MENOMONEE FALLS, Wis. – Kohl’s (NYSE: KSS) announced it will award a $1.5 million grant to Discovery World, over three years, to increase access to science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education for children and families in Milwaukee’s most vulnerable communities through Kohl’s Design It!, a hands-on, educational program that encourages students and families to […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced today at the Council for American Private Education (CAPE) State Directors Annual Meeting that the Department will no longer enforce a restriction barring religious organizations from serving as contract providers of equitable services solely due to their religious affiliation. The U.S. Department of Education, in consultation with the […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced today Mark A. Brown has been appointed chief operating officer of Federal Student Aid (FSA). “We are thrilled Mark has agreed to lead the continued efforts to transform and modernize FSA,” said Secretary DeVos. “He comes to us with more than 32 years of military service […]
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Education today released a comprehensive set of frequently asked questions (FAQs) on schools’ and districts’ responsibilities under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) in the context of school safety. The Federal Commission on School Safety (FCSS) released an in-depth report last December, which observed that “substantial misunderstanding […]
Facebook has announced a new partnership with the Technical University of Munich (TUM) to support the creation of an independent AI ethics research center. The Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence, which is supported by an initial funding grant from Facebook of $7.5 million over five years, will help advance the growing field of ethical […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Education today announces the following new hires: Casey Sacks—Office of Career, Technical and Adult Education Sacks serves as the Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Office of Career, Technical and Adult Education. Sacks provides leadership for initiatives supporting career and technical education, adult education, correctional and re-entry education and community […]
WASHINGTON—After months of research, visiting successful programs around the nation, and receiving testimony from experts and concerned citizens, today the Federal Commission on School Safety (Commission) released a 177-page report detailing 93 best practices and policy recommendations for improving safety at schools across the country. Utilizing the information gathered, the Commission report offers a holistic […]
The U.S. Department of Education announced today that it has not only fulfilled but surpassed President Trump’s directive to invest $200 million in high-quality science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), including computer science, education. In total, the Department obligated $279 million in STEM discretionary grant funds in Fiscal Year 2018. “It’s important that all students […]
GE Healthcare (NYSE: GE), in collaboration with Shirazi Trading, held a series of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Computed Tomography (CT) Imaging workshops in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. The workshops, led by renowned cardiologist Dr. Saima Mushtaq, GE Healthcare’s Clinical Leaders for CT and MRI, Murat Karakoc and Dr. Ibrahim Elmogy, brought together more than 60 specialists […]
Following are UN Deputy Secretary‑General Amina J. Mohammed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the high‑level event “Making the Impossible Possible: Unlocking Human Potential through the International Finance Facility for Education”, in New York today: We gather today to highlight the importance of education — and to assess together the crisis it is facing globally. […]
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