Education

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...

STAMFORD, Conn., March 11 /PRNewswire/ -- The Pearson Foundation and By Kids For Kids (BKFK) today announced that Alyssa Hansen, 15, of Irvine, California won the Digital Arts Challenge's Grand Prize of $10,000 for her graphic novel, "The GUARDians." As part of her "C...

WASHINGTON, March 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Illinois high school teacher Joseph Fatheree received the $25,000 NEA Member Benefits Award for Teaching Excellence at the annual NEA Foundation Gala in Washington, D.C. on Feb. 6, 2009. Presented by the Pearson Foundation and the National...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Learning to Change/Changing to Learn: Student Voices, a new video public service announcement launched today from the Pearson Foundation and The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), spotlights students as they share their though...