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Reading Is Fundamental is encouraging parents to celebrate Reading Is Fun Week with their children May 12 to 18, to recognize the pleasures found in books and to mark the start of summer reading.

Some states are making discernible progress in writing clear, specific, content-focused standards that define what students are expected to learn in every grade or course in English, math, science and social studies, according to a report released today by the American Federation of Teachers.

Today's teens are active consumers, spending $180 billion annually. But are they saving in addition to spending? To enlighten our youth on the importance of saving, thousands of bankers will teach savings lessons across the country in honor of the 12th annual National Teach Children to Save Day, a program sponsored by the American Bankers Association Education Foundation.

April 1st marks the official beginning of the college acceptance season for approximately 3 million parents and their college-bound children across the country.

Furthering their shared commitment to inform parents, Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) and the Parent Teacher Association (PTA) have launched a nationwide education campaign and booklet, "A Parents Guide to Video Games, Parental Controls and Online Safety," being distributed to all 26,000 PTAs nationwide.

Just in time for Earth Day, join America's favorite little monkey as he plunges into his first underwater adventure to investigate the wonders of the ocean floor ... and make some fishy pals.

FIRST designs accessible, innovative programs to build self-confidence, knowledge and life skills while motivating young people to pursue opportunities in science, technology and engineering.

On April 29th, Teach Children to Save Day, bankers across the country will teach students the importance and best ways to save.

Public colleges and universities are looking for ways to meet the challenges posed by reduced state financing. They are also continuing to address the question of accountability. One way they are focusing on these issues is by looking at cost savings efforts on their campus to insure that they are being good stewards of the public's resources.

A new report released by America's Promise Alliance documents only about half of all kids served by the main school systems in the nation's 50 largest cities graduate from high school.

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A new national survey shows a wide disparity between states in the scope and quality of preschool education programs.

Seeking a fresh approach and "out-of-the-box" ideas on school readiness, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) created a unique partnership. They engaged the brainpower of the design firm IDEO to help them navigate a complex challenge: envisioning tangible steps toward transforming early education to ensure success for the next generation.

President Bush's new budget proposes the elimination of Reading Is Fundamental's (RIF) Inexpensive Book Distribution program. Elimination of the program would be devastating to the 4.6 million children and their families who receive free books and reading encouragement from RIF programs at nearly 20,000 locations throughout the U.S.

Gone are the days of school counselors sitting in their office simply handing out college applications, making schedule changes for students who want to drop a class or meeting with the troublemakers in the school. Today's school counselors are vital members of the education team.

Literacy has become a telling barometer of academic and economic success with struggling readers more likely to dropout of high school, have trouble finding jobs, and earn less than skilled readers.

The race for financial aid dollars began on January 1, 2008, the annual winter window during which time key pieces of information must be submitted to the colleges and universities that college-aged children might attend next fall.

An estimated fifteen million children, adolescents, and adults in the U.S. have a learning disability. To better help educators and parents recognize signs of potential learning disabilities and a new approach to intervention, National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD) has launched the Recognition and Response program.

The Maryland Prepaid College Trust, one of two "529 Plans" offered by the College Savings Plans of Maryland, gives families an opportunity to lock in tomorrow's tuition at today's prices.

This Chanukah, two anniversaries in the historic movement to free Soviet Jews are celebrated.

The teaching quality movement made a substantial gain this year with nearly 8,500 classroom teachers nationwide achieving National Board Certification, the largest-ever one year increase of its kind. This announcement by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards brings the total number of National Board Certified Teachers across the country to nearly 64,000.

Microsoft will donate developer software to all National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) educational chapters in the United States. During his keynote address at National Society of Black Engineers Fall Regional Conference, Gates spoke about the opportunities for African-American students entering U.S. engineering careers and the importance of diversity in the technology field.

Forty-eight million Americans have considered foster care adoption, according to a national survey from the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, however, many Americans have misconceptions about the way the foster care system works.

There is a claim that school vouchers give parents the opportunity to choose schools that are right for their children. However, vouchers won't help the majority of Utah families, because most families can't afford the extra cost of expensive private voucher school tuition.

A recent Capitol One survey found that 80 percent of teenagers believe that learning the basics of money management now will benefit them in the future, yet 86 percent have never taken a personal finance class in school.