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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 ...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Launches 2016 Mayors Challenge in Latin America and the Caribbean
NEW YORK, Jan. 20, 2016 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Michael R. Bloomberg today launched Bloomberg Philanthropies' 2016 Mayors Challenge, a competition to inspire Latin American and Caribbean cities to develop bold new ideas that solve ...
Discovery Education And 3M Search For America’s 2016 Top Young Scientist
SILVER SPRING, Md. and ST. PAUL, Minn., Jan. 12, 2016 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Discovery Education and 3M are proud to announce the opening of the annual Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge, the nation's premier science...
Goya Foods Offers $20,000 Culinary Arts Scholarship To Four Students Nationwide
JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, Dec. 15 , 2015 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Goya Foods, America's largest Hispanic-owned food company, will offer a $20,000 nationwide Culinary Arts Scholarship granted annually to four students entering their ...
The National Society of Hispanic MBAs names Thomas Savino as new CEO
IRVING, Texas, Dec. 14, 2015 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- After an extensive search of prospective candidates from across the country and outside the continental United States, the National Society of Hispanic MBAs (NSHMBA) Board of ...
MoneyGram Foundation Awards Final Grant Round of 2015 to Support Literacy, Technology and Innovation...
DALLAS, Dec. 7, 2015 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- MoneyGram (NASDAQ: MGI), today announced support for seven worldwide education programs through the MoneyGram Foundation. The foundation's final 2015 grant round supports literacy ...
College Graduation Rates Are Up for Black, Latino, and Native Students at Many Four-Year...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2, 2015 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- In recent years, many college leaders have crowed about improvements in their graduation rates. But it's important to ask — improvement for whom?
According to a new Ed Trust report, ...
Higher Ed Institutions Look to Next Gen Student Learning Measurement
PRINCETON, New Jersey, Nov. 30, 2015 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Higher education institutions of all kinds — state, private and community — are increasingly being asked for more evidence of student learning. Many are looking for ways to ...
Practice Makes Perfect Eliminates Summer Learning Loss
NEW YORK, Nov. 18, 2015 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Practice Makes Perfect would like to announce the kick off for our #GivingTuesday campaign using t-shirts to raise awareness for our mission.
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Oklahomans Now Get to Choose Their High School Equivalency Test
PRINCETON, New Jersey, Nov. 12, 2015 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Nineteen percent of Oklahomans over the age of 25 haven't finished high school, leaving large populations of the state underprepared to meet workforce demands. Studies also ...
BBC Worldwide and HITN Join Forces to Benefit Preschool-aged Hispanic Children in the United...
MIAMI, Nov. 12, 2015 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- BBC Worldwide Latin America/US Hispanic and the Hispanic Information and Telecommunications Network (HITN) announced a content agreement today that will unite some of the BBC's most ...
