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97-Year-Old Teacher Still in Class in New Jersey [VIDEO]

Apr 13th 2011 – 9:01AM
AP

AP

Ninety-seven-year-old Agnes Zhelesnik teaches preschool at the Sundance School in North Plainfield, N.J. She is the oldest teacher in the country and still going strong.

Former Principal's Nonprofit Promotes Education in Ethiopia

Apr 13th 2011 – 7:42AM
Helen Boxwill

Helen Boxwill

In a world of nearly 7 billion human beings, a former elementary school principal on Long Island proved once again that a single person can make a big difference. In this case, she helped tens of thousands a world away. Helen Boxwill's nonprofit organization, H² Empower, which aims to empower people through education and...

iPads for Kindergarteners? [VIDEO]

Apr 11th 2011 – 5:52PM
AFP / Getty Images

AFP / Getty Images

Kindergartners in Maine to Receive iPad [VIDEO]

Apr 11th 2011 – 5:38PM

Every kindergarten student in Auburn, Maine, will receive an iPad 2 in an effort to make children more digitally literate.

Donate to Education Charity, and Stephen Colbert Will Sing 'Friday' [VIDEO]

Mar 29th 2011 – 12:37PM
FilmMagic

FilmMagic

It's a premium far better than anything a PBS pledge drive could offer: Help Jimmy Fallon and Stephen Colbert raise money for the education nonprofit DonorsChoose.org, and Colbert will sing the song everybody loves to hate: Rebecca Black's "Friday." DonorsChoose.org is an online charity that allows donors to select which...

Background on education

Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next.

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