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Career Step Announces Winner of Video Scholarship Contest for Moms Returning to School
Career Step is proud to announce that the winner of its December 2015 Moms in School scholarship is Katrina Mazanet, a full time dental hygiene student at Madison College in Wisconsin. - February 23, 2016 - Career Step
Maureen McGovern Headlines Concert Honoring Women
CreativeBridge Coalition (CBC) will celebrate the accomplishments of Mahoning Valley women with a unique evening of musical entertainment, titled Valley of the Divas, at the DeYor Performing Arts Center on Saturday, April 16 at 7:30pm. - February 22, 2016 - Creative Bridge Coalition
Kids Need to Read Receives Over 36,000 Magazines from Highlights for Children
Highlights for Children has donated 36,331 magazines valued at $181,292 through their #Giving Tuesday project. These magazines will benefit Kids Need to Read’s literacy projects for children, including READ Together and The Page Coach. - February 22, 2016 - Kids Need to Read
PECB Signs a Partnership Agreement with CHARTERED MANAGERS
“The purpose of this partnership is to elevate national awareness to the importance of ISO standards and how it helped shape Cameroon culture,” said Eric Lachapelle, CEO of PECB. - February 21, 2016 - PECB
Northern Minnesota FTC (First Tech Challenge) Robotics Team Places at State Tournament, Advances to USA North - Super Regionals
It was a dream come true, for rookie team, Untitled 1 to claim the title of Winning Alliance Captain at the 2015-16 MN FTC State Championship on February 6, 2016. This qualifies the team to advance to the USA North Super-Regional Championship Tournament in Cedar Rapids, IA on March 17 – 19th. - February 19, 2016 - Untitled 1
NJ Center for Tourette Syndrome Announces 2016 NJ Walks for TS Events
North, Central, and South Jersey 5K walk/runs planned to benefit the nation’s first Center of Excellence for Tourette Syndrome’s Education Outreach program. - February 19, 2016 - New Jersey Center for Tourette Syndrome
The Youth Mentor's Workshop Initiates a Funding Campaign to Go National with Its Program
Mentors help kids learn how to turn dreams into reality. At the Youth Mentor's Workshop they are social entrepreneurs building a way for mentors to help others' dreams come true. The Workshop is made up of kids who are guided by mentors who receive financial support from revenues generated by the sales of 2MAC sports drinks. The drinks are made by ex-long term unemployed people training to go back to work in the food manufacturing sector. - February 18, 2016 - The Kid Mentor's Workshop
Regroup Mass Notification Partners with PurePoint International
New partnership meshes powerful communication technology with expert consultation to create a safer, more secure workplace. - February 18, 2016 - Regroup Mass Notification
Kids Need to Read Presents Build-a-Book Workshop to Inspire Creativity at Six Schools
Kids Need to Read hosted author and illustrator Steven Riley to present the Build-a-Book program to students at six valley schools. - February 18, 2016 - Kids Need to Read
Code3 CME to Exhibit at EMS Today 2016 Conference February 25 Through 27
Code3 CME, a Career Step company, will be exhibiting in booth 3233 at the EMS Today 2016 conference in Baltimore February 25 through 27. - February 18, 2016 - Career Step
Tickets Now on Sale for the 11th Annual Imagine Gala Presented by Lipman Produce
Join Derrick Peltz as the celebrity chefs turn up the heat on March 12. - February 17, 2016 - Imaginarium Science Center
SANS SCOLT Luncheon Provides Knowledge to Empower SE World Language Educators
The SANS Inc. SCOLT Leadership Luncheon takes place this week in Charlotte, NC, as part of the annual Southern Conference on Language Teaching (SCOLT). This event is an opportunity to develop connections and foster collaboration among leaders of the 14 state associations in the SCOLT region. The theme of the 2016 Leadership Luncheon is “Empowering Teachers for EPIC Growth: No Limit to What We Can Achieve." - February 16, 2016 - SANS Inc. Instructional Technology for Language Learning
KNTR Receives $10,000 from Pi Beta Phi Foundation to Fund The Page Coach
Kids Need to Read was selected to receive one of only five Special Impact Grants from Pi Beta Phi Foundation to help fill The Page Coach with books for disadvantaged children. - February 15, 2016 - Kids Need to Read
Kids Need to Read Wins ECF of Boeing Arizona Crystal Vision Award
Kids Need to Read was selected to receive $30,000 grant award to fund The Page Coach. - February 12, 2016 - Kids Need to Read
NJCTS Seeks to Train a New Class of Youth Advocates in South Jersey
The nation’s first Center of Excellence for Tourette Syndrome is expanding its statewide, youth-led education and advocacy program. - February 12, 2016 - New Jersey Center for Tourette Syndrome
Regroup Named Finalist for Disaster Recovery Institute's 2016 Notification System of the Year
Second year in a row that Regroup Mass Notification has been nominated for DRI’s prestigious Award of Excellence. - February 11, 2016 - Regroup Mass Notification
PECB Signs a Partnership Agreement with Ideal Vision Consulting
“We make sure we offer our clients the best training material that is accurate, credible and practical. Our engagement and responsibilities in providing great experience will be efficiently allocated to partnership efforts to ensure that these efforts are well-managed and maintained,” said Eirc Lachapelle, CEO of PECB. - February 11, 2016 - PECB
Career Step Announces Winners of 2015 Scholarship Contests
Career Step congratulates Jerome Biggins and Madeson Leske, the winners of its 2015 scholarships, who will receive $2,000 each toward the pursuit of higher education. - February 10, 2016 - Career Step
GCFLearnFree to Restructure Online Class Program
Organization to Strengthen Offerings, Make Classes Available to More Users - February 10, 2016 - GCFLearnFree.org
NECTFL to Announce Mead Leadership Program 2016 Recipients
Awards to the three fellowship recipients of the 2016 Mead Leadership Program will be formally announced this Friday during the awards ceremony of the Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (NECTFL), taking place in New York City. For the ninth consecutive year, SANS Inc. Software and Network Solutions is a corporate sponsor of the Mead Program. SANS is a U.S. based company and leader in the development of mobile and networked instructional technology for language learning. - February 09, 2016 - SANS Inc. Instructional Technology for Language Learning
New Course Gives Aspiring Online Instructors a Competitive Edge
OWLearning has launched a new, interactive prep course aimed at teaching aspiring online instructors how to gain an edge in today's competitive education job market. - February 08, 2016 - OWLearning
PECB Signs a Partnership Agreement with iSystemes
“We are very excited for this agreement, and we promise we will provide our full-time services and best efforts on behalf of this partnership,” said Eric Lachapelle, CEO of PECB. - February 07, 2016 - PECB
Zayed University Signs MoU with Diglossia for Field-Testing and Research Collaboration
The MoU aims to test vocabulary level for students and highlight the critical importance of its acquisition. - February 06, 2016 - Diglossia LLC
PECB Signs a Partnership Agreement with Consult ADQM d.o.o.
“It is increasingly important for PECB to continue encouraging and building partnerships all over the world. We are highly impressed with the work of Consult ADQM d.o.o., and that is why we have expressed our interest for this partnership. We hope that our common work will be a long-term successful journey by providing professional certified training courses in Serbia. PECB is bound to offering qualitative services and objective evaluation,” said Eric Lachapelle, CEO of PECB. - February 04, 2016 - PECB
California Sunlight Corporation Names Mark Palmer President
Long-time Tech Veteran and Business Leader Joins Rapidly Growing Solar Energy Business. - February 03, 2016 - California Sunlight Corporation
California Student Media Festival Celebrates 50 Years of Student Creativity
The California Student Media Festival, the nation’s oldest festival of its kind, celebrates its 50th year of honoring student achievement and highlighting student creativity through media. - February 02, 2016 - CUE
Book Release of The Pixie Tales - The Gift by Kenneth Leon Roberts
Book Release of The Pixie Tales - The Gift by Thee Olde Peddler Book Sellers and Kenneth Leon Roberts. - January 31, 2016 - Thee Olde Peddler Book Sellers
PECB Signs a Partnership Agreement with Global Direct
“PECB has built a strong reputation in the international market for its expertise and ability to develop and deliver trainings on many ISO standards,” says Eric Lachapelle, CEO of PECB. - January 30, 2016 - PECB
Places4Students.com Partners with Moravian College to Provide Off-Campus Housing Solutions
Moravian College has introduced a new off-campus student housing service. - January 29, 2016 - Places4Students
11th Annual Imagine Gala Guaranteed to Delight the Taste Buds
Bring your appetite for food and fun on March 12. - January 29, 2016 - Imaginarium Science Center
Seven Lessons Learned from Implementing Micro-Credentials
A new wave of personalized, competency-based professional development resources are providing a way for teachers to earn recognition for the skills they acquire through formal and informal learning opportunities, according to a report from the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation at NC State... - January 28, 2016 - The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation
U.S. Based Non-profit Launching GoFundMe Campaign to Combat Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Liberia
Through empowerment programs, books, crisis help, weekly group discussions, community activities, tutoring, and a place to stay during times of emergencies, Project READ will give Liberian girls a safe place to simply be girls and give girls wings to soar. - January 28, 2016 - Resources and Outreach for Liberia (ROL)
Career Step Employee Selected to Attend AHIMA Certification Test Question Event for Third Time
Career Step is proud to announce that Revenue Cycle Instructor and Client Manager Cari Greenwood, RHIA, CCS, CPC, was selected to assist in writing updated test questions for AHIMA certification exams. - January 27, 2016 - Career Step
Gift Registries Are No Longer Just for Brides and Babies
Yonkers Partners in Education launches social media-driven gift-giving campaign for new afterschool student center. - January 27, 2016 - Yonkers Partners in Education
PECB Signs a Partnership Agreement with Powerhouse Development and Coaching Academy Inc
“We are very excited for this agreement, and we promise we will provide our full-time services and best efforts on behalf of this partnership. I personally feel profoundly honored and exceedingly delighted to sign this agreement with Powerhouse Academy,” said Eric Lachapelle, CEO of PECB. - January 23, 2016 - PECB
Breakthrough Collaborative Names Chief Program Officer and Chief Development Officer: National Education Nonprofit Positions Itself for Growth by Adding New Expertise
Breakthrough Collaborative, a national education nonprofit with an innovative approach to addressing the achievement gap, is proud to announce that Christina Theokas has joined the team as Chief Program Officer and Lauren Weston as Chief Development Officer. Joshua Lachs, executive director of... - January 22, 2016 - Breakthrough Collaborative
Esteem Me Montessori & Creative Play Expands Waverly Place Facilities
Local Montessori Preschool to Open New Classrooms This Winter to Provide Increased Enrichment to Growing Number of Students - January 22, 2016 - Esteem Me Montessori & Creative Play
PECB Signs a Partnership Agreement with Global Certification Bureau
“Global Certification Bureau is committed to build and maintain upon healthy choices, therefore, we are very enthusiastic for this agreement and we promise we will provide our full-time services and best efforts on behalf of this partnership,” said Eric Lachapelle, CEO of PECB. - January 22, 2016 - PECB
PECB Signs a Partnership Agreement with ATIA Ltd Sarajevo
“We are very thrilled to work with our new partner ATIA Ltd Sarajevo,” said Eric Lachapelle, CEO of PECB. - January 22, 2016 - PECB
Two Years in, Quill.org Reaches 100,000 Students Milestone
In the past two years, over 100,000 middle and high school students attending over 1,500 schools across the United States have used a free online literacy tool called Quill to improve their writing, grammar, and vocabulary skills. Quill’s innovative model of open-source content creation has... - January 22, 2016 - Quill.org
PECB Signs Partnership Agreement with Infosec Skills Ltd
“We are very thrilled to work with our new partner, Infosec Skills Ltd,” said Eric Lachapelle, CEO of PECB. - January 21, 2016 - PECB
PECB Signs a Partnership Agreement with elasticus
“We are very excited for this agreement, and we promise we will provide our full-time services and best efforts on behalf of this partnership,” said Eric Lachapelle, CEO of PECB. - January 21, 2016 - PECB
PECB Signs a Partnership Agreement with ID Cyber Solutions
“We are very excited for this agreement, and we promise we will provide our full-time services and best efforts on behalf of this partnership” said Eric Lachapelle, CEO of PECB. - January 21, 2016 - PECB
PECB Signs a Partnership Agreement with PMDimension Consulting
“PECB has built a strong reputation in the international market for its expertise and the ability to develop and deliver trainings on many ISO standards,” said Eric Lachapelle, CEO of PECB. - January 20, 2016 - PECB
PECB Signs a Partnership Agreement with Regulatory Intellect
“We are very excited about this agreement, and we promise that we will provide you our full-time services and the best efforts on behalf of this partnership,” said Eric Lachapelle, CEO of PECB. - January 19, 2016 - PECB
Platinum Educational Group Launches Skills Tracking App
Have you ever wondered how great it would be if your EMS, nursing, or allied health students had a way to easily keep track of opportunities (clinicals), labs, and externships on the go with their phone or device? Well that time has come with the release of the Platinum Planner mobile app. - January 17, 2016 - Platinum Educational Group
Career Step Releases New Video Detailing Referral Program Benefits
Referral program provides quick, easy and rewarding way to encourage enrollment in Career Step’s vocational training programs. - January 15, 2016 - Career Step
PECB Signs a Partnership Agreement with Trasys
“Every day, people across the world struggle to find solutions to their problems. So, it is increasingly important for us to continue encouraging and building partnerships all over the world. We are highly impressed with the work of Trasys, and that is why we have expressed our interest for this partnership. We believe that our common work will be a long-term successful journey by providing ISO training courses in Belgium,” said Eric Lachapelle, CEO of PECB. - January 15, 2016 - PECB
Kids Need to Read Selects uKloo Game for READ Together National Program
Leading U.S. literacy nonprofit organization, Kids Need to Read (KNTR), and game company, uKloo Kids Inc. are working in partnership to add the uKloo Early Reader Treasure Hunt game to a new, national school program that helps children embrace a love of reading. The game incorporates physical activity with reading and problem solving. - January 14, 2016 - Kids Need to Read
eSchool Media Debuts New Website
eSchoolNews.com Now Features Refreshed Design, Enhanced Content, and Mobile Optimization - January 13, 2016 - eSchool Media