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President Launches National Wireless Initiative Paid For by Bandwidth Auction
Speaking at Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Michigan Thursday, the President proposed a new national wireless initiative in a city where high-speed internet services...
Teach For America Gets $100 Million Endowment
Four foundations have provided Teach for America with $100 million in endowments to coincide with the group's 20-year anniversary celebration this week. The fund...
Girl Tackles Bullying Problem With What Teens Know Best – Texting
At 14, a victim of relentless taunting and cruelty herself, Ashley Craig dedicated eight months to researching, and preparing an anti-bullying program for her...
Solar Power Reaches West Virginia Coalfields
A group devoted to creating alternative energy jobs in Central Appalachia is building a first for West Virginia's southern coalfields region this week -...
Hold the Fries! USDA Calls to Raise Nutrition Standards in School Meals
The government is calling for dramatic changes in school meals, upgrading the nutritional standards for the first time in 15 years. The proposed rule,...
Obama Loosens Travel Restrictions on Cuba
U.S. President Barack Obama has loosened travel restrictions on Cuba to allow religious groups and students to travel to the communist country. The White...
Business Schools Embracing Do-gooders With Degree Programs
The popular image of students in modern-day business schools dreaming of pinstriped suits and spreadsheets is increasingly being turned on its head. Many students...
21 Extraordinary Acts of Heroism: Carnegie Medals Announced
21 people were named Wednesday by the Carnegie Hero Fund to receive the Carnegie medal, given to those who risk their lives to an...
Congress Approves Renewable Energy Grants for Another Year
As Congress approved the tax deal last week, they also extended the 1603 Treasury grant program -– a popular government incentive for renewable energy...
To Improve Learning, German School Allows Chewing Gum
Few things rile a teacher more than seeing a pupil chewing gum in class, but a primary school in southern Germany is now actively...
Korean Vocational Training Center Teaches Afghans Invaluable Skills
The Korean Vocational Training Center, opened earlier this year on Bagram Air Field, is wrapping up training for its first class of Afghan students....
As Principal, Fiery Redhead Flips Failing School
A fiery redhead is making a big difference at a struggling school in Texas. Once full of low-performing students, the school now scores top...
First Ever White House Science Fair Promotes Kid Power
Middle school and high school students from around the country presented their award-winning innovative inventions at the first ever White House Science Fair.
Solar powered...
Protesting Chicago Moms Prove Love’s Power to Win Justice
A scrappy group of moms and their grade school kids in Chicago have shown the nation what determined activism powered by love can do.
Families...
6 Young Environmental Leaders Win Prestigious Brower Award
They are the green generation. Six young people who are doing incredible things to safeguard the environment were honored this week with the prestigious...
$500,000 Out of the Blue for 23 Geniuses – No Strings Attached
The 2010 MacArthur Foundation 'Genius Award' recipients were announced yesterday and include a stone carver, a quantum astrophysicist, a jazz pianist, a high school...
4,100-Student School Busts Myth that Small Classes Are Better
A decade ago, Brockton High School was a case study in failure. Among the 4,100 mostly low-income students, one in three dropped out. Then...
Four Cities Receive $12 Million to Improve College Graduation Rates
History shows that less than one-quarter of low-income students at community colleges overcome the challenges of earning a degree. Yesterday, the Bill & Melinda...
Five Winners Announced in Google’s $10 Million Contest to Change the World
Google yesterday announced the five winners of Project 10^100, a contest of ideas for changing the world by helping as many people as possible.
150,000...
Video Gamers Help Choose a Charity for Quarter Million Dollar Grant
With the release of a new computer game, video gamers can build their own civilizations. They can wage wars, conduct diplomacy and even discover...