Los Angeles – September 11, 2026 -- PlayVS, North America's scholastic esports competition platform, will operate alongside 25 state and regional partners for the 2026–27 school year, marking eight years of collaboration in school-based esports.

Washington – September 11, 2026 -- Seventy-one percent of surveyed academics say American higher education is worse equipped today than it was 25 years ago to pursue truth-seeking as its central mission, according to a new survey released by the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA) to mark the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.

Grand Rapids – – September 11, 2026 -- Grand Rapids Community College will formally invest Dr. Kathryn A. Rogalski as its 12th president on Sept. 18, making her the first permanent female president in the institution's history since its 1914 founding.

Berlin – September 11, 2026 -- The OECD's PISA 2025 study released today shows Germany's reading and math scores continuing to decline, prompting the SPD parliamentary group to push for expanded funding of its Startchancen-Programm and a new early-childhood quality law.

Bloomington, Ind. – September 11, 2026 -- Marzano Resources has released The High Reliability Teacher, a new instructional resource built on a three-level framework designed to help K-12 educators systematize professional growth and classroom evidence-based practice.

Hong Kong – September 10, 2026 -- Domestic philanthropic giving across participating Asian jurisdictions reached US$109 billion in 2024 and could exceed US$1 trillion within the next decade, according to an Interim Report launched today at PBC 2026 in Hong Kong's West Kowloon Cultural District.

PONTREMOLI, Italy – September 09, 2026 -- vivo and the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme concluded the 2026 Capture the Future: Global Youth Storytelling Initiative with a five-day Co-Creation Camp in the Appennino Tosco Emiliano Biosphere Reserve, running August 31 to September 5 and gathering 15 young creators from around the world.

Penzberg – September 09, 2026 -- The digital vocational-training platform Ausbildungskompass received the "Excellent" rating in the special category "Digital Administration: Benefits for Citizens and Businesses" at the Best of Technology Award 2026, presented on September 3, 2026 in Düsseldorf.

Sharjah – September 09, 2026 -- The Sharjah Government has opened worldwide submissions for the 13th edition of its Government Communication Award, with a new category dedicated to artificial intelligence use in public-sector messaging. Organisations and individuals have until September 22, 2026, to submit entries across more than 35 award categories spanning government bodies, international organisations, the private sector, individuals, smart communication competitions, jury awards and partner awards.

Delray Beach, Fla. – September 08, 2026 -- SimpliTrain has been recognized as a Pervasive Player in the Learning Management System (LMS) market by MarketsandMarkets' 360Quadrants platform, as the company expands its AI, multilingual, and content-automation capabilities.