For Immediate Release: Contact: November 29, 2006 Amber Moore, (703) 276-2772, ext. 17 Robin Scullin, (202) 222-2345 Honor Local Innovators in Education with National Cable’s Leaders in Learning Awards Last Call for Applications! Deadline December 15th Washington, DC – Nominate a teacher, school administrator, or anyone else in your community who is helping to improve and transform education for children in and out of school. The application deadline for the third annual national Cable’s Leaders in Learning Awards is December 15, 2006. Nominations and applications are accepted online at: www.leadersinlearningawards.org Prizes to be awarded: - Winning educators receive a $3,000 cash prize.
- All-expense-paid four-day trip to Washington, DC in June, 2007.
- While in Washington, award recipients will visit with members of Congress to talk about their winning programs and attend a gala awards ceremony with policymakers, government officials, leaders of the national education community, cable industry executives, and other VIPS.
Cable’s Leaders in Learning Awards, administered by Cable in the Classroom, recognize innovative programs that are transforming education in five categories: General Excellence, Cable Partnerships for Learning, Pushing the Envelope, Policymaker Excellence and Media Literacy Education. For more information on the awards and categories and to apply online, please visit: www.leadersinlearningawards.org. Cable in the Classroom (CIC), the cable industry’s education foundation, works to expand and enhance learning for children and youth. Created in 1989 to help schools take advantage of educational cable programming and technology, CIC has become a leading national advocate for media literacy education and for the use of technology and media for learning, as well as a valuable resource of educational cable content and services for policymakers, educators and industry leaders.
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