2008 NOV 17 - (VerticalNews.com) -- First Lady of Pennsylvania Judge Marjorie O. Rendell today congratulated five Fox Chapel Area High School students from Allegheny County for their video that won the grand prize in an online contest designed to highlight the importance of civic engagement through voting.

  The video, "Voter vs. Non-Voter," is a spoof of the Apple vs. PC commercials. It depicts two high school-aged students discussing the important issues facing the nation and the convenient access to answers on voting questions through the Department of State's VotesPA.com Web site ...read more

  2008 AUG 4 - (VerticalNews.com) -- Tens of thousands of students across Pennsylvania will be able to earn high school and college credits simultaneously during the 2008-09 school year with the help of a $10 million investment in "Dual Enrollment," Governor Edward G. Rendell said.

  "Targeted investments in programs like Dual Enrollment are giving our students a competitive edge by exposing them to rigorous, college-level courses while they are still in high school," Governor Rendell said. "As a result, students are better prepared to compete and succeed alongside the brightest minds in the world. ...read more

  2008 JUL 21 - (VerticalNews.com) -- Governor Edward G. Rendell said that Pennsylvania's innovative work in science education has been recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, which has awarded a $9.95 million grant to a Pennsylvania consortium to establish the only national center of its kind that will draw on the advancements of cognitive science.

  The 21st Century Center for Cognition and Science Instruction will be able to draw upon the advancements in the field of cognitive science -- how the mind receives, processes, stores and retrieves information and knowledge -- to develop and evaluate theoretically driven modifications to existing middle school science curricula to improve student learning ...read more