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Making the Book Truly Accessible for All Students

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Schools are back in session, and with them millions of American children who struggle daily to learn using traditional printed books. This includes accessible educational materials, such as e-books that can be used with computers, or mobile devices that display enlarged text or read the book aloud while also highlighting text.

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The kids are not alright. Here’s how philanthropy can help  

Candid

Casey Foundation’s annual KIDS COUNT Data Book , are alarming: Too few children are graduating from high school ready to earn because many aren’t arriving ready to learn—or not regularly attending school at all. The number of chronically absent students nearly doubled from 16% in the 2018–19 school year to 30% in 2021–22.

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UNICEF Shares 4 Ways to Reverse COVID-19’s Impact on Children

Saleforce Nonprofit

Today is UNICEF’s birthday, marking 75 years of delivering critical services and creating safer and healthier environments for children and families around the world. Over the past 75 years, UNICEF has made great strides toward helping all children realize their right to health, education, and protection. Photo credit: UNICEF.

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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Education

Kindful

The educational goals for the funders in this list include increasing postsecondary and higher learning opportunities, advancing innovation inside the classroom, engaging more students in the arts, and enhancing early childhood development, just to name a few. Global Fund For Children. Global Fund For Children.

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Higher Education Funding & Grant Resources

Bloomerang

Brown Rudnick Center for Public Interest. They focus funding on organizations that work on financial literacy for elementary and high school students (established programs only). Our goal is to graduate more students who are ready to enter aerospace and advanced manufacturing careers and STEM-focused post-secondary education.” .

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How Malala Fund’s Innovative Grantmaking is Revolutionizing Education for Girls

Saleforce Nonprofit

For many students, these school closures could mean the end of their formal education. Our aim at Malala Fund is to create a world where every girl can access 12 years of free, safe, quality education. Our aim at Malala Fund is to create a world where every girl can access 12 years of free, safe, quality education.

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How to get your educational nonprofit into classrooms, without leaving the office

The Nerdy NonProfit

Students with limited resources can benefit tremendously from remote classroom access by educational nonprofits. A mere nine percent of children from America’s most low-income families graduate – this is compared to 77 percent from the wealthiest families. Interactive games. Affordable resource for interaction.

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