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CodeHS Launches Code Oregon to Expand Computer Science in School Districts Across Oregon
CodeHS announced its new initiative, Code Oregon, to expand high-quality computer science in school districts across the state of Oregon. In a technology driven world, coding is now a foundational for students. Only 7% of Oregon schools teach AP Computer Science courses despite the fact that by... - March 25, 2018 - CodeHS
Sundra Michele Bauman, CEO Chosen as a Woman of Distinction by the Professional Organization of Women of Excellence Recognized
Sundra Michele Bauman, CEO of Phoenix, Arizona has been chosen as a Woman of Distinction by P.O.W.E.R. (Professional Organization of Women of Excellence Recognized) for her outstanding contributions and achievements in the field of education. Each quarter we choose four women for our distinction... - March 24, 2018 - P.O.W.E.R. Professional Organization of Women of Excellence Recognized
Scannx Announces Book ScanCenter 5.0 Software
BSC 5.0 Includes advanced security features, enhanced imaging editing tools, and integration with OCLC's next generation platform for resource sharing. - March 22, 2018 - Scannx, Inc.
Camp M.A.T.E.S. 2018 Season Begins
Camp M.A.T.E.S. Now Accepting Applications for Summer Camp. - March 22, 2018 - Autism Academy of South Carolina
Mayor Tom Bradley 100th Anniversary Stand Up and Walk It Out Rally Joins Forces with the Women’s March & March for Our Lives in Support of the 17 Murders in Parkland, FL
Today, the Collaborative Expansion, producer of the Mayor Tom Bradley 100th Anniversary Celebration, announced its Stand Up and Walk It Out Rally slated for March 24, 2018, at Grand Park, 200 N Grand Ave, 90012, in downtown Los Angeles. Collaborative Expansion has joined forces as the Mayor Tom... - March 21, 2018 - Collaborative Expansion
CEO Scheduled to Represent TCI at the 57th Annual CCSS Conference in San Diego
TCI has announced that CEO Bert Bower and select members of the account management team will be attending the California Council for the Social Studies 57th Annual Conference: Tearing Down Walls: Building Connections, Collaboration and Civil Discourse in San Diego, CA. The conference will take... - March 20, 2018 - TCI
Education Meets Entertainment at 8th Annual Summit Academy Family Expo
Who: Hosted by Summit Academy North and Summit Academy Flat Rock; What: Summit Academy Family Expo; Where: 18601 Middlebelt Road, Romulus, MI; Why: Access to free education and services; When: Saturday, March 24, 2018 from 10 am to 2 pm (College Fair: 11 am to 1 pm) - March 15, 2018 - Summit Academy Schools
Dux Tuition Announces to Offer Comprehensive Tutoring Programs Across All Subjects
Leading tutoring specialists in Sydney, Dux Tuition announces to offer comprehensive tutoring programs across all subjects to students of all ages from K to Year 12. - March 15, 2018 - Dux Tuition
Black Belt Community Foundation Unveils New Head Start Facility in Selma
Will Host Open House for Community, Leaders and Media on Thursday March 15th from 4pm-5:30pm. - March 14, 2018 - Black Belt Community Foundation
Lokal Real Estate Support Graduating Seniors
John Marshall High School is preparing to honor members of the Class of 2018 at the annual Senior Awards Banquet. A time when students are recognized, families celebrate and staff reminisce. Celebrations like this require all hands on deck from the community charged with educating young minds. This... - March 13, 2018 - Tall Tower Real Estate Marketing
eLuma and Former CEC President Partner to Present Webinar on Due Process
eLuma Online Therapy and Jerry Hime, a former president for the Council for Exceptional Children, will partner to present a webinar entitled, “A Special Educator's Guide to Due Process & 504 Hearings.” The webinar will address one of the most troubling topics in all of special education: compliance-related legal action. - March 13, 2018 - eLuma Online Therapy
CodeHS Announced Code Missouri Partner Schools and Districts
CodeHS, a San Francisco-based computer science teaching platform, is pleased to announce the rural Missouri school districts who have been selected as partners to participate in Code Missouri for the 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 school years: Albany R-III School District - Albany, Missouri Ash Grove... - March 11, 2018 - CodeHS
Education Without Walls Names Theresa McSpedon as Director of Operations
Education Without Walls, the innovative educational organization, today announced that Theresa McSpedon of Gaylordsville, CT has been named their Director of Operations. Ms. McSpedon comes to Education without Walls after a 30-year career in management and executive roles in the technology sector, specializing in start-ups. - March 10, 2018 - Education Without Walls
New Missouri Report Proves Expanded School Breakfast Reduces Childhood Hunger
Missouri's strong school breakfast participation helps better prepare kids for a day of learning. - March 10, 2018 - Operation Food Search
Drug-Free Tennessee Circulating Truth
Drug-Free Tennessee, the local chapter of the Foundation for a Drug-Free World, has been helping people across the state to learn the harmful effects of drugs before they are lured into taking them. - March 10, 2018 - Drug Free South
BioLogue Announces New State of the Art Science Lab for Youth in Dekalb County
BioLogue Laboratorium has launched a state of the art lab for youth ages 5 -18 in DeKalb County, GA. The 11 room lab offers authentic hands on STEM explorations on an ongoing basis. Offerings include: Microscopy, Chemistry, Genetic Engineering, Molecular Biology, Pathology and more. The high job demand for STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics)professionals spearheaded the design of the facility. - March 07, 2018 - BioLogue Laboratorium
Creative New Children’s Book Debuts, Teaching a Strong Message on Environmental Awareness, Water Pollution, and Conservation of the Blue Planet
Written by Janet Balletta, "Mermaids on a Mission to Save the Oceans" is an innovative new children’s book that explores water pollution in Florida and the Seven Continents. As an educator, Janet invites children to become world-class citizens and join these mermaids on a mission to preserve the lakes, rivers, and oceans of the blue planet. - March 06, 2018 - Janet Balletta
Parkland Shooting Victim Retains The Berman Law Group
One of the last victims of the Parkland school shooting in Florida has been released from the hospital. - March 06, 2018 - The Berman Law Group
Dislecksia: the Movie! Free Screening at Rider University Thursday, March 15th from 7p-9p
Many Now Call Dyslexia a "Super-Power!" Join Emmy-Winning Filmmaker Harvey Hubbell V and Expert Panel for Talk-Back After Film to Learn Why. - March 05, 2018 - seedling.tv
Three Citrus Park Christian School Football Players Selected to All-State Team
Citrus Park Christian School has three football players that were honored by the Florida Christian Association of Private and Parochial Schools (FCAPPS) as members of its All-State team for the 2017 season. They are Josh Smith, Jared Thompson and Nate Julian. - March 03, 2018 - Citrus Park Christian School
New Teen & Adult Phonics (TAP) Library App Brings Gritty Themes to Decodable Texts
New for the iPad, the Teen and Adult Phonics (TAP) Library app gives English literacy educators access to a collection of specialist-designed digital novels suitable for older students learning to read with systematic, cumulative instruction in phonics. It offers an accessible and engaging digital alternative to “baby books” for older learners. - February 28, 2018 - Studio Goojaji
World’s Largest Pilot of Blockchain Technology in Education Launched Affecting Over 400,000 Students
Over 15 academic institutions encompassing 400,000 students launch a global pilot of blockchain technology out of Dubai, from primary schools to graduate studies for exchange of digital documents. - February 27, 2018 - EduChain Inc.
Florida Shooting Highlights the Mission of Bearacade Lockdown Response Systems
Bearacade product rapidly secures classrooms and offices during attacks. - February 23, 2018 - National School Control Systems, LLC
Isaac Mentouri LMT Discloses Unique Path to Four Year Collegiate Degree: What Universities Don't Want You to Know
Licensed massage therapist Isaac Mentouri announces a little known, yet highly disruptive, secret to avoiding excessive time and costs required to complete a 4 year college degree without a high school diploma. - February 22, 2018 - Isaac Mentouri
5 Shorecrest Seniors Advance to National Merit Finalists
Shorecrest seniors Charity Chen, Mitchell Greene, Hunter Holland, Kyle Mullins and Sylvia Smith have been named National Merit Finalists by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. All five students were named National Merit Semifinalists and have advanced to the next round of... - February 22, 2018 - Shorecrest Preparatory School
National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE) Welcomes Chris Whaley, J.D., to Board
Chris Whaley, J.D., president of Roane State Community College in Harriman, Tennessee, has been named to the NACCE board of directors. - February 21, 2018 - National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship
Atlanta Area Author Releases Third Kids' Adventure Book
The Secrets of Skullcano Adventure ebook combines reading with video games for kids, as they solve a cybercrime and become the hero of the story. - February 19, 2018 - ITSE Laguna Publishing, LLC
TEACH Expands to Second Hospital in Michigan
The non-profit now has volunteer college students and medical students conducting science experiments with sick children in hospitals in five different states. - February 19, 2018 - TEACH
One Year in, D.C. Public Schools Parkour Program Has Kids Leaping with Confidence
When Miriam Kenyon went looking for a new way to get DC’s public school kids active and engaged, she found parkour and DC’s American Parkour Academy (APK). Together, Kenyon and APK developed a curriculum that has been rolled out to 40 schools across DC and Maryland and is gaining... - February 16, 2018 - American Parkour
St. Monica Catholic High School Announces Hiring of New Football Coach
Coach Steve Broussard will lead the St. Monica Catholic High School Mariner football program, Principal James Spellman announced today. A first-round NFL Draft pick who spent nine seasons in the NFL as a player, Broussard went on to coach at nearly every level, including five seasons in the Pac-12. - February 15, 2018 - St. Monica Catholic High School
APC by Schneider Electric Announces 2018 IT Make-Over Contest for K-12 Schools
A Cincinnati high school was the 2017 contest winner and received $10,000 of IT improvements. - February 14, 2018 - APC by Schneider Electric
Pop Culture Classroom Opens Doors for Colorado Kids to Explore World of Comics, Games, and Movies Through Educational Spring Break and Summer Camps
Camps ignite children’s imagination, creativity, and love for pop culture through exploratory learning programs in Denver. - February 09, 2018 - Pop Culture Classroom
Scannx Simplifies Interlibrary Loan Fulfillment on OCLC’s Next Generation Platform
Scannx®, the leader in document capture and document delivery software and cloud services for library patrons and staff, and OCLC, a nonprofit global library cooperative, today announced their collaboration to simplify the interlibrary loan process using Scannx scanning software with... - February 07, 2018 - Scannx, Inc.
FEFPA Awards Zyscovich Architects with Top Honors for Design of Seminole County Public Schools' Hamilton Elementary School of Engineering and Technology
The Florida Educational Facilities Planners’ Association (FEFPA), the state’s leading authority on educational design excellence, has just awarded Zyscovich Architects four First Place awards for: Seminole County Public Schools’ Hamilton Elementary School of Engineering and Technology, Miami-Dade County Public Schools’ Dr. Toni Bilbao Preparatory Academy, South Florida’s Miami Country Day School Center for the Arts, and Palm Beach State College’s Dr. Dennis P. Gallon Campus. - February 07, 2018 - Zyscovich Architects
Sundra Michele Bauman, CEO Honored as a Woman of Empowerment by Professional Organization of Women of Excellence Recognized
Sundra Michele Bauman, CEO of Phoenix, Arizona has been honored as a Woman of Empowerment by P.O.W.E.R. (Professional Organization of Women of Excellence Recognized) for her outstanding contributions and achievements in the field of education. About Sundra Michele Bauman, CEO Sundra Michele... - February 07, 2018 - P.O.W.E.R. Professional Organization of Women of Excellence Recognized
CrossFlow Enables Central New Mexico Community College to Gain Visibility to Its Campus Network, Assuring the Quality of Critical Services
CrossFlow’s Network Performance Manager provides New Mexico’s largest community college with comprehensive visibility to identify and troubleshoot problems faster, preventing abuses of valuable IT resources and enhancing user experience. - February 07, 2018 - CrossFlow Software
Renowned Early Childhood Program Increases College Success: 30-Year Study Shows Impact on Leading Social Determinant of Health
Participating in an intensive early childhood education program from preschool to third grade increases college graduation rates at age 35, according to a new study by University of Minnesota researchers. The study, published in JAMA Pediatrics, tracked the progress of more than 1,500 children... - February 06, 2018 - University of Minnesota
PromSocial Launches Mobile App Set to Change the Way Teens Plan, Organize and Share Their Prom Experience
It’s no surprise that prom is wildly important to most high school students, as a rite of passage and a night they will likely remember for the rest of their lives. PromSocial, an exciting new startup, focused exclusively on the prom experience, aims to eliminate many of the common prom stresses teens face when planning for their big night. - February 04, 2018 - PromSocial
Duo of Shorecrest Seniors Earn U.S. Presidential Scholar Nomination
Greene, Holland Recognized for Exceptional Performance on ACT/SAT - February 02, 2018 - Shorecrest Preparatory School
Creative Educational Products, Inc. Debuts Quiztory, as a Web-Based Trivia Game, and “This Day in Quiztory” Into Chicago Public Schools
Creative Educational Products, Inc. and Chicago Public Schools have teamed up to introduce the Quiztory trivia game and “This Day in Quiztory” into CPS’s learning platform beginning February 2018. “This Day in Quiztory” is a weekday podcast that debuted in June 2014... - February 01, 2018 - Creative Educational Products, Inc.
STEMPilot Career Training for British Columbia Canada Students
STEMPilot delivered 4 Edustation flight simulators for career education for schools in British Columbia. The Ministry of Education is focused on training students for future careers in math, science and engineering. The flight simulators coach the student to fly through boxes in the sky over Vancouver flying a Bombardier CRJ aircraft. - January 23, 2018 - STEMPilot Inc.
Rachel's Challenge, an Organization Promoting Safer School Environments, to Hold Open Preview Event in Denver
Rachel's Challenge is a local organization built around the thoughts and ideas of Rachel Joy Scott, the first victim of the Columbine High School shooting. Her father will be hosting an introductory event in the Denver area for those interested in learning more about Rachel while bringing awareness to their school program that has been successful in more than 5,000 schools around the world. - January 22, 2018 - Garlic Media Group
NEOTD.com Hosts the 2018 Tech Symposium 4/19/2018 at LCCC - Elyria, OH
NEOTD.com is hosting its annual Tech Symposium on April 19th, 2018 (1pm-5pm) at LCCC Campus - Spitzer Center - Elyria, Ohio. This free event for Businesses, Schools, Libraries and Government Agencies will feature presentations from the tech industry's top professionals covering topics like Cyber Security - plus, the latest tech products and services. Attendees will be able to interact with experienced tech industry experts and participate in panel discussions. - January 18, 2018 - SpaceBound Solutions
Education Lender Expands Loan Consolidation Opportunities
Helping Borrowers Take Control of Their Financial Future - January 17, 2018 - iHELP Student Loan/RSLFC
Village Tech Schools New Campus Groundbreaking in South Dallas
Village Tech Schools will break ground on their new campus location on Wednesday, January 17th at 1:00 PM located at 402 W. Danieldale Road in Duncanville located in southern Dallas County. The special groundbreaking includes a presentation by Superintendent David Williams to establish and... - January 14, 2018 - Village Tech Schools
The All-New Zero Emissions Blue Bird All American School Bus Heads to Northern California as A-Z Bus Sales Wraps Up Their Ride and Drive Event
After a week of touring in Southern California, the all-new zero emissions Blue Bird All American electric school bus heads to Northern California for its final Ride and Drive Event hosted by A-Z Bus Sales. - January 13, 2018 - A-Z Bus Sales
Classical Conversations® Supports National School Choice Week
National School Choice Week, Jan. 21-27, has rapidly become the world’s largest education-related public awareness effort. Sponsored by Homeschool Now USA, National School Choice Week has grown from 150 events in 2011 to over 21,000 in 2017, according to Andrew Campanella, president of... - January 12, 2018 - Classical Conversations Inc.
National Championships and Commencement Headline Classical Conversations® Capstone Cruise
Planning for the third-annual Classical Conversations® Capstone Cruise is nearing completion, and the deadline for cruise registration is fast approaching. The five-day, four-night cruise and celebration will be on board the Carnival Liberty cruise ship, April 30-May 4. - January 11, 2018 - Classical Conversations Inc.
Marc Demetriou to Speak at Lakeland High School
On January 19, 2018, Marc Demetriou will return to his alma mater Lakeland High School to speak to the school’s chapter of Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA), DECA members and business education staff on what it takes to be truly successful and to lead their best life. He will be... - January 10, 2018 - Marc Demetriou
A-Z Bus Sales Introduces the New 2018 Blue Bird All American Type D Electric School Bus Ride and Drive Events Throughout California
A-Z Bus Sales, Blue Bird and Adomani team up to showcase the all-new Blue Bird Type D Electric School Bus in California from January 8 through January 17 at select California school districts. - January 05, 2018 - A-Z Bus Sales