Tag: Education and Schools

LOS ANGELES, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- CCEE (California Council on Economic Education) recently received an $8,000 State Farm Grant to provide financial education training to teachers through the Virtual Economics 4.0 program. The teachers trainings are intended to help educators increase student understanding of economic, personal finance, and entrepreneurship concepts.

FREDERICK, Md. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS May 13, 2013: Mid-America Christian University (MACU) has selected Regent Education to assist them in transitioning to a non-term enrollment model and serve their growing online population. MACU needed a financial aid management system that would support non-term and borrower based academic year (BBAY) models. They selected Regent Education's Regent 8 financial aid management system - the only financial aid management solution to offer complete support for non-term, BBAY, and standard academic models.

MESA, Ariz. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS May 9, 2013: Edupoint Educational Systems, a leading student information system (SIS) solutions provider to the national K-12 market, announces that it has been selected by Olathe Public Schools (OPS) to implement its Synergy(R) SIS solution. The centralized, web-based solution will provide this high performing district with a fully integrated system designed to efficiently and effectively manage all aspects of student data.

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS May 2, 2013: At the April 27 Y4 Youth Resource Event hosted by the County of San Bernardino Workforce Investment Board, Candice Fedrick took the stage to tell her story. Y4 stands for 'Why Youth? Why wait? Why now? Why not? Because the next generation is already here!' It is an event for at-risk youth to celebrate launching careers and advancing their education.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS Apr 24, 2013: The California Council on Economic Education (CCEE) announced today that the four-student team from San Rafael High School, in San Rafael California, led by instructor Abigail Shapiro, won first place in the 2013 MoneyWise Teen Contest. The winning team included students Rebecca Brown, Frances Casey, Natasha Sharp and Roslyn Yeager.

BETHESDA, Md. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS Apr 1, 2013: The Center for Student Opportunity (CSO), a national 501(c)3 non-profit, is now accepting applications for the I'm First Scholarship, a $2,000 four-year renewable scholarship for matriculating first-generation college students.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- Tickets are now available for the World Savvy Gala 2013 on April 11 at the Dogpatch WineWorks in San Francisco. With the mission to educate and engage youth in community and world affairs, World Savvy is a nonprofit organization serving youth and educators nationally from offices in San Francisco, New York, and Minneapolis-St. Paul.

CLEVELAND, Ohio /eNewsChannels/ -- According to the team at online school Lakewood College, 'We understand the importance of our students not only completing their program but then getting out into the real world and putting all their hard work into action. We want to bring to them the people that know how to help them get the career they want.'

ANAHEIM, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- Classes will begin on March 18, 2013 for the New Horizons Photography and Digital Arts Program. 'We are now enrolling students, but seats are limited,' says Cindy Sutherland, Vice President of Career Development. New Horizons of Southern California is a five-campus member of the largest independent IT training system in the world.

DAYTON, Ohio /eNewsChannels/ -- Eric Combs, Assistant Principal in Fairborn City Schools, will be headed to Washington D.C. this week to participate in the 'Troops to Teachers: Next Generation Planning' Conference. A retired veteran, teacher and now administrator, Eric will be asked to speak on the benefits of hiring veterans to serve in our nation's schools.