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 […]
Career Education Corporation (NASDAQ: CECO) announced today that it is uniting the educational mission of International Academy of Design and Technology (IADT), Brown College and Sanford-Brown to create comprehensive career schools under the Sanford-Brown name. Bringing these career-focused schools together expands the Sanford-Brown educational mission, allowing the schools to provide more comprehensive programs and resources […]
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released today the first comprehensive look at civil rights data from every public school in the country in nearly 15 years. The Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) from the 2011-12 school year was announced by U.S. Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan and U.S. Attorney […]
HOUSTON – Halliburton (NYSE: HAL) announces the signing ofa partnership agreement with Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas for the development of unconventional resources in Russia, including the Bazhenovshale. A signing ceremony took place on January 30 at the university. As part of the agreement, Halliburton will provide senior technical and management staff […]
BARCELONA, Spain — Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday opened its annual Microsoft in Education Global Forum by emphasizing the importance of student privacy and reaffirming its commitment to helping ensure that student data is never mined for advertising and marketing purposes. The opening keynote speech, which took place in front of an audience of 1,100, including […]
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