Education

GLENDALE, AZ. - September 19, 2008 - The deadline is approaching to register for Thunderbird School of Global Management's second annual Sustainable Innovation Summit which draws top business school students from around the world for a global competition to develop su...

OAKLAND, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 09/18/08 -- Do you have an idea to change the world? Now's your chance! The Brita Products Company is challenging college students nationwide to put their environmental passion into action and develop programs to green their campuses.

PITTSBURGH,PA. - September 17, 2008 - The U.S. Presidential candidates should be very concerned about the country’s ability to attract and retain science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workers in order to maintain its global leadership in science and technol...

NEW YORK, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Jumpstart's Read for the Record(R) Campaign is preparing to set a new world record for the largest shared reading experience and raise funds for early education in low-income communities. Jumpstart and the Pearson Foundation ann...

PRINCETON, N.J., Sept. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Career changers may be one of the nation's best hopes to fill an anticipated 1.5 million teaching vacancies over the next decade, according to a national survey released by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation...

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Young people today want to take action to change the world. At the PeaceJam Global Conference at Loyola Marymount University on September 11-13, 2008, PeaceJam, Penguin Young Readers Group, and the Pearson Foundation will announce a new i...

QUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC -- (MARKET WIRE) -- September 3, 2008 -- Zone aims to become a model for sustainable development on the university campus, and is taking a number of concrete steps in this direction starting in September.

Zone will phase out...

- August 7, 2008 - $265 billion, 1.6 million people, 5% growth per annum; not bad statistics for a sector that was close to zero 10 years ago. With an avalanche of media coverage, surging fuel prices and political campaigns focused on "green" issues, the state of the environ...

WHITEHOUSE, N.J. - August 4, 2008 - The Merck Institute for Science Education (MISE) announced today that it has launched The Academy for Leadership in Science Instruction, a new three-year program to improve science instructional practice within public schools in New Jersey...

ISELIN, N.J., Aug. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- America's future scientists have just two months to register for the 2008-09 Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology. Entries must be received by Wednesday, October 1, 2008 at 5pm EDT.

Students ...