According to Macworld, Apple has announced an education-related event for later this month. This is not unexpected as it had been widely speculated that such an event would occur.
The event will take place on January 19th at 10:00 AM EST at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City.
Read more about it at http://www.macworld.com/article/164758/2012/01/apple_announces_jan_19_education_event_in_nyc.html