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LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles, the world’s leading tech hub for the blue economy, today announced the appointment of businessman and philanthropist Jon Sutton Day to its Board of Trustees, effective March 31. A lifelong Angeleno, Day currently serves on the Board of Directors of the W.M. Keck Foundation, one of the nation’s largest philanthropic foundations supporting medical research, science and engineering, and educational programs. He is on the Foundation’...

MANASSAS, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Prince William County Public Schools unveiled its new emissions-reducing propane school buses today at its Brentsville facility. The 62 Blue Bird Vision Propane buses are also the first from the company to come equipped with standard driver airbags. The propane buses were purchased from Blue Bird Bus Sales of Virginia. In collaboration with its corporate headquarters in Gibsonia, Pennsylvania, the dealer provided a fully equipped 78-passenger propane school bus d...

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Milliman, Inc., a premier global consulting and actuarial firm, announced that the Milliman Giving Fund renewed a three-year, $600,000 commitment to The Actuarial Foundation’s Math Motivators Tutoring Program. The award expands access to high-quality, free math tutoring for students in under-resourced communities in the United States. The Milliman Giving Fund has invested nearly $1.5 million over seven years of support for the tutoring initiative. With this new commitm...

WILMINGTON, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SageReport Launches to Address the Crisis in School Psychology with Advanced Report-Writing Technology...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Thirty-nine states now require personal finance courses for high school graduation, making significant progress in financial literacy education, reports the Council for Economic Education’s (CEE’s) biennial Survey of the States. Four states, California, Delaware, Colorado and Hawaii, have newly mandated students take a semester-long personal finance course to graduate from high school, impacting an estimated 2.3 million high school students. Additionally, Kentucky and...

SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Natural History Museum of Utah’s (NHMU) free, award‑winning online educator resource, Research Quest, is celebrating two major milestones: its 10‑year anniversary and its 1 millionth learning session delivered worldwide. Research Quest began as a collaboration between NHMU and the Joseph and Evelyn Rosenblatt Charitable Fund, which in 2013 sought new ways to build critical thinking skills among middle school students. With myriad scientific objects in collec...

THORNTON, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In celebration of National Poetry Month in April, Anythink Libraries is partnering with Adams County Poet Laureate Aerik Francis to host a monthlong series of workshops, performances and community gatherings designed to spark creativity and connect people through the power of language. Throughout April, Anythink Libraries’ seven locations will offer a wide range of poetry-focused experiences led by Francis and other local artists, including Suzi Q. Smith and Fr...

WAYNE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Inverness Graham (“IGI”), a Philadelphia-based buyout firm focused on acquiring innovative companies where technology is transforming traditional industry, announced today that it has acquired Axcel Learning (“Axcel”), a leading online professional education, certification, and test preparation platform for end-markets where industry certification exams are critical for employment and career progression. Founded in 2021, Axcel has effectively scaled into a leading p...

NEWARK, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sallie Mae (Nasdaq: SLM) today announced new and expanded graduate loan options for medical and dental students, supporting students from the first year of school through the transition into clinical practice. The enhanced offerings expand credit eligibility for qualified students and provide responsible financing with competitive interest rates, no origination or application fees, and flexible repayment options that reflect the longer training timelines and finan...

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Boston Public Schools has selected Xello as its CCR partner, strengthening alignment with the district’s My Career & Academic Planning Process....