The Be Kind People Project, a non-profit organization that provides innovative character education resources to schools across the nation, is in a sweet competition. If they win, the organization will be able to initiate social change in more schools improving learning environments, which leads to academic improvement for students. You can help by voting: www.helmetofhope.org

Friends of Yemin Orde has announced it has received a two-year $172,000 challenge grant from a private foundation that wishes to remain anonymous. Funds from this grant will directly impact hundreds of Israel's emotionally-fragile immigrant youth.

Ashland Univ.'s College of Education is one of a select number of teacher education schools in the country after receiving continuing accreditation with all positive marks from National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE).

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