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ASK AN EDUCATION EXPERT CONTEST RULES NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.

THE PURCHASE OF ANY GOODS OR SERVICES WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. ASK AN EDUCATION EXPERT CONTEST (THE CONTEST) IS VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. THESE OFFICIAL RULES (RULES) ARE A LEGALLY BINDING AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN YOU AND SPONSOR (AS DEFINED BELOW) AND GOVERN YOUR ENTRY IN THE CONTEST. 1. SPONSOR. This Contest is sponsored by Teach For Us (Sponsor).

2. CONTEST ENTRY PERIOD. The Contest begins at 12:00 AM Eastern time on August 1st, 2011 and ends at 11:59 PM Pacific time on August 31st, 2011 (the Contest Period). All entries must be received during the Contest Period. The Sponsors computer is the official time keeping device for online entry into the Contest. No entries into the Contest will be accepted before or after the Contest Period. 3. CONTEST DESCRIPTION. The Contest is a contest that encourages persons entering this Contest (Entrants you or your) to create and submit, in accordance with these Rules, a Blog Post which answers the question Why is Teaching Important? Entrants are eligible for the prizes described below subject to the terms and conditions herein. 4. ELIGIBILITY. The Contest is open to legal residents of the 50 states of the United States of America and the District of Columbia (Contest Territory) who are 21 years of age or older as of the beginning of the Contest Period. Employees of the Sponsor, its parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, and all advertising agencies, printers, promotional agencies and families of each involved in this Contest are not eligible to participate or win. The Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations. 5. HOW TO ENTER. To enter, log onto Sponsors website located at teachforus.org (Site) and enter the required fields of the Contest entry form (Entry Form) on the Site. As part of completing the Entry Form, you must create a Blog Post or provide a hyperlink to a Blog Post describing the importance of teaching which complies with the terms of these Rules. The Entry Form and associated Blog Post together comprise the Entry. If there is a dispute regarding the identity of an online Entrant, the authorized account holder of the email address at the time of entry (i.e., the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address) will be deemed the Entrant. One entry per person during the Contest Period, regardless of method of entry. Entries that do not include all requested information will be ineligible.

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6. PERSONAL DATA. You are required to submit Personal Data on the Entry Form. All Personal Data will be held, used and processed by the Sponsor in accordance with its Privacy Policy as the Privacy Policy shall be posted at the Site from time to time. 7. WARRANTIES AND CONSENTS. By completing and submitting an Entry Form, you: (a) represent and warrant that (i) you have read, and agree to be bound by, these Rules, (ii) based on the Rules, you are eligible to participate in the Contest, and (iii) all of the information provided as part of your Entry is accurate, does not violate any third partys legal rights (including without limitation rights of privacy and publicity), and otherwise does not violate applicable law; (b) consent to the use of your name and/or likeness by Sponsor for promotional purposes (whether online, in print or through any other media now known or hereafter developed), without additional compensation or authorization unless prohibited by law; and (c) agree to be bound by the interpretations of these Rules by Sponsor, which are final in all matters relating to the Contest. 8. BLOG POST SPECIFICATIONS. Each Blog Post must be your sole creative work and must not incorporate ideas or work of any other person or material that would require the consent of a third party in any jurisdiction or under any applicable law. Without limitation, the Blog Post must not infringe or violate any trademark, copyright, publicity right, privacy or any other right of any other person or entity, under any applicable law, in any part of the Contest Territory. By submitting an Entry, you represent and warrant to the Sponsor that the Entry and everything depicted in the Blog Post are wholly original and do not infringe upon or otherwise violate any right of any person, entity, or any law, rule or regulation in any part of the Contest Territory. Violation or breach of these representations or warranties may subject you to penalties and damages under applicable law. By entering the Contest, you agree that the Sponsor may post your Blog Post or any part thereof on the Site or in its media outlets. Sponsor does not guarantee the posting of any Blog Post. You understand that your name and biographical data (as entered on the Entry Form) may also be posted on the Site in connection with the Contest. 9. BLOG POST RESTRICTIONS. The Blog Post may not contain, as determined by the Sponsor, in its sole discretion, any content that: Is sexually explicit or suggestive; unnecessarily violent or derogatory of any ethnic, racial, gender, religious, professional or age group; profane or pornographic; contains nudity; Promotes alcohol, illegal drugs, tobacco, firearms/weapons (or the use of any of the foregoing); promotes any activities that may appear unsafe or dangerous; Is obscene or offensive; endorses any form of hate or hate group; Defames, misrepresents or contains disparaging remarks about the Sponsor, or its products or services or other people, products or companies;

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Contains trademarks, logos or trade dress (such as distinctive packaging or phraseology) owned by any entity; Contains copyrighted materials owned by photographs and other works of art or images); any entity (including

Advertises or promotes any brand or product of any kind other than the Sponsor; Contains any personal identification, such as personal names, street or email addresses, or phone numbers other than the Sponsor; Violates or encourages the violation of any law, rule or regulation; Contains materials embodying the names, likenesses or other indicia identifying any person, including, without limitation, celebrities and/or other public or private figures, living or dead; Promotes any particular political party, agenda or message; and/or Communicates messages or images inconsistent with the positive image and/or goodwill to which the Sponsor wishes to associate.

Subject only to rights in your Personal Data, ALL ENTRIES BECOME THE PROPERTY OF SPONSOR AND WILL NOT BE RETURNED OR ACKNOWLEDGED. You will take all further acts necessary to effectuate the intent of these Rules, including, without limitation, executing and delivering to the Sponsor, all such agreements, contracts and any other documents to confirm Sponsors ownership of the Entries. 10. JUDGING PROCESS. Sponsor will select the two (2) best entries based on the following criteria: Best at describing the importance of teaching................................................. 40% Most Creative ................................................................................................. 40% Most Memorable ............................................................................................. 20%

The Entries will each be scored by 3 judges. The sum of the scores of all 3 judges will be deemed the score of the Entry. In the event of a tie score, the Finalist with the highest aggregate score under the criteria most creative will break the tie. The decision of the judges are final and nonappealable. 11. ODDS. The odds of becoming a winner depend on the number of Entries received. 12. PRIZE. Two Grand Prize winners will be selected on or about September 9th, 2011 (each, a Winner and collectively the Winners). The Grand Prize Winners Blog Post will appear on Sponsors website.

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The Grand Prize is valued at approximately $250.00. The Grand Prize includes onehour phone consultation with Francie Alexander. Consultations will be scheduled at a time mutually convenient for both parties. No substitution, cash redemption or transfer of the Grand Prize is allowed, except at the sole discretion of Sponsor. The Grand Prize Winner is responsible for all other charges, costs or expenses of any kind not listed as included in the Grand Prize. The Grand Prize Winner and the other Winners are responsible for the reporting and payment of all applicable federal, state and local taxes (including income taxes) associated with their respective prize and will and hereby do hold Sponsor harmless from liability for failure to timely report and/or pay such taxes. An IRS form 1099 will be issued. Sponsor shall have no responsibility or obligation to any Winner or potential Winner who is unable to accept or utilize the prizes as described herein. In the case of a Winners forfeiture of a prize, Sponsor may select another winner according to these Rules. 13. WINNER NOTIFICATION. Each Winner will be notified by e-mail on or about September 12, 2011, and will be given instructions on how to claim the prize. Three (3) attempts will be made to contact each Winner within a five (5) day period. If a Winner fails to respond within the five (5) day period, or if an e-mail attempt is consistently returned as undeliverable, or if the selected Winner cannot accept or receive the prize for any reason within fourteen (14) days, or s/he is not in compliance with these Rules, the prize will be forfeited. Each Winner will be required to sign and return an Affidavit and Release Form (where legal) within fourteen (14) days of notification or prizes will be forfeited. 14. INDEMNIFICATION; RELEASE. By entering the Contest, Entrants and each Winner agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Sponsor, ITS PARENTS, SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES AND THEIR RELATED PARTIES, AND THE RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, REPRESENTATIVES AND AGENTS OF EACH (collectively, the Sponsor Entities) from and against any and all liability, damages, claim or cause of action (however named or described), including, but not limited to, personal injury, death, or damage to or loss of property, arising out of participation in the Contest and/or receipt or use or misuse of the prize awarded in the Contest. Entrants and each Winner shall release all rights to bring any claim, action or proceeding against Sponsor or any of the Sponsor Entities, further covenant not to sue Sponsor or any of the other Sponsor Entities and hereby acknowledge that neither Sponsor nor any Sponsor Entity has made or is in any manner responsible or liable for any warranty, representation or guarantee, express or implied, in fact or in law, relative to the Contest or the prizes. The Sponsor Entities are not responsible for: (1) any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by Entrants, printing errors or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest; (2) technical failures of any kind, including, but not limited to malfunctions, interruptions, or disconnections in phone lines or network hardware or software; (3) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the Entry process or the Contest; (4) technical or human error which may occur in the administration of the Contest or the processing of Entries; or (5) any injury or damage to

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persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from an Entrants participation in the Contest or receipt or use or misuse of any prize. If for any reason an Entrant's Entry is confirmed to have been erroneously deleted, lost, or otherwise destroyed or corrupted, Entrants sole remedy is another Entry in the Contest at the discretion of the Sponsor. Except where prohibited, Entrants and each Winner agree that: (1) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest or any prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the California courts (state and federal); (2) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this Contest, but in no event attorneys fees; and (3) under no circumstances will an Entrant or a Winner be permitted to obtain awards for, and each Entrant and Winner hereby waives all rights to claim, indirect, punitive, incidental and consequential damages and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Rules, or the rights and obligations of the Entrants, the Winners and Sponsor in connection with the Contest, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, U.S.A. without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York. 15. PUBLICITY. Except where prohibited, participation in the Contest constitutes a Winners consent to Sponsor Entities use of a Winners name, likeness, photograph, voice, opinion and/or hometown and state for promotional purposes in any media, worldwide, without further payment or consideration. 16. GENERAL CONDITIONS. Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, suspend and/or modify the Contest, or any part of it, if any fraud, technical failures or any other factor beyond Sponsors reasonable control impairs the integrity or proper functioning of the Contest, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Contest or to be acting in violation of these Rules or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner. Any attempt by any person to deliberately undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest may be a violation of criminal and civil law, and, should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. Sponsors failure to enforce any term of these Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision. All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply. Sponsor is not responsible for incomplete, lost, late, damaged, illegible or misdirected mail/e-mail, or for any technical problems, malfunctions of any telephone lines, computer systems, servers, providers, hardware/software, lost or unavailable network connections or failed, incomplete, garbled or delayed computer transmission or any combination thereof. Sponsor is not responsible for any damage to any Entrant's computer system/software related to or resulting from participation or downloading any materials in this promotion. Potential winners may be required to provide Sponsor with proof that he/she is the authorized account holder of the e-mail address associated with the winning Entry. All on-line entries must be submitted from a valid e-mail account, which may be identified by

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reverse domain name search. Sponsor assumes no responsibility for undeliverable emails resulting from any form of active or passive e-mail filtering by a user's internet service provider and/or e-mail client or for insufficient space in user's email account to receive e-mail. If, for any reason, the promotion cannot be conducted as planned by reason of infection by computer virus, unauthorized intervention, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control of the Sponsor which, in the sole opinion of the Sponsor, corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this promotion, the Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the promotion. Sponsor reserves the right to modify the Contest or disqualify an Entrant if fraud, misconduct or technical failures destroy the integrity of the Contest as determined by Sponsor, in its sole discretion. Proof of submitting entries will not be deemed to be proof of receipt by Sponsor. Any use of robotic, automatic, programmed or the like methods of participation will void all such submissions by such methods. In the event Sponsor is prevented from continuing with the promotion or the integrity and/or feasibility of the promotion is severely undermined by any event beyond Sponsor's control, including but not limited to fire, flood, epidemic, earthquake, explosion, labor dispute or strike, act of God or public enemy, satellite or equipment failure, riot or civil disturbance, war (declared or undeclared), terrorist threat or activity, or any federal, state or local government law, order, or regulation, order of any court or jurisdiction, or other cause not reasonably within Sponsor's control (each a "Force Majeure" event or occurrence), Sponsor shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to abbreviate, modify, suspend, cancel or terminate the promotion without any further obligation. If Sponsor, in its discretion, elects to abbreviate the promotion as a result of a Force Majeure event, Sponsor reserves the right, but not the obligation, to award the prizes from among all valid and eligible entries received up to the time of such Force Majeure event. In no event will more prizes be awarded than stated in these Rules. 17. OWNERSHIP AND OTHER RIGHTS. Sponsor will solely and exclusively own all right, title and interest in and to the Contest Materials (as defined below), including without limitation all copyrights, trademarks, trade dress, good will, depictions, designs, exploitation rights, creative works, concepts, plans, titles, ideas, and the like therein, in perpetuity and throughout the universe and in all media and forms of expression and communication now known or hereafter developed. Contest Materials include, to the extent applicable (1) any information and material, including the Blog Post submitted by you in connection with the Contest; and (2) subject to your rights in your Personal Data, the Entry Form and any other forms, documentation or releases required to be submitted by you for the Contest, whether submitted to the Sponsor prior to or after the judging process. The Contest Materials have been specially ordered by Sponsor, and, therefore, will be deemed under US law, as work made for hire (in the US, under section 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976 as amended); but if the Contest Materials in whole or in part are not a work made for hire, you shall and hereby do irrevocably assign, convey, and transfer to Sponsor all right, title, and interest throughout the universe in perpetuity in and to such Contest Materials, without any obligation to pay additional consideration for the use or exploitation thereof. You will not retain any right, title or interest whatsoever in the Contest Materials, including, without limitation, a license back, rights of attribution; claims based on moral rights and similar theories; and liens, encumbrances and the like. You hereby irrevocably waive any claims based on the foregoing. You shall not assert, nor assist or authorize any third party in asserting, any claim inconsistent with this paragraph or the following paragraph. Sponsor shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to edit, modify, composite, scan, duplicate, or alter the Blog Post, in whole or in part, for any purpose which it deems

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necessary or desirable, without the need for any further remuneration and/or permission. You hereby irrevocably waive any and all claims based on moral rights, droit moral or similar theories in any Blog Post. You will take all further acts necessary to effectuate the intent of these Rules, including, without limitation, executing and delivering to the Sponsor, all such agreements, contracts and any other documents to confirm Sponsors ownership of the Contest Materials. To the extent that you own (presently or in the future) any intellectual property rights that were not created in connection with the Contest Materials, but that may be necessary for Sponsors exercise of the rights assigned to it above (Related Rights), you agree to and do hereby grant to Sponsor, or will cause to be granted to Sponsor, at your cost and expense, a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable right and license to use, copy, manufacture, distribute, translate, perform, modify, display, transmit, create derivative works of, make, have made, offer to sell, sell, import, and otherwise exploit any such Related Rights to the extent necessary to enable Sponsor to exercise all rights assigned to Sponsor under these Rules. You agree that you will not use the Blog Post for any other purpose, including, but not limited to, posting the Blog Post to any online social network or other website, without the express consent of Sponsor which may be withheld in its sole and absolute discretion. Notwithstanding such ownership by Sponsor of all such rights, you expressly agree and acknowledge that the Sponsor Entities shall not be responsible in any manner for any use of the Blog by any third parties and shall be under no obligation to protect or enforce any such rights in the Blog. 18. WINNERS NAME. For a list of the Winners names (available after September 15, 2011) and/or a copy of these Rules, send a hand-printed, self-addressed, stamped envelope to Ask an Education Expert Sweepstakes, P.O. Box 714, New York, NY, 10013-0714. Requests received after September 30th, 2011 will not be honored.

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