21st Century Education Initiative - "You Should Care..."

"When you understand it enough to teach somebody, that’s when you know you’re learning something."

RSD uses the eBackpack as a comprehensive approach to communications and parent involvement, which promotes student learning.

"We’ve gotten away from technical training in high schools, and that’s moving us in the wrong direction. That’s probably why we’re losing jobs to other countries," he says. "The emphasis should be back on that captive audience that we have in high school students."

The Kaiser foundation has provided $114-million to the Community Action Project’s early-education programs since 2004.

Cox, Charter, Time Warner Cable and other Internet service providers plan to offer $9.95 monthly broadband service to households eligible for school-lunch aid, and PC refurbisher Redemtech will sell $150 laptops and desktop PCs with monitors.

What are American schools doing right when it comes to entrepreneurship education?

Essentially, I’mOK uses an element of gaming to help families stay in close touch throughout the day.

Participating teams may also choose to apply to receive up to $7,500 in support to launch a service-learning afterschool program.

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"It’s designed to be an outreach project for high school students who come here and shadow a college student who’s interested in a career in a health profession," said MSU Health Professions Club President, Joey Steffens.