List of education ministries

National Nonprofit Organization Awards Over $10 Million to Partners Working in 28 States to Develop and Scale High-Impact Tutoring Models to Boost Academic Achievement for All Students

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Thursday, October 27, 2022

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Accelerate, a new nonprofit organization that seeks to embed high-impact tutoring programs in public schools, today announced it has selected 31 education and research partners to receive over $10 million in grant funding to develop and scale sustainable, cost-effective models for high-impact tutoring that boost academic achievement for students. In addition to supporting innovative programs, the grants target research focused on specific barriers that have previously stood in the way of making high-impact tutoring affordable, accessible, and sustainable. Grantees are working in 28 states across the country.

Key Points: 
  • "We know that good tutoring programs work partly because well-off families have used them to boost student success for generations.
  • What we haven't figured out yet is how to make high-impact tutoring available for everyone," said Accelerate CEO Kevin Huffman.
  • Among the grantees is Reading Partners , a non-profit organization that provides foundational literacy tutoring to students, and has proven successful through randomized controlled trials.
  • All 31 grantees receiving awards are working with students and schools in this academic year.

Biden’s Plan to Cancel Student Debt Undermines Nonprofits, Argues NCLA in Cato Institute Lawsuit

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Tuesday, October 18, 2022

The Cato Institute is a nonprofit organization that promotes individual liberty, limited government, free markets, and peaceful international relations.

Key Points: 
  • The Cato Institute is a nonprofit organization that promotes individual liberty, limited government, free markets, and peaceful international relations.
  • Like other nonprofits, including the ACLU and NCLA, it attracts and retains talented employees who have student loans with incentives enacted by Congress through the PSLF program.
  • The Biden administrations effort to cancel massive amounts of student loan debt, an exercise of legislative power, is as illegal as it is irresponsible.
  • NCLA is a nonpartisan, nonprofit civil rights group founded by prominent legal scholar Philip Hamburger to protect constitutional freedoms from violations by the Administrative State.

Surgent Accounting & Financial Education Presents Two New Online CPE Courses

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Thursday, October 13, 2022

RADNOR, Pa., Oct. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Surgent Accounting & Financial Education , a division of KnowFully Learning Group, today announced two new online continuing professional education (CPE) courses created to educate participants about the tax implications of matters recently enacted by President Joe Biden.

Key Points: 
  • RADNOR, Pa., Oct. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Surgent Accounting & Financial Education , a division of KnowFully Learning Group, today announced two new online continuing professional education (CPE) courses created to educate participants about the tax implications of matters recently enacted by President Joe Biden.
  • Surgent Accounting & Financial Education, a division of KnowFully Learning Group, is a provider of the high-impact education experiences that accounting, tax and financial professionals need throughout their careers.
  • KnowFully Learning Group provides continuing professional education, exam preparation courses and education resources to the accounting, finance and healthcare sectors.
  • The company provides exam preparation and continuing education for accounting, finance, and tax professionals under the Surgent Accounting & Financial Education brand.

Janice Omadeke, Founder of The Mentor Method, Becomes First Black Woman in Austin, TX to Achieve Venture-Backed Tech Exit

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Wednesday, October 5, 2022

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- 1863 Ventures celebrates The Mentor Method and The Cru on their latest transaction. The Cru, a New York-based professional training and coaching company, acquired The Mentor Method to further champion diversity, workforce development, and talent engagement solutions for women. Founded by Janice Omadeke, The Mentor Method is a cross-function mentorship program trusted by The Department of Education, Amazon, Deloitte, and more. The Mentor Method team will immediately enhance The Cru's footprint in its target market, tripling its sales team and pipeline.

Key Points: 
  • Founded by Janice Omadeke, The Mentor Method is a cross-function mentorship program trusted by The Department of Education, Amazon, Deloitte, and more.
  • The Mentor Method team will immediately enhance The Cru's footprint in its target market, tripling its sales team and pipeline.
  • "This acquisition is exactly what we wanted," said Omadeke, who founded The Mentor Method five years ago.
  • She is now the first Black woman in Austin, TX to achieve a venture-backed tech exit, and is motivated to ensure that more Black women are given the resources and opportunities to experience their own acquisitions.

READING IS FUNDAMENTAL LAUNCHES SECOND ANNUAL NATIONWIDE READING ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVE "RALLY TO READ 100"

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Monday, October 3, 2022

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Reading Is Fundamental (RIF), the nation's leading champion for children's literacy, announced today the launch of the second annual Rally to Read 100 (RallytoRead.org)—a six-month initiative that runs from October 1, 2022, to March 31, 2023, designed to motivate children to read, starting with a pledge to read 100 books. 

Key Points: 
  • Celebrate reading for six months straight with sweepstakes, monthly themes,reading activities, classroom kits, and read-alouds from bestselling authors.
  • WASHINGTON, Oct. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Reading Is Fundamental (RIF), the nation's leading champion for children's literacy,announced today the launch of the second annual Rally to Read 100 (RallytoRead.org)a six-month initiative that runs from October 1, 2022, to March 31, 2023, designed tomotivate children to read, starting with a pledge to read 100 books.
  • "We are proud to partner with RIF on Rally to Read 100, an initiative that inspires and empowers millions of children across our country."
  • Complementary Reading Activities: Classroom and at-home resources are available for educators and families to use for continued reading engagement throughout the program, any time.

Instant "Cash Advance" Online Loans: Know Before You Get Funded

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Monday, September 26, 2022

The Department of Education has provided some information to borrowers and will provide more in the coming weeks.

Key Points: 
  • The Department of Education has provided some information to borrowers and will provide more in the coming weeks.
  • Online service at Cash Advance is completely free and searches for potential lenders in their network as well as the extended network of non-lender third-party lender networks.
  • There are various online lenders, and they consider different factors when deciding whether to approve or reject loan applications.
  • Cash Advance provides the ease of access to instant online loans which enables borrowers to navigate financial emergencies with ease.

AIST to Hold 4th RD20 Conference on Oct 4 and 6 in Tokyo for Achieving Carbon Neutrality

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Monday, September 26, 2022

The Technical Session has the following three parallel themes.

Key Points: 
  • The Technical Session has the following three parallel themes.
  • Directors and representatives from various research institutes will discuss an action plan for realizing the "Leaders Statement" ( https://rd20.aist.go.jp/rd20-3/ ) issued with the agreement of each institute at the 3rd RD20.
  • The RD20 provides opportunities for participants to exchange R&D activities and experiences.
  • It also serves to deepen and develop new partnerships among relevant industries, academia, and government stakeholders.

AIST to Hold 4th RD20 Conference on Oct 4 and 6 in Tokyo for Achieving Carbon Neutrality

Retrieved on: 
Monday, September 26, 2022

The Technical Session has the following three parallel themes.

Key Points: 
  • The Technical Session has the following three parallel themes.
  • Directors and representatives from various research institutes will discuss an action plan for realizing the "Leaders Statement" ( https://rd20.aist.go.jp/rd20-3/ ) issued with the agreement of each institute at the 3rd RD20.
  • The RD20 provides opportunities for participants to exchange R&D activities and experiences.
  • It also serves to deepen and develop new partnerships among relevant industries, academia, and government stakeholders.

NCLA Warns Proposed Title IX Reg Amendments Threaten Due Process

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Tuesday, September 13, 2022

By broadening the definition of sexual harassment, the Department of Educations proposed rule will infringe student and faculty First Amendment rights.

Key Points: 
  • By broadening the definition of sexual harassment, the Department of Educations proposed rule will infringe student and faculty First Amendment rights.
  • Through representation of clients, NCLA is all too familiar with the injustices that result from systems that disregard fundamental aspects of due process.
  • This proposed rule not only turns Title IX on its head, but it destroys the concepts of due process and freedom of religion in the process.
  • Obama-era Title IX rules severely diminished due process protections in campus tribunals, destroying the lives of countless wrongfully accused individuals, including two NCLA clients.

Longtime Champion of Racial Equity in Education to Join Lumina Foundation

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Tuesday, September 13, 2022

She will use these attributes to advance Lumina's strategic plan and elevate its commitment to ending systemic racism in higher learning.

Key Points: 
  • She will use these attributes to advance Lumina's strategic plan and elevate its commitment to ending systemic racism in higher learning.
  • Cooper is among the nation's most influential voices in championing access and success for all students in education.
  • Cooper has served in the Biden administration as deputy under secretary, acting assistant secretary for postsecondary education, and deputy assistant secretary for higher education programs.
  • Lumina Foundation is an independent, private foundation in Indianapolis that is committed to making opportunities for learning beyond high school available to all.