I*EARN Moves its Offices to Manhattan from Westchester County

I*EARN (International Education and Resource Network), the world's most experienced and largest international K-12 educational telecommunications network, announced today that it is relocating its offices and staff from Yorktown Heights in Westchester County to offices in New York City. "We have found we need to be closer to other telecommunications organizations," reported I*EARN Director, Dr. Edwin H. Gragert. "Also, as a non-profit institution, it is important to be nearer to other international non-profit organizations and funding agencies," he added.

I*EARN's move is instructive in this age of telecommuting and e-mail. "Over the past eight years, we have found that face-to-face contact is not replaced with telecommunications. This is even true for an organization like I*EARN whose work is entirely "on-line."

I*EARN will be opening its new offices October 1st at 475 Riverside Drive in Manhattan, a building exclusively for non-profit organizations, most of which operate national or international programs.

I*EARN has member schools in over 30 countries:

Albania, Argentina, Australia, Belarus, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, England, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Thailand, Ukraine, United States, and Uruguay,

I*EARN is a global community of youth, teachers and youth-service leaders committed to using telecommunications to engage in collaborative on-line projects which make a meaningful difference in the world as part of the educational process. I*EARN facilitates on-line curriculum-based projects designed by teachers in social studies, science, environment, math, arts, literature, and interdisciplinary areas.