In the boys' classroom at Lamplighters Yeshivah in the Hasidic Jewish stronghold of Crown Heights, Brooklyn, Montessori number-counting boards and decimal beads share space with Hebrew-learning materials. A colorful timeline on the wall shows two strands of world history in parallel: secular on the left, Jewish on the right.   A photo of the...

All 2014 Stark County graduating seniors are eligible to apply for our scholarship. Please visit your High School Guidance Department for details on how to apply. All completed scholarship applications must be postmarked no later than April 1, 2014.   The Stark County Italian-American Foundation was organized with the following objectiv...

Five recent high school graduates each received a $500 Joseph Calderone Memorial Scholarship at the June meeting of the Order Sons of Italy in America Leone D'Oro Lodge No. 2700 in Orland Park.   Each recipient was required to write an essay crediting their Italian heritage in forming strong family ties and family values.   Read more...

Primi non sul campo di calcio, ma nel campo dell'architettura green: l'Italia vince il campionato del mondo dell'efficienza energetica, dell'innovazione, della sostenibilità e della bellezza.   RhOME for denCity, la casa solare progettata e costruita dal Dipartimento di Architettura di Roma Tre, ha sbaragliato in volata Germania, Cile e Olan...

Students of the University of Tennessee Culinary Institute, Retail, Hospitality and Tourism college, and Pellissippi State Culinary Institute, will present their fall series of the Ready for the World Cafe beginning Thursday, Oct. 3.   Italian fare will be served with a menu of antipasto with cured meats and cheeses from southern Italy serve...

The AATI National Organization has created a committee to investigate methods to promote the AP exam, to increase the number of students by 20% over the next 2 years to maintain the exam, and to establish strategies, materials, and assistance to both educators and AP students.   I (Lyn Scolaro), along with Beppe Cavatorta, are honored to ser...

Are you passionate about Italian foods? Would you like to expand your repertoire? Improve some cooking skills? Then this is your chance.   In conjunction with the second annual Little Italy Pasta Sauce cook-off, Giuliano Bugialli will teach a class at Tess' Kitchen store, to be determined at a later date.   Read more   Source:&...

Incontriamo John Viola a Washington, nella sede della NIAF. Fuori ci hanno accolto le due bandiere a noi più care, che simbolizzano ciò che da quasi 40 anni fa la National Italian American Foundation. Parliamo con un Presidente di 29 anni, e non possiamo non essere curiosi: il paragone con cosa accade in Italia è improponibile. Dobbiamo confessare...

The Lido Civic Club of Washington D.C. is pleased to announce that it will grant an award of $2,225 to the Casa Italiana Language School/Ente Gestore, to help support and promote the continuation of the AP Italian Language & Culture exam.   The grant will be used by the Ente Gestore to award $89, the fee for taking the AP Italian Languag...

Nel corso della missione istituzionale a New York per la promozione del sistema di istruzione e formazione lombardo anche nell'ambito delle iniziative legate ad EXPO 2015, l'assessore all'Istruzione, Formazione e Lavoro di Regione Lombardia ha visitato la Scuola d'Italia "Guglielmo Marconi" di New York.   La "Marconi" è l'unica scuola parita...