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Education Everywhere

Early intervention and sustained individual support for every student are keys to educating the whole child in Finnish schools.

Experts

Editor Robert Sayre
Robert Sayre
Editor
Empowered Municipality
Call: 888-527-2373

Excellence and Success

There are many people, particularly in sports, who think that success and excellence are the same thing. They are not the same thing. Excellence is something that is lasting and dependable and largely within a person's control.

Director Lourdes Swarts
Lourdes Swarts
Director
21st Century Speakers
21 Swarts Drive
Covington, PA 18424
Call: 570 842 3300

Cities as Engines of Economic Growth

This new 10-minute film features some of the world's leading experts in urban development along with city leaders from around the world. It was produced by award-winning filmmaker Babar Ahmed, and focuses on solutions to the challenges that cities face today.

President Gordon Anderson
Gordon Anderson
President
Paragon House Publishers
1925 Oakcrest Avenue, Suite 7
Minneapolis, MN 55113
Call: (800) 447-3709

Introduction to Project Based Learning

Project-based learning is a dynamic approach to teaching in which students explore real-world problems and challenges.

Governor Tom Corbett
Tom Corbett
Governor
State of Pennsylvania
225 Main Capitol Bldg.
Harrisburg, PA 17120
Call: 717-775-2500

Standing up for Vultures

There is a lot of talk these days about the different kinds of capitalism. On the campaign trail, Governor Rick Perry and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich have been using the term 'vultures' to criticize front runner Mitt Romney.

 Mike Long
Mike Long
Long Nyquist Associates
121 State St.
Harrisburg, PA 17110
Call: 717-439-8917

Keeping the Beat: Music Education in Urban America

Philadelphia music teacher Jason (Jay) Chuong discusses the impact of the economic downturn on the learning environment of his inner city students.

Editor Robert Sayre
Robert Sayre
Editor
Empowered Municipality
Call: 888-527-2373

Preservation Assistance Grants

Preservation Assistance Grants help small and mid-sized institutions such as libraries, museums, historical societies, archival repositories, cultural organizations, town and county records offices, and colleges and universities improve their ability to preserve and care for their significant humanities collections.

 Greenworks Philadelphia
Greenworks Philadelphia
Greenworks
1401 John F. Kennedy Blvd, Suite 100
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Call: 215-686-3495

Poor Air Quality and Facilities in Our Schools

This video of Southern Middle School in Reading, PA is a sneak preview for an upcoming airing on CNN. Reading's troubled school district, as most urban school districts face educational as well as fiscal challenges.

Patrick Harvey
Attorney
Balladr, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP
1735 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-7599
Call: 215-864-8240

Teacher Scholarship Program

The Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program seeks to encourage talented science, technology, engineering, and mathematics majors and professionals to become K-12 mathematics and science teachers.

 Hara Software
Hara Software
Hara Technologies
2055 Woodside Rd. Suite 200
Redwoord City, CA 94061
Call: 888-607-4272

Stewardship Academic Sciences Program Grants

The Office of Stockpile Stewardship, under Defense Programs within the Department of Energy's (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), created the Stewardship Science Academic Alliances (SSAA) Program to support fundamental science at U.S. universities

 David Rettig
David Rettig
National Character Education Foundation
314 S. Main Street
Zelienople, PA 16063
Call: 724-631-0117

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