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Want to stay healthier and fulfilled later in life? Try volunteering

Fast Company Tech

The mental health benefits are just as striking. There are also health benefits for those who start volunteering much earlier in life. Children and teens who volunteer tend to have better health and lower levels of anxiety and fewer behavioral problems than those who dont volunteer. Changing demographics The number of U.S.

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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. We have the technological innovations to help these children and their families and educators, who are looking for strategies to aid their success. million students (15% of the U.S.

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AllRight, an English language learning app for children, raises $5M from Genesis Investments

TechCrunch

AllRight is a platform for English language learning, aimed at children four years or older, which combines lessons with real teachers and homework with “AI-powered” tutors. billion English language learners globally and the number of children among them reached 500 million in 2020. There are approximately 1.5

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Panorama raises $60M in General Atlantic-led Series C to help schools better understand students

TechCrunch

CEO and co-founder Aaron Feuer did say the company now serves 13 million students in 23,000 schools across the United States, which means that 25% of American students are enrolled in a district served by Panorama today. . In a nutshell, the SaaS business surveys students, parents and teachers to collect actionable data.

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14 and Proud of It

NCE Social Media

Their reasoning is to help “pre-university” students in LinkedIn lingo, aka high school students to everyone else, prepare their online resume/online identity for a career once they are out of high school. Will we see pre-university students connect their Twitter and Facebook feeds to LinkedIn?

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Why some school districts are spending big on schools tailor-made for 4-year-olds

Fast Company Tech

The classrooms have child-size boats and construction vehicles children can play on, and ceilings painted to resemble outer space. Windows are low to the ground so children can easily look outside. Hallways are lined with a corrugated plastic for wiggly fingers to touch as children transition to other locations.

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Five Steps to Finding ROI

Amy Sample Ward

You also have a volunteer program for middle and high school students to work with the children in after-school time in lieu of child care, but find that the current partners you have in the community don’t work for attracting new volunteers to participate. The benefits? These are both tangible and intangible.

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