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Nation’s Top Latino Scholars To Be Honored At Hispanic Scholarship Fund Annual Awards Dinner
LOS ANGELES, April 18, 2016 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- The Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF), the nation's largest not-for-profit organization supporting Latino higher education, will recognize HSF Scholars, parents, a community partner, ...
Walden University Introduces New Tempo Learning™ Competency-Based Programs
MINNEAPOLIS, April 11, 2016 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Walden University, a pioneer in online education, is introducing two new programs offered through <a...
States and Test Developers Need to Improve How They Identify and Serve English Language...
PRINCETON, New Jersey, April 7, 2016 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Effective practices for identifying students who are English learners (ELs) are crucial to serving this large and growing population of students. However, states, districts ...
Somos Next Launches “Pinguinitos”
MIAMI, March 29, 2016 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Somos Next, a company focused on the development and the commercialization of audiovisual content in the Spanish OTT ("Over the Top") market launched its brand "Pinguinitos", which ...
Free Admission And Festivities For All During National Park Week April 16-24
ALL AMERICANS ENCOURAGED TO #FINDYOURPARK AND CELEBRATE THE NPS CENTENNIAL
WASHINGTON, March 23, 2016 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- As the National Park Service (NPS) celebrates 100 years of protecting and preserving the nation's parks ...
New Jersey and San Antonio Students Eligible for Collegiate Scholarships
PRINCETON, New Jersey, March 22, 2016 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Graduating seniors in the New Jersey and San Antonio public education system are invited to apply for a 2016 ETS Employees' Community Action Fund (ECAF) scholarship.
ECAF ...
Fisher-Price Debuts A New Film Linking Playtime To Learning Starting From Birth
NEW YORK, March 15, 2016 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- A Film By You is a mini retrospective film from the perspective of a child, showing the incredible developmental journey in the first five years of life, featuring footage from 25 real ...
MoneyGram Foundation Awards Grant to Improve Literacy in Haiti
LitWorld and MoneyGram Foundation collaborate to provide essential literacy programs for hundreds of children in Port-au-Prince
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, March 16, 2016 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- The MoneyGram Foundation was proud to ...
Aspen Institute Mobilizes New Generation of Leaders
WASHINGTON, March 15, 2016 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- The Aspen Institute today announced its 2016 Class of Henry Crown Fellows. The Henry Crown Fellowship mobilizes a new breed of leaders, all under the age of 45, to tackle the world's ...
Honeywell And NASA Put STEM Education In ‘Motion’ With FMA Live!
MORRIS TOWNSHIP, N.J., March 14, 2016 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Honeywell (NYSE: HON) and NASA are proud to support their science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education program with the award-winning, hip-hop educational ...
Canticos Launches “Little Chickies / Los Pollitos”, The First In Its Collection Of Beloved...
SAN FRANCISCO, March 14, 2016 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Encantos Media Studios, PBC, a purpose-driven family entertainment and education company built for a world that's more global, mobile and diverse, announces the launch of ...
HITN Partners with Teachers College Columbia University to Strengthen Its Children’s Programming with Fun...
BROOKLYN, New York, March 1, 2016 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- The Hispanic Information and Telecommunications Network (HITN), the Pay TV network that offers educational content for US Hispanic audiences, announced a partnership with New ...
Pennsylvanians Now Get to Choose Their High School Equivalency Test
PRINCETON, New Jersey, Feb. 25, 2016 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- For the first time in Pennsylvania history, students will have a choice in what test they take to earn the state's high school equivalency credential, the Commonwealth ...
Major Media Brands Partner for Bilingual Early Childhood Education
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 16, 2016 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Highlights for Children, the leading family media brand and publisher of the best-read children's magazines in North America, and the Hispanic Information and Telecommunications ...
The National Society of Hispanic MBAs Becomes Prospanica as part of Rebranding Initiative
IRVING, Texas, Feb. 11, 2016 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- The National Society of Hispanic MBAs (NSHMBA) announced today it has changed its name to Prospanica, pronounced Pro-span-i-ca, effective immediately. The new name more closely ...
Hispanic Scholarship Fund Holds National College Camp In Dallas
DALLAS, Feb. 9, 2016 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- The Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF), the nation's largest not-for-profit organization supporting Hispanic American higher education, today announced its next College Camp workshop, to be ...
ETS reaches milestone in environmental responsibility and sustainability
PRINCETON, New Jersey, Feb. 8, 2016 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Whether it's saving energy, conserving water or recycling, ETS has reached another milestone in its long-standing commitment to becoming a greener, more efficient company in ...
Mary Kay And EverFi To Help Middle Schoolers Define Healthy Relationships For Teen Dating...
DALLAS, Feb. 4, 2016 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- One in three young people in the United States will experience abuse in a dating relationship. In recognition of Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month, Mary Kay Inc. is announcing a new ...
Independent Bilingual School Celebrates Community in its 10th Year
OAKLAND, California, Feb. 2, 2016 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Escuela Bilingüe Internacional announced today that it is celebrating its 10th year as an independent Spanish-English bilingual school. At EBI, students from pre-kinder through ...
ETS Enterprise Resiliency Team Wins North American and Global Continuity Awards
PRINCETON, N.J., Jan. 27, 2016 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Educational Testing Service's Enterprise Resiliency Team has won both the North America Business Continuity and Global Continuity and Resilience Team of the Year awards from the ...
CNN en Espanol and City University of New York Announce Partnership
MIAMI, Jan. 27, 2016 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- CNN en Español and the Center for Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies (CLACLS) at the Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY), have partnered to provide an exclusive ...
Top 7th Grade Students With Financial Need Can Apply For Cooke Foundation Scholarships
LANSDOWNE, Virginia, Jan. 27, 2016 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- The application period opened today for the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation's Young Scholars Program. Outstanding 7th grade students with financial need can apply for the program, ...
Access to Meaningful Opportunity is Limited to the Few
PRINCETON, New Jersey, Jan. 27, 2016 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Access to opportunity shaped our nation's past and defines its future. Opportunity has always been intangible, but for too many Americans, it's becoming invisible. If access ...
Studies Look at Possible Replacements for Race-based College Admission Policies
PRINCETON, New Jersey, Jan. 26, 2016 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- As higher education officials struggled to find race-neutral alternative college admissions policies in the aftermath of the Supreme Court's 2013 Fisher v. University of ...
Boyle Heights Community Welcomes Michelle King as LAUSD Superintendent
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 22, 2016 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Boyle Heights community leaders, parents and students congratulate Ms. King on her appointment as Superintendent of Schools for the Los Angeles Unified School District.
"We are ...
