custom footer

[Debra]

look for this in footer.php

<div class="footerright">
<p><?php _e("Copyright", 'studiopress'); ?> &copy; <?php echo date('Y'); ?> &middot; <?php _e("All Rights Reserved", 'studiopress'); ?> &middot; <?php wp_loginout(); ?><br /><a href="http://www.studiopress.com/themes/education" >Education theme</a> <?php _e("by", 'studiopress'); ?> <a href="http://www.studiopress.com" >StudioPress</a> &middot; <?php _e("Powered by", 'studiopress'); ?> <a href="http://www.wordpress.org">WordPress</a></p>
</div>

Replacing the bold with your long text

or delete the left and right divs and put everything into the footer div which will stretch it full width.

remove the bold for this choice
<div id="footer">

<div class="footerleft">
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="#top" ><?php _e("Return to top of page", 'studiopress'); ?></a></p>
</div>

<div class="footerright">
<p><?php _e("Copyright", 'studiopress'); ?> &copy; <?php echo date('Y'); ?> &middot; <?php _e("All Rights Reserved", 'studiopress'); ?> &middot; <?php wp_loginout(); ?><br /><a href="http://www.studiopress.com/themes/education" >Education theme</a> <?php _e("by", 'studiopress'); ?> <a href="http://www.studiopress.com" >StudioPress</a> &middot; <?php _e("Powered by", 'studiopress'); ?> <a href="http://www.wordpress.org">WordPress</a></p>
</div>

</div>

If you take the first choice you can place your page links inside p tags <p></p> above the return to top

if you take the second choice you can place your page links in p tags then you text in new p tags and finally the return to top code in a 3rd p tag.