Two Greek public schools, the 26th and 29th Secondary Schools in the Acharnes borough of East Attica, were selected by Microsoft for their innovative education methods.

The two schools competed as a single group and were one of 250 individual teachers or groups selected from 23,000 applicants globally for the programme "leveraging technology in the classroom and preparing students for life in the 21st century." Selection was based on an online application with an amateur three-minute video presenting their teaching innovations. Microsoft will work closely with the applicants selected to improve technology use in the classroom. All selected teachers and schools are invited to attend the Partners in Learning Global Forum 2014 in Barcelona, Spain, from March 11 to 14.