Called The Pittsburgh Promise™, the program is designed to help students and families of the Pittsburgh Public Schools plan, prepare and pay for education beyond high school at accredited post-secondary institutions within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

UPMC will contribute an initial $10 million to mobilize The Pittsburgh Promise in time to support 2008 graduates of the Pittsburgh Public Schools. The remaining $90 million is a challenge grant intended to spur a community-wide campaign to raise a total of $250 million that will create a permanent endowment to fund future generations of graduates from the Pittsburgh Public Schools

Read more at Pittsburgh Promise

This is a strategic plan, developed by the Tutor/Mentor Connection, for use by any hospital and/or teaching university, in the country.  We don't know if this is happening in any location, but we do know that different hospitals, medical centers, and/or universities are spending millions of dollars to lower the costs of poverty and to encourage young people to seek careers in medical professions. If you know of hospitals implementing this strategy, please connect them to the Tutor/Mentor Connection by adding their web site to this section of the T/MC library, or by sending an email introduction.

ATE Central is a freely available online portal and collection of materials and services that highlight the work of the Advanced Technological Education (ATE) projects and centers. These National Science Foundation funded initiatives work with educators from two-year colleges to develop and implement ideas for improving the skills of technicians and the educators who teach them. ATE Central is designed to help educators, students, and the general public to learn about, and use materials from, the entire depth and breadth of the Advanced Technological Education program.

Visit the policy and advocacy section for articles that you can use in your own program development.

One article talks about strengthening the science education of future teachers and addresses the pressing national need for improving K-12 physics education and recognizes that these teachers play a critical education role as the first and often-times last physics teacher for most students.

My great pleasure is to represent you a project of NGO Art Studio from Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. This non-formal educational art school is founded in 1998 and since then it grown in NGO with full time members. Trough our art programme,we help a young people to create better positive self image are much more likely to stand up to pressure from violent forces. NGO?s Art Studio ,training, and leadership programs provide youth with the feelings of pride and self-worth that tend to lead them to choose peacebuilding over involvement in violent conflict.Youth with positive self-esteem tend to visualize more easily their own role in a peaceful, productive society. We encourage local philanthropy, and our main activites is educating young people trough arts to encourage this people to break the boundaries between their different cultures and understanding, to eliminate prejudice and discrimination, to promote environmental conservation and to assist the underprivileged young talented people to find their way. This project is constantlly running and offers an opportunity for educational success in out of school environments it is a way to explore other fields of knowledge. This project aimed at environmental education activities in arts and developmnet fo civic society trough art and young people, or creating the opportunities for such activities awakes a desire for creativity and knowledge, arouses curiosity and develops creativity.

Science Buddies web site has detailed information on over 100 careers. Students can browse these "to discover what scientists really do and what it takes to prepare for these careers"

Through its network of more than 100 CEOs, Change the Equation pledges to create widespread literacy in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) as an investment in our nation.

The Chicago Health Corps, one of a handful of Americorps programs dealing with health, offers ways for people to explore health careers via one year of community service. Chicago Health Corps members are placed in various hospitals, schools, clinics, or community health centers in the Chicago area. They serve as health educators, case managers or as additional health suppport in underserved communities. Information on how to join, eligibility requirements and who to contact are detailed here.