU), which offers flexible and accessible education options for adults, and Women Employed, a leading national advocacy organization for women's economic advancement, today launched

Net Impact, San Francisco, CA - April 14, 2009 - Net Impact and FedEx Corp. today announced the winners of a new essay contest designed to engage the next generation of business leaders on the issue of access. "Access" is defined by FedEx as the ability to connect and make n...

OMAK, Wash., April 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Save For America today announced 4% account participation growth in its school banking program for the 1st quarter of 2009 ended March 31st.

The proportion of Account Neutral^* Sc...

DENVER, April 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Twenty five public school teachers from across the United States were recognized today by the National Civic League with the 2009 MetLife Foundation Ambassadors In Education award. The teachers were selected for their leadership in ...

Bainbridge Island, WA. - March 23, 2009 - Bainbridge Graduate Institute (BGI) co-founders Gifford Pinchot III, president emeritus and Jill Bamburg, dean emeritas are the recipients of the Olympus Lifetime of Educational Innovation Award. Olympus, a precision techno...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA. - March 17, 2009 - International nonprofit Net Impact and FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) announced today the finalists of the Access student essay contest designed to engage the next generation of business leaders on the issue of access. The goal of the co...