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Symantec Donation Safeguards Computer Labs for Students

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The Inland Empire, which encompasses 27,000 square miles in Southern California, has one of the highest rates of poverty in the U.S.'s Smooth Transition began working to reach at-risk teens early — before they dropped out of high school or left the foster care system. It also costs students the ability to complete their work.

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Apps for Youth, By Youth

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The app was a finalist in Microsoft's 2011 Imagine Cup, a student technology competition. iPad, iPhone, MacOS) is a student planner that helps you keep track of your class schedule, track your grades and GPA, manage homework assignments, and create an interactive calendar. This app was developed as a Coding4Fun Community Project.

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Bay Area Teens Share the Love of Coding (Part 1)

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It has trained more than 470 students seventh grade and up in 13 libraries throughout Silicon Valley. It was recently recognized by the City of San Jose for raising awareness of computer science among teens. Students bring their own laptops to a public library, and receive instruction from high school-aged instructors.

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Feeding a Need: New App Helps Youth Find Free Summer Meals

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Millions of low-income students rely on free or low-cost school meals. During the school year, federal programs like the National School Lunch Program help close this nutrition gap by providing free or reduced cost meals to low-income students. But when summer vacation starts, the school meals end. That's 3.9 MILLION U.S.

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Fostering Innovation and Creativity in Youth Through App Development

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story chronicled a middle school student who built an app to help him. Not only did the piece showcase the uniqueness of this particular student, but also the opportunity to cultivate creativity through technical. awareness and skills development in children, teens, and young adults. Youth Radio's Mobile Action Lab.

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Give it up for the kids y'all

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Last weekend I went to a great house party/fundraiser for Art in Action camp , a 10-day cultural boot camp for budding teen activists. All afternoon the students remained in lockdown inside the school. Most of the participants are between the ages of 17-25, working class and youth of color. Van Jones did the ask for the event.

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Hospital Volunteering: 3 Things You Didn't Know & How the Web Can Help

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I didn't, until I talked last month with Joan Cardellino, the Director of Volunteer Services for the California Association of Hospitals and Health Systems. The state of California alone has over 100,000 hospital volunteers. interview college students via the web so that they can be interns when they come home for the summer).