List of education ministries

Innovative Florida Public High School Dropout Re-Engagement Program Helps Students Push Through Pandemic and Other Challenges

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Tuesday, April 5, 2022

MIAMI, April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As schools across the nation struggle with helping students regain ground lost to the Covid-19 pandemic, a group of Florida public high school dropout re-engagement programs is celebrating strong results and a steady stream of graduates students who might otherwise have never earned their high school diplomas.

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  • MIAMI, April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As schools across the nation struggle with helping students regain ground lost to the Covid-19 pandemic, a group of Florida public high school dropout re-engagement programs is celebrating strong results and a steady stream of graduates students who might otherwise have never earned their high school diplomas.
  • Research has shown that student progress suffered when the pandemic closed school buildings and forced an abrupt shift to full- or part-time remote learning in 2020-21.
  • While students do their coursework online, they receive one-on-one instruction at academy campuses and over Zoom.
  • Acceleration Academies is a nationally accredited, research-based community and school district partner currently helping roughly 2,500 young adults overcome real-life challenges to earn their public high school diploma at no cost to the student or school district.

Tamara Cohen Daley Joins Abt Associates as Principal Associate for Behavioral Health

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Friday, April 1, 2022

ROCKVILLE, Md., April 1, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Tamara Cohen Daley is joining Abt Associates as a principal associate for behavioral health. Daley has 20 years of behavioral health, disability, and social-policy project leadership and evaluation experience. She leads business development for behavioral health opportunities with a focus on developing client relationships and overseeing capture and proposal efforts. She also coordinates communication and collaboration across more than 40 Abt staff who have experience in behavioral health areas.

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  • ROCKVILLE, Md., April 1, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Tamara Cohen Daley is joining Abt Associates as a principal associate for behavioral health.
  • Daley has 20 years of behavioral health, disability, and social-policy project leadership and evaluation experience.
  • She leads business development for behavioral health opportunities with a focus on developing client relationships and overseeing capture and proposal efforts.
  • She also coordinates communication and collaboration across more than 40 Abt staff who have experience in behavioral health areas.

72% of Federal Student Loan Borrowers Aren't Financially Ready to Resume Payments

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Thursday, March 31, 2022

CHARLOTTE, N.C., March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As the Biden administration weighs whether to extend the current moratorium on federal student loan payments beyond May 1, Student Loan Hero, a LendingTree company, sought to gauge American debtors' feelings towards a potential resumption in loan payments.

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  • CHARLOTTE, N.C., March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As the Biden administration weighs whether to extend the current moratorium on federal student loan payments beyond May 1, Student Loan Hero , a LendingTree company, sought to gauge American debtors' feelings towards a potential resumption in loan payments.
  • The online student debt education platform today announced the findings of its latest survey of more than 1,050 student loan borrowers, and found that 72% of federal loan borrowers say they're not financially ready to resume monthly payments.
  • 72% of federal loan borrowers say they're not financially ready to resume submitting monthly payments.
  • And crippling student debt isn't a new trend: 39% of all borrowers had significant trouble affording their student loan payments even before the pandemic.

Mathnasium Signs Master Development Deal for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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Wednesday, March 30, 2022

LOS ANGELES, March 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mathnasium, a leader in the math-tutoring sector currently operating in 11 countries with over 1,100 centers worldwide, announced today it has signed a 45-unit master franchise agreement for Saudi Arabia with Asma Aldehlawi.

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  • LOS ANGELES, March 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mathnasium , a leader in the math-tutoring sector currently operating in 11 countries with over 1,100 centers worldwide, announced today it has signed a 45-unit master franchise agreement for Saudi Arabia with Asma Aldehlawi.
  • Born and raised in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Asma Aldehlawi spent the last decade as the Head of the Gifted Education Administration (a sector in The Ministry of Education), as well as the supervisor of a housing development in the Bunyan Charity Association since 2018.
  • After one of her sons began attending Mathnasium remotely, she started to see positive results and became interested in Mathnasium's mission to help children learn math.
  • "We're very excited for Mathnasium to be seen, talked about, and experienced in Saudi Arabia."

Key Update to Assessment HQ Displays State-by-State Results from State Assessments Administered during COVID-19 Pandemic

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Thursday, March 24, 2022

WASHINGTON, March 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Collaborative for Student Success announced a key update to the AssessmentHQ.org site that will allow viewers to see in one place state assessment data from across the United States that reflects testing during the 2020-2021 school year.

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  • Primarily because of decisions made with testing during the pandemic, testing participation rates varied greatly across the country.
  • In response, the new Assessment HQ update includes information for each state about how transparent the state has been in reporting its participation rates.
  • This information is notable when interpreting results because as participation rates decrease, challenges with interpreting test results increase.
  • Since 2019, Assessment HQ has been the go-to source for understanding statewide annual academic assessments for grades 3-8.

Institute for Integrative Nutrition Launches the Next Generation of Health Coach Training to Transform the Wellness Industry

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Wednesday, March 23, 2022

NEW YORK, March 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Institute for Integrative Nutrition (IIN), the world's leading health coaching and nutrition school, continues to innovate and set the standard for health coaching education with the relaunch of their evolved and reimagined online Health Coach Training Program.

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  • NEW YORK, March 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --The Institute for Integrative Nutrition (IIN), the world's leading health coaching and nutrition school, continues to innovate and set the standard for health coaching education with the relaunch of their evolved and reimagined online Health Coach Training Program.
  • The success of our graduates, the largest community of Health Coaches in the world (155,000 graduates in 175 countries), is paramount to our mission.
  • The Health Coach Training Program is dual licensed by the New York State Education Department and the Ohio State Board of Career Colleges and Schools.
  • Institute for Integrative Nutrition(IIN) is the world's largest and longest-standing health coaching and nutrition school providing a holistic health education.

Corcoran Global Living Announces New Education Services Department

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Monday, March 21, 2022

Las Vegas, NV, March 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Corcoran Global Living is proud to announce the launch of its Education Department.

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  • Las Vegas, NV, March 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Corcoran Global Living is proud to announce the launch of its Education Department.
  • Prigan was recently honored by Columbus REALTORS as its 2021 Joseph L. MacKinnon Instructor of the Year Award for her commitment to professionalism and advanced education.
  • Corcoran Global Living is well-positioned to provide exceptional service to its loyal clientele with nearly 2,800 dedicated, professional associates and gross annual sales of $11 billion.
  • From luxury homes and income properties to vacation getaways and first-time homes, Corcoran Global Living has the experience, insight, and expertise to achieve and surpass clients highest expectations.

JoVE partners with the Egyptian Knowledge Bank (EKB) to bring over 14,000 STEM videos for Research and Education to Egyptian citizens

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Wednesday, March 9, 2022

The partnership will enable access to JoVE's library of over 14,000 videos in STEM subjects for all Egyptian citizens.

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  • The partnership will enable access to JoVE's library of over 14,000 videos in STEM subjects for all Egyptian citizens.
  • In addition, JoVE offers a vast array of complimentary support to help STEM instructors and researchers save time and effort.
  • Dr Tarek Shawki, Minister of Education in Egypt has said: "The Ministry of Education (Egyptian Knowledge Bank) contracted recently with JoVE databases for the EKB community.
  • Steven Altieri, Vice President of Sales for JoVE has said: "We're excited to partner with the Ministry of Education and Egyptian Knowledge Bank to provide National Access to JoVE to all Egyptian citizens.

JoVE partners with the Egyptian Knowledge Bank (EKB) to bring over 14,000 STEM videos for Research and Education to Egyptian citizens

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, March 9, 2022

The partnership will enable access to JoVE's library of over 14,000 videos in STEM subjects for all Egyptian citizens.

Key Points: 
  • The partnership will enable access to JoVE's library of over 14,000 videos in STEM subjects for all Egyptian citizens.
  • In addition, JoVE offers a vast array of complimentary support to help STEM instructors and researchers save time and effort.
  • Dr Tarek Shawki, Minister of Education in Egypt has said: "The Ministry of Education (Egyptian Knowledge Bank) contracted recently with JoVE databases for the EKB community.
  • Steven Altieri, Vice President of Sales for JoVE has said: "We're excited to partner with the Ministry of Education and Egyptian Knowledge Bank to provide National Access to JoVE to all Egyptian citizens.

Fujitsu and Tokyo Medical and Dental University leverage world's fastest supercomputer and AI technology for scientific discovery to shed light on drug resistance in cancer treatment

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Monday, March 7, 2022

The new technology is expected to contribute to the acceleration of drug discovery and the realization of cancer therapies individualized for each patient.

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  • The new technology is expected to contribute to the acceleration of drug discovery and the realization of cancer therapies individualized for each patient.
  • Even if a patient receives a targeted cancer drug(5) therapy, the appearance of drug-resistant cancer cells represents an ongoing threat to full remission.
  • In drug development and clinical trials involving drug repositioning(7), it is important to identify patients for whom drugs are anticipated to have an effect.
  • Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) is Japan's only comprehensive medical university and graduate school, and has provided advanced medical treatment through a fusion of the medical and dental fields and worked to cultivate "professionals with knowledge and humanity."