Primary & Secondary Education News

EDMONTON, Alberta--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Youth Science Canada presented the top awards at the 2026 Canada-Wide Science Fair (CWSF) on Thursday evening in Edmonton, Alta....

NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Scott Vicknair Personal Injury Lawyers proudly surprised Sydney Grimball Banks, a teacher at ReNEW Laurel Elementary in Uptown New Orleans, with a free cruise as the winner of the firm’s annual High Seas and ABCs campaign. The surprise presentation took place on May 18 at the school, where faculty, students, and staff gathered as Banks learned she had been selected for the award. The emotional moment celebrated her dedication to education and the lasting impact she...

SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A new report from the Campaign for College Opportunity and the California Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander American Affairs (CAPIAA) reveals why California must do more to support the state’s diverse Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) students. While many Asian American students continue to post strong higher education outcomes, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander students face uneven and often stalled progress, particula...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Soon, schools across the country let out for summer. For tens of millions of kids, that means significantly more time on phones, tablets, gaming consoles, and apps their parents may never have heard of. For most families, it also means heading into the season underprepared for what their kids are actually encountering online. Today, Stanford Social Media Lab, in collaboration with the Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI) and California Partners Project, released A...

OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Black Girls Code (BGC), the trailblazing nonprofit dedicated to preparing young girls and women for careers in technology, announced today the promotion of Lauren Idoko to Vice President of Program Strategy and Impact from Director of College and Career Programs. As Vice President of Program Strategy and Impact, Idoko will lead the implementation of BGC’s redesigned program model: a developmentally sequenced, outcome-driven, culturally responsive tech education...

MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The National Applied AI Consortium expands its mission into high schools with a $299,990 grant from the National Science Foundation....

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As artificial intelligence raises new questions about the future of work, a new national survey finds strong demand for the expansion of skilled trades education in U.S. public high schools, giving students earlier access to hands-on learning that can lead to meaningful careers in fields such as construction, welding, electrical, automotive technology, manufacturing, and other essential trades. The survey of more than 6,000 U.S. voters, parents, and public high sch...

UVALDE, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation (NYSE: ZWS) and Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District (UCISD) today announced the donation of 36 Elkay Pro FiltrationTM filtered bottle filling stations, 19 Elkay® ezH2O® filtered bottle filling stations, 73 Elkay filtration conversion kits and five years of Elkay filters for each of the donated units, ensuring consistent delivery of cleaner, healthier, safer drinking water to students, faculty, staff and community...

JOHNSTOWN, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--1st Summit Bank today announced the launch of ASCEND 250, a first-of-its-kind program in the United States: a three-year paid apprenticeship that provides high school graduates with a direct, structured pathway into the banking profession while developing the next generation of well-rounded leaders. Unlike traditional bank training programs that focus on a single discipline, ASCEND 250 develops future leaders across every function that drives institutional succe...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kaplan survey: 56% of high school students say it’s important to attend a college where most students share the same political and social views....