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Digital learning leader CFY to partner with four middle schools in New York and Los Angeles to implement blended learning using its free PowerMyLearning.com platform. NEW YORK, Nov. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- National education nonprofit CFY (www.cfy.org) today announced it has received a $1 million grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York to further develop, implement, and study blended learning instruction in a whole school/community model. This whole school/community...
ANAHEIM, Calif., June 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Library Association (ALA) is proud to announce the first recipients of the Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction, funded through a grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York. Anne Enright's The Forgotten Waltz received the medal for fiction and Robert K. Massie's Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman received the nonfiction prize. The medals recognize the best in fiction and nonfiction books for...
CHICAGO, May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Library Association (ALA), along with Carnegie Corporation of New York, today announced six books as finalists for the 2012 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction, to be awarded for the previous year's best fiction and nonfiction books written for adult readers and published in the United States. Along with a medal to be awarded at the ALA's annual conference in Anaheim, Calif., on June 24, each winning...
CHICAGO, May 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- On Thursday, May 17, the American Library Association (ALA), along with Carnegie Corporation of New York, will announce the finalists for the first Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction, awarded for the previous year's best fiction and nonfiction books for adult readers published in the United States. Along with a medal to be awarded at the ALA's annual conference in Anaheim, Calif., on Sunday, June 24, each winning...
CHICAGO, March 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Winners of two new annual literary prizes--the Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction --will be announced in June at the American Library Association Annual Conference in Anaheim, Calif. The awards will be given to the author of the best book for adult readers in two categories--fiction and nonfiction-- each year. Two additional authors will be shortlisted as finalists in each of the categories. Winning...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In a dramatic response to the nation's critical shortage of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) teachers, more than 115 organizations gathered at Google's Washington, D.C. offices have committed to bold, measurable plans to recruit, train, hire, develop, and retain 100,000 new, excellent STEM teachers in the next decade. With the addition today of a $1.5 million pledge from CA Technologies, the partners' commitments to STEM...
CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Dec. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Public Impact, a national education policy and management consulting organization, announces the launch of the implementation phase of its work to bring an excellent teacher to every child. In this next phase of work, the organization will identify five major sites to expand the impact of excellent teachers by "extending their reach." This work is made possible by $1 million in funding from Carnegie Corporation of New York and the...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Eight winners were announced today in Partnering for Excellence: Innovations in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Education, a national competition for innovative approaches to inspiring STEM-rich learning in our classrooms by connecting students with STEM professionals. Top prizes were awarded to the National Commission for Teaching and America's Future and Purdue University College of Engineering's EPICS High....
PHOENIX, Oct. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Washington Post and msnbc.com this week are publishing a major national investigation into food safety in America, conducted by student journalists from five universities participating in the national Carnegie-Knight News21 program. Twenty-seven News21 fellows from Arizona State University, University of Maryland, University of Missouri, University of Nebraska and Harvard University collaborated to produce the project, which examines food safety...
CHICAGO, Aug. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Library supporters nationwide are encouraged to nominate a librarian for the 2011 Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times I Love My Librarian Award. The award recognizes the accomplishments of librarians in public, school, college, community college and university libraries for their efforts to improve the lives of people in their community. Nominations are being accepted online at atyourlibrary.org/ilovemylibrarian through Sept....
