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HYANNIS, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Coastal Medical Transportation Systems (CMTS), a privately owned and operated medical transportation company dedicated to providing the highest quality of care with compassion, dignity, and respect for customers and their patients, today announced the launch of its Coastal EMS Academy. The emergency medical technician (EMT) accredited training institution was created to address the current shortage of EMTs, especially in the Greater Boston and Southeastern Massa

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Lemonade Day National expands to Denver, launching a free Youth Entrepreneurship Workshop to empower and inspire the next generation of entrepreneurs.

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Stratford Schools, a preschool to grade 12 private school network in California, has spent the last 25 years serving as a beacon of educational innovation. Starting from humble beginnings in 1999 with one school in Danville comprised of only four classrooms in the back of a church, Stratford Schools has grown into a vast network of private schools with over 30 campuses across California, serving over 9,000 students, and employing over 1,300 teachers and admini

WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Wolters Kluwer Health continues to bridge the academic-to-practice readiness gap for nurses with the introduction of Lippincott Client Cases for Clinical Judgment. The innovative tool enhances nursing education by integrating realistic, brief, and complex patient scenarios, thereby fostering clinical competency and critical thinking in nursing students. This is the latest solution to be added to the Lippincott® Partnership for Nursing Education and Testing famil

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Adtalem announced the appointment of Mark E. Rosenberg, MD, FASN, as dean of the American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine

BEAVERTON, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pacific Office Automation (POA), the largest independent office equipment dealer in the U.S., has partnered with Portland Community College (PCC) to develop a Field Service Technician Foundations Certificate of Completion. The curriculum—a full course-load—will prepare students for successful careers as technicians. The 12-week program begins Monday, September 23. With industry guidance from POA, the PCC program was developed to teach students foundational skil

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--More than eight in 10 (86%) parents[1] say it is very (55%) or somewhat (31%) important that their child's school implements the science of reading and principles of structured literacy in their curriculum, according to a new national survey of more than 1,000 U.S. parents of children ages 3-17 commissioned by Lexia, a Cambium Learning Group brand, and conducted by The Harris Poll. Yet only 33% of parents say their child's school is doing so. “Over the last 11 years, 38

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #AtlasAir--Spartan Education Group partners with Atlas Air to launch the Atlas Cadet Academy, a new program focused on training aspiring pilots.

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $FICO--On August 24, global analytics software leader, FICO, will host two free events: a free Score A Better Future ™ (SABF) event for adults and a Score A Better Future Fundamentals credit education event for teens. These events aim to provide Washington, D.C. residents with the knowledge and resources necessary to enhance their understanding of their future financial health, including the role of credit and an overview of the FICO® Score, the credit score used by 90% of

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #GreatFutures--Selected from five exceptional global finalists from Boys & Girls Clubs of America Military-affiliated Youth Centers across the nation and around the world, Taylor R. from Naval Support Activity Bahrain achieves the 2024 National Military Youth of the Year title from Boys & Girls Clubs of America receiving an additional $20,000 scholarship to support his future endeavors. Emceed by American TV personality and Emmy-nominated host Amy Vanderoef, the celebratio

KAYSVILLE, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Reading Horizons, a leading provider of foundational literacy programs, relaunched The Science of Reading Collective (SoR Collective) community, a free resource for literacy educators and experts. After three years of continued growth, with hundreds of monthly visitors, The SoR Collective is moving to an enhanced community platform that uses AI to connect members with shared interests and experiences. The community will continue offering free classroom r

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The News Literacy Project (NLP), the nation’s leading provider of news literacy education resources for students, today announced a three year, $1.15 million grant from The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation to support a partnership with Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), the largest independent school district in the U.S., to ensure that all students learn news literacy skills and concepts before high school graduation. Through the partnership, NLP and LAUSD

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--American National Bank of Texas (ANBTX) recently announced the results from its “Keys To Your Future” program, an innovative, scalable and measurable financial education and career readiness course for North Texas middle and high school students, for the 2023-24 academic year. This marks the first full year of the program since its launch as part of the bank’s three-year partnership with EVERFI® from Blackbaud®, a leader in K-12 financial education. The course prepares

HARRISON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $FICO--Global analytics software leader, FICO, will host a free Score A Better Future™ Fundamentals credit education event for teens in Harrison with the help of local partner, Flag Nation on August 19. This event aims to provide students with the knowledge and resources to better understand their financial health, including an overview on the role of credit, and the FICO® Score, the credit score used by 90% of top US lenders to make lending decisions. Fundamentals is

PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--University of Phoenix Vice President of Registrar Audra McQuarie joined the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO) Congressional Hill Day event, July 21-23, 2024, in Washington, D.C. The event allows AACRAO members to engage with congressional offices and share their perspective as practitioners and discuss the association’s legislative priorities. “As the Registrar at University of Phoenix, I am focused on creating academic poli

FOLSOM, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PowerSchool (NYSE: PWSC), the leading provider of cloud-based software for K-12 education in North America, today announced six new partnerships with leading school organizations in Belize, Honduras, St. Maarten, Mexico, Panama, and Venezuela, helping bring its game-changing AI assistant, PowerBuddy, and newest unified communications platform MyPowerHub to the Latin America (LATAM) region. These tools will enhance communication, streamline administrative process

PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--University of Phoenix will hold the next installment of its Educational Equity Webinar Series, “How to Create Brave & Safer Spaces in an Anxious World,” on August 15, 2024, at 12:00pm MDT. The event is part of a public series intended for educators, diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) practitioners, higher education leaders and administrators, employers, nonprofit organizations, government affiliates, and University of Phoenix faculty, staff, student

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A team of three independent researchers has been awarded a $4 million grant from the Institute Of Education Sciences (IES) to investigate the impact of a widely used teacher professional development program in literacy. With this grant, Dr. Young-Suk Kim (University of California, Irvine), Dr. Shayne Piasta (The Ohio State University), and Dr. Ben Kelcey (University of Cincinnati) will examine the effects of Lexia LETRS (Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and S

DULUTH, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Boxlight Corporation (Nasdaq: BOXL) (“Boxlight” or the “Company”), a leading provider of interactive technology solutions, today announced the Company’s financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2024. Financial and Operational Highlights: Revenue was $38.5 million for the quarter, a decrease of 18.1% from the prior year quarter Gross profit margin in Q2'24 decreased to 37.7% from 37.9% from the prior year quarter Net loss was $1.5 million, compared to

TROY, Mo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Kelly Education, the nation’s leading provider of education workforce solutions, announced that it is approved as a vendor by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) to provide substitute teacher training. To qualify for a substitute certificate, the State of Missouri requires that individuals with less than 36 hours of college credits complete a state-approved course. As one of only three approved vendors in the state, this design