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HOUSTON & PROVIDENCE, R.I.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Accelerate Learning (“Accelerate Learning” or the “Company”), a leading provider of STEM curriculum for the K-12 education market, today announced a strategic investment from Providence Equity Partners (“Providence”), a premier private equity firm specializing in growth-oriented investments in media, communications, education and technology. The Company will continue to be led by President and CEO Philip Galati, and existing investors including funds

SCRANTON, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The City of Scranton is opening grants for a total of $1.5 million to tackle the issues of affordable childcare, community literacy, and pandemic learning losses. Grants are available through the City’s $68.7 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding. “Similar to the Wellness grants awarded in November, these Childcare and Educational Improvement grants address the underlying impacts of the pandemic,” Mayor Paige G. Cognetti announced at the Lackawanna C

RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #education--A leader in education for over 20 years, Stride, Inc. (NYSE: LRN) is bringing its expertise in online education delivery into extracurriculars with the launch of Stride Enrichment, programs for students everywhere. The web-based educational content is designed for students to cultivate skills and build their portfolios outside of the traditional classroom or club setting. The benefits of extracurricular activities are widely known, including improved self-esteem, s

WAXAHACHIE, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #DallasEducators--Area STEM educators are invited to attend a free event on Thurs. Feb. 23 to learn, collaborate, strengthen instruction, and enhance student learning.

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--C.H.A.M.P.S. Male Mentoring Program in Chicago, IL has been selected for a one-time grant from Michael Jordan and Jordan Brand’s Community Grant Program, an initiative of its joint 10-year, $100 million Black Community Commitment (BCC), created in 2020. Jordan Community Grants are awarded once a year to grassroots, non-profit organizations that are driving action and leading sustainable solutions to improve Black lives in their neighborhoods. As part of the 2023 BCC Co

PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--University of Phoenix is pleased to announce the appointment of Doris Savron, vice provost, to the Convergence: Credential Innovation in Higher Education conference advisory board. The Convergence event, which will take place November 1-3, 2023, in Washington, D.C., will examine new and emerging trends and models, especially at the institutional level, in the emergent field of alternative credentials. Presented jointly by UPCEA and AACRAO, organizations committed to th

SOUTHFIELD, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE) and Georgia Association of Manufacturers (GAM) have partnered with the SME Education Foundation to provide a unique industry-informed, hands-on manufacturing program to select high school students across the state, through the Foundation’s SME PRIME program. Details about the SME PRIME program coming to Georgia high schools were presented to Georgia educators at the Georgia CTAE Administrators Winter Conference on F

TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #ceh--Today EC-Council announced it has inducted the top 100 Certified Ethical Hackers from around the world into their 2023 Certified Ethical Hacker (C|EH) Hall of Fame. Selected from over 3,000 applicants in 50 countries worldwide, each honoree was required to have passed the Certified Ethical Hacker exam with a score of at least 90%. These inductees were chosen based on their accomplishments across 26 different industries. The announcement comes on the heels of a year

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Time4Learning, a Cambium Learning Group company and award-winning online homeschooling program, will participate in National Read Across America Day on Thursday, March 2. A day dedicated to celebrating the joy of reading, thousands of families are invited to celebrate in the live, online event where three Time4Learning staff members will guide students in a lively shared reading experience that calls for active participation during each session. Registrat

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #ESG--Liz Kleinrock, educator, author and founder of Teach and Transform, is the featured guest this week on the Impact Podcast with John Shegerian. The show is hosted by Shegerian, Co-Founder and Chairman/CEO of ERI, the nation’s leading fully integrated IT and electronics asset disposition provider and cybersecurity-focused hardware destruction company. Kleinrock is a Korean-American, queer, Jewish, antibias and antiracist educator of both children and adults, and crea

BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In response to nationwide declines in student reading scores, today DreamBox Learning, Inc.® (“DreamBox”), the only provider of solutions rated “Strong” by Johns Hopkins’ EvidenceforESSA.org in both mathematics and reading and pioneer of intelligent adaptive learning, announced the launch of DreamBox Reading Park™, an expansion of its reading portfolio to PreK-2 students nationwide. Through the launch, DreamBox is bringing its patented, state-of-the-art adaptiv

BRENTWOOD, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #4H--Tractor Supply Company (NASDAQ: TSCO), the largest rural lifestyle retailer in the United States, the Tractor Supply Company Foundation and Carhartt, America’s premium workwear brand, today announced a $150,000 donation to SkillsUSA to support training opportunities to help close the country’s skilled trades gap. Executives from Tractor Supply and Carhartt gathered at the Tractor Supply store in Hendersonville, Tennessee to present the donation check to office

MARION, Ind.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #StrideLearn--Indiana Wesleyan University (IWU) has partnered with MedCerts, an online certification training provider in allied healthcare and information technology, to offer MedCerts programs to its students. IWU is offering MedCerts’ most in-demand programs to eligible students, including Medical Assistant, Surgical Technologist, Phlebotomy Technician, Medical Billing Specialist, Sterile Processing Technician, Pharmacy Technician, EKG Technician, and Professional Coder. ″We

COLUMBUS, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Central Ohio Primary Care (COPC), Greater Columbus’ premier innovative, collaborative, and data-driven physician led organization, has teamed up with longstanding partner agilon health, inc. (NYSE: AGL), the trusted partner empowering physicians to transform health care in our communities, and COPE Health Solutions to design and implement a 12-month post-graduate Advanced Practice Provider (APP) fellowship program that enables newly-graduated Advanced Practice N

NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Delta Dental of Tennessee’s Smile180 Foundation and Tennessee PBS KIDS Stations launch statewide oral health educational campaign.

SAN FRANCISCO & BOCA RATON, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Brit + Co and Office Depot today announced that Office Depot will continue to sponsor Selfmade, Brit + Co’s flagship program geared towards connecting women with the tools, resources, community and coaching they need to help launch and grow their businesses. Since its inception in 2020, Selfmade has led over 3,500 women in their business journeys. The bespoke experience is designed to guide entrepreneurs at every step of building their business