In that year, the Copen Family Foundation, under the leadership of Peter Copen, linked 12 schools in Moscow with 12 schools in New York State in a pioneering demonstration that education can be enhanced and the quality of life on the planet improved if young people are given the opportunity to use telecommunications technologies to collaborate on projects.

Based on the successful project work completed between 1990 and 1994, iEARN opened its network worldwide and is now active in more than 25,000 schools and youth organizations in over 120 countries. Over 1,000,000 students each day are engaged in collaborative project work.

Join us in celebrating iEARN's 20th year in 2008! Participants are encouraged to join discussions in the Anniversary Forum. For a collection of anniversary logos available for download, click here or visit Join the Celebration.

In 2007, a team at NYU in New York City published a study of "The New York State – Moscow Schools Telecommunications Project -- The Founding Project of iEARN," which describes the lasting impact that the program had on teachers, students and administrators during the years 1988-1993. Click here for full report (published May, 2007).