Category Archives: Education

Lobbying for a Lunch Hour

Keiron Vital’s project in Landmark Education’s SELP course is a campaign to lengthen the lunch period to one hour in schools in the United Kingdom. Continue reading

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The Chicago Code: Feltpad Teams with Nonprofits To Provide Computer Training for Underprivileged Teens in Chicago

A participant in Landmark Education’s TMLP is having his web company team with local non-profits to bring computer training to needy teens in Chicago. Continue reading

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Team Children Competes in Pepsi Challenge

Long time Landmark graduate Roy Toperek, whose Team Children project has led to many thousands of refurbished computers getting into the hands of low income families, is in the Pepsi Challenge contest for $50,000 in funding. Continue reading

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Anti-Violence Project Recognized by National Public Radio

Carolyn Elaine’s project in the Landmark SELP program led to the creation of a peace mural in Fenger High School which was recently recognized by National Public Radio. Continue reading

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