Education

• In Quantum Shift TV's 'Be the Change' school video contest, BC school beats teams from New York and California for $50,000 prize package
  
• Grand Prize includes eco-friendly playground/skateboard park and organic garden built by celebrity action spo...

NEW YORK, NY and PLEASANTON, CA and WASHINGTON, DC -- (MARKET WIRE)
-- 06/05/08 -- How is our Earth different now from ever before? Why are there cyclones in Burma and droughts in Spain? In response to these and other questions about environmental crises that are per...

WASHINGTON, June 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) and the Pearson Foundation today announced the official launch of a new public service announcement (PSA), "Learning to Change/Changing to Learn." The five-minute video, previewed in Singapore...

NEW YORK, May 29 /PRNewswire/ -- The Pearson Foundation today announced that it is committing $1 million to provide high school teachers and administrators involved in National Academy Foundation (NAF) career-themed Academies with innovative new training and classroom re...

BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, WA - May 19, 2008 - Bainbridge Graduate Institute's (BGI) President Gifford Pinchot III was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree by the University of Puget Sound at their commencement ceremonies. Mr. Pinchot delivered the address for the University's...

MINNEAPOLIS, May 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Nonprofit organizations now employ a sizable and increasing share of the nation's workforce, and Walden University, one of the largest online providers of graduate degrees, is offering an M.S. in Nonprofit Management and Leadership to prep...

PHILADELPHIA, PA - May 7, 2008 - /PRNewswire/ -- Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. announced today that it is celebrating its ongoing partnership with the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and their work to eradicate cancer in children. The celebration will be held at th...

WASHINGTON, May 5 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced that Santa Monica High School from Santa Monica, Calif. is the winner of the 2008 DOE National Science Bowl(R). Santa Monica High School beat Mira Loma High School from Sacramento, Calif. ...

ORLANDO, FL "“ April 22, 2008 "“ The Pearson Foundation and Nokia today announced a global, environmental filmmaking competition that gives young people the chance to share their views on the earth's future and the importance of combating climate change. The Mobile Learning ...

BURLINGTON, VT "“ April 17, 2008 "“ Seventh Generation, the country’s leading provider of environmentally safe household products, is celebrating Earth Day where it matters most: in classrooms from coast to coast, where teachers are presenting the company’s unique Ear...