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Angelina Jolie Continues to Do That Hero Thing
With her many good deeds, Angelina Jolie is quietly becoming a modern-day Mother Teresa, particularly in her role as Goodwill Ambassador for the UN...
Morning Workout for Kids at School Helps Focus
After settling in and listening to the morning announcements, the boys in the behavioral class at a Canadian public school don’t hit the...
College Students Help Create Maps For Haitian Rescue Efforts
A group of college students is helping rescuers on the ground find their way around the wreckage in Haiti by pointing out roads...
Tuition-Free University Gains a Following
One of the world's boldest experiments in higher education began in September when 180 students from nearly 50 countries around the world logged on...
How the Hershey Founder Left All His Money to Build a School for Needy Kids
100 years ago, the founder of Hershey chocolate, Milton Hershey, decided to leave his entire $60 million fortune to open a school for...
Socialite’s School Brings Hope To Brazilian Slum
Poverty and violence are part of every day life for children living in Brazil's slums. But a Rio de Janeiro socialite is fighting...
Pushcart Educator for the Poor Wins CNN Hero of the Year
(CNN) -- Efren Peñaflorida, who started a "pushcart classroom" in the Philippines to provide an alternative to gang membership and bring education to poor...
Gateses Give $290 Million for Innovative Education
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on Thursday announced its biggest education donation in a decade, $290 million, in support of three school districts...
Solar Power Rescues Lebanon Schools from Frequent Black-outs
With Lebanon’s chronic power shortages, classes at the Rajam Issa public school are often plunged into darkness during the winter.
In the remote northeastern district...
Stimulus Package Added Thousands of Teaching, Construction Jobs Says New Data
Teachers, construction workers and public safety officials appear to be the initial winners from the states' share of the $787 billion federal economic stimulus...
Urban Philly Teens Compete for $10Million X Prize for Hybrid Car Design
Students from a team at West Philadelphia High School are the only teenagers in a field of about 90 teams from around the world...
AmeriCorps Hiring Largest Class in 16 Years
The Corporation for National and Community Service, a federal agency created in 1993 to engage Americans in service, today announced grants to eight organizations...
Afghan School for Girls Succeeds Despite Lack of Walls and Books (with Video)
This Afghanistan girls' school successfully prepares students for University but without any roof, walls, library, or many books... until now.
Thanks to an American...
Obama Unveils Education Initiative: 2-year Colleges to Get $12 Billion Boost
The White House proposed a massive effort to retrain workers on Tuesday by strengthening our nation’s community colleges and creating five million additional college...
Earth Day Special: Schoolkids Sell Recycled Products to Raise Money for New Solar Panels
20 years ago, children in American classrooms only drew pictures of the planet and animals to commemorate Earth Day. Today, ecologically-friendly activities are...
Laid Off? Join the Booming Non-Profit World
Thousands of laid-off business leaders can find fulfilling new jobs by seeking careers in the non-profit world, which is gearing up to respond to...
Bollywood Star Preity Zinta Adopts 34 Orphans
Preity Zinta was going to treat herself to a new imported car for her 34th birthday but she realized she could do something...
Afgan Schools to Benefit From $24 Million Boost
Tens of thousands of schoolchildren in Kabul are set to benefit from a $24 million donation from Japan, under an agreement signed today with...
Video Games Support School Lessons and Learning
Once shunned as a brain-rotting activity, video games are now winning over many teachers of teenage students as a way to inspire kids to...
Texas Schools Win $1 Million Prize for Advancing Poor Students
The border city of Brownsville, where nearly all students come from low-income Hispanic families and where 4 in 10 are not native English speakers,...