To improve the educational outcomes of America’s 6.5 million children and youth with disabilities, the U.S. Department of Education today announced a major shift in the way it oversees the effectiveness of states’ special education programs. Until now, the Department’s primary focus was to determine whether states were meeting procedural requirements such as timelines for […]
UNESCO and UNICEF kick-started the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) Replenishment Conference in Brussels today in a high-level meeting on the new proposed education post-2015 agenda. The meeting mobilized representatives of developing countries, donor governments, international organizations, the private sector and civil society around the new education agenda. The agenda – the Muscat Agreement – […]
Bethesda, Md., USA – This month, 80 hospitality educators from 38 vocational schools and universities across mainland China attended the first Marriott China Hospitality Education Initiative (CHEI) Teaching Conference at the Renaissance Tianjin Lakeview Hotel. CHEI is funded with a commitment by The J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation of 40.5 million RMB ($6.5 […]
DALLAS, – Technology is fundamentally altering education. Access to mobile broadband allows teachers to enrich the student experience and expand lessons beyond their classrooms with a new generation of educational tools. Yet, currently fewer than 30 percent of schools have the broadband they need to teach using today’s technology.1 By launching its ConnectED online application […]
British primary schoolchildren will be transported through special online field trips to places as far away as the Italian countryside and the rice fields of India as part of a new initiative to teach them where their food comes from. The technology, pioneered in the US, is being brought to UK schoolchildren and tailored to […]
Today the U.S. Department of Education is releasing resources to emphasize and support the needs of foster care students. In addition to new guidance, ED has launched a dedicated web page, Students in Foster Care, and issued a joint letter with the U.S. Department of Health Human Services to education authorities about increasing educational stability […]
Bangkok — The Office of the Basic Education Commission (OBEC) and Microsoft (Thailand) Limited on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding that will provide 8 million students and 400,000 teachers across Thailand with access to Microsoft Office 365 for education. The agreement, which also includes the extension of the highly successful Partners in Learning initiative […]
PITTSBURGH, Education Management Corporation (NASDAQ: EDMC), a leading provider of post-secondary education, announced a commitment of $500,000 in scholarships for at-need students in a partnership with the National Baptist Convention of America, Inc., Int’l, one of the oldest African-American organizations in the nation. “We are honored to work with an organization as revered as the […]
IRVING, Texas–What can a simple egg drop teach a group of elementary school teachers about force and motion? How can rolling marbles down tables illustrate the impact mass has on movement? This summer, 500 teachers from all 50 states and the District of Columbia will learn the answers to these questions and more, as they […]
SEOUL, Republic of Korea, – Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] is expanding relationships with Korean universities to establish a local science, technology, and research investment fund to benefit students, universities, and industry in the region. The Republic of Korea Science, Technology and Research (RoKST&R) program is now holding an open competition for proposals in the areas […]
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