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ASTORIA, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Equinor and bp announced two major initiatives focused on Astoria: the purchase of the Astoria Gas Turbines site from NRG to repurpose it as a converter station connecting renewable offshore wind power to the New York grid, and a substantial investment in community resources to serve the youth of Queens. Equinor and bp were joined at the event by Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY), as well as elected officials including State Senator Toby Ann St

PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $LRN #Bully--The stories will break your heart. Leo is a fourth grader at Grand Canyon Private Academy, a new private online school in Arizona that serves students in grades K-11. He transferred in from a traditional brick-and-mortar school where he was subject to vicious bullying, amplified by teachers and administrators who didn’t deal with it properly. “At my other school I was bullied really bad every day, and nobody at the school even cared,” Leo said. “And it was hard to focu

RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As part of its commitment to delivering an interactive, standards-aligned curriculum for K–12 students, and in celebration of Women’s History Month in March, Stride, Inc. (NYSE: LRN) is now offering more content options that feature the diverse stories of girls and women across fields of study and around the globe. Through a unique partnership with Rebel Girls—a global, multi-platform girl empowerment brand—Stride has curated collections of Rebel Girls book and aud

SINGAPORE & SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--LingoAce has been named to Fast Company’s prestigious annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2023. This year’s list highlights the businesses at the forefront of their respective industries, paving the way for the innovations of tomorrow. These companies are setting the standard with some of the greatest accomplishments of the modern world. In addition to the World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies, 540 organizations are recognized

TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #cct--EC-Council today announced a worldwide $3.5 million scholarship fund to help train up qualified candidates for entry level cybersecurity jobs as part of a workforce development program to address the critical cybersecurity workforce gap. The CCT Scholarship for Cybersecurity Career Starters initiative will provide a full tuition certification scholarship for high school students, university students, and working professionals – whether presently in a technical care

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Age of Learning, leading education technology innovator and creator of the widely popular ABCmouse® Early Learning Academy, today announced it has appointed Dr. Art Cavazos, nationally recognized education leader and former Superintendent of the Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District (HCISD) in Texas, as the company’s inaugural Superintendent-in-Residence. As an advocate for effective and equitable education that serves all students, Dr. Cavazos will su

RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #education--High school students nationwide are invited to make a meaningful impact on our planet’s most urgent environmental issues as part of the second annual K12 Innovation Challenge, open now through April 22. Challenging young people to think big, solve global problems and develop actionable plans will have a tremendous impact on the future. Stride, Inc. (NYSE: LRN), a leader in education for over 20 years, seeks to ignite their passion, entrepreneurship, and discovery t

SHREWSBURY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Career/Life Coaching Certification Leader iPEC Expands Business Mission, Acquires Fast-Growing, Colorado Collaborative Consulting Group Verus Global

OMAK, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $LRN #CareerPrep--Washington Virtual Academies (WAVA), a tuition-free online K-12 learning program, is currently accepting applications for student enrollment. Washington Virtual Academies (WAVA), a program of Omak School District, is a full-time online public school for students in grades K–12. We're dedicated to inspiring and empowering students through an education experience tailored to each child's needs. With online learning, your child can learn at home, or wherever there's a

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #CCHooks--The Corpus Christi Hooks Baseball Club and Reliant are kicking off the search for 10 outstanding local public-school teachers to win $1,500 each.

BROOKLYN, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Amplify, a publisher of next-generation curriculum and assessment programs, published a research brief on national middle-of-school-year (MOY) reading data. The data show that students across the country continue to make meaningful progress in early literacy. These successes are especially evident in the lower elementary grades. Further, the measurable disparities in achievement between Black and Hispanic students and their white and Asian peers have narr

MAUMEE, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $LRN #Enroll--Ohio Digital Learning School (ODLS), a full-time online public high school authorized by the Ohio Council of Community Schools, is now accepting students for the 2023-24 school year. ODLS offers a personalized approach to learning, delivering a rich, engaging curriculum designed to assist students seeking alternative pathways to education, career and college. ODLS offers tuition-free learning to students in grades 9-12, ages 16-21, who reside in Ohio. In addition,

PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #edtech--Carnegie Learning, a leader in artificial intelligence for K-12 education and formative assessment, announced today that elementary students from Buchanan County, Virginia School District achieved unprecedented reading gains using Carnegie Learning’s Fast ForWord® reading and language program. Buchanan County Public School students in grades K-5 (950 students) worked in the program five days a week for thirty minutes a day. After just a few months in, students’ hard

CHARLESTON, W.V.--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $LRN #Cipoletti--After a successful launch in 2022, West Virginia Virtual Academy (WVVA), a full-time online public charter school serving K-11 students throughout the state, is welcoming students to enroll for the 2023-2024 school year. WVVA is the state leader in providing safe, alternative education options while giving your student a personalized experience and providing them with what they need to succeed. WVVA is tuition-free to all students who reside in West Virginia,

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As part of its ongoing effort to empower educators with insights from literacy research, Lexia, a Cambium Learning Group company, has created a new monthly podcast series called “All for Literacy.” Each episode will be hosted by Lexia’s Chief Learning Officer Dr. Liz Brooke and will feature expert guests who are shaping literacy practices across the United States. The series will explore how scientific findings are being applied in classrooms today — and how teachers ca

MAUMEE, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $LRn #2024SchoolYear--Ohio’s largest and most prestigious online pubic charter school, Ohio Virtual Academy (OHVA), is now accepting students for the 2023-24 school year. Powered by Stride, OHVA offers tuition-free, award-winning online learning to all Ohio students. The school is a statewide leader in providing safe, alternative education options while also delivering a personalized experience for students to help them succeed. Staffed by state-licensed teachers delivering authorized

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #AfterSchoolPrograms--Announcement of Sticky Fingers Cooking becoming a franchisor.

FOLSOM, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PowerSchool Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: PWSC) ("PowerSchool" or the “Company”), the leading provider of cloud-based software for K-12 education in North America, today announced financial results for its fourth quarter and full fiscal year ended December 31, 2022. “We are excited to close out 2022 with these strong results, driven by consistent execution that delivered double-digit top line growth combined with expanding profit margins. With fourth quarter Adjusted EB

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #EdTech--Novakid, a leading online English as a Second Language (ESL) platform and evolving EdTech company that is reinventing learning for children, maintained customer growth with approximately 70,000 new students across 50+ countries subscribing during 2022. Importantly, Novakid achieved double-digit YoY revenue growth, with the share of long-term subscriptions (6 and 12 months) steadily increasing. Globally, over 20% of new subscription sales are attributed to referra

COLUMBUS, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Prisms VR, a learning platform pioneering a new paradigm for math education, will host its first-ever Prisms of Reality VR conference on March 1, 2023, in Marysville, Ohio. Prisms brings problem-driven, tactile and visual learning to the math classroom, and it is the first educational technology platform to leverage virtual reality (VR) to accelerate math proficiency in U.S. schools. Ohio is leading the way for virtual reality in the classroom with 50+ active di