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Stack banks $2.7M to teach teens, parents about crypto

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For the price of a cup of coffee, your teen can learn how to invest in cryptocurrency. Today, Stack released what CEO Will Rush says is “the first crypto education and trading app for teens and their parents.”. And, when teen users reach 18 years old, the assets transfer into their name. Stack banks $2.7M

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Teen banking service Step raises $50M, adds TikTok star Charli D’Amelio to investor list

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Step , a mobile banking service aimed at teens , announced this morning it has raised $50 million in Series B funding after growing to over 500,000 users only two months after its official launch. Step offers teens $3 (it used to be just $1) for every friend that signs up under their referral. million and 34.4

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Teaching Online Safety: Building Curriculum

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The Northstar Digital Literacy Project has 33 questions, but only a few touch on safety and security. Learning Resources for Children and Families. also has a section especially for children and families. has a special page dedicated to online safety for kids and teens. The quizzes are divided by grade level.

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Student social good startups collect $95K in T-Mobile competition

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Louis, Missouri) A virtual and in-person book club founded to amplify African American literacy and uplift stories with Black and brown characters to encourage more diversity in books.

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Even decacorns have their challenges

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As reported by Christine Hall: “ Greenlight Financial Technology , a venture-backed fintech company focused on providing a debit card, banking app and financial education to children, added another layer to its subscription plan with the introduction of family safety features. Greenlight Infinity, priced at $14.98 And elsewhere.

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The Participatory Nonprofit?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

According to recent study from Pew Internet and American Life project, more than one-half of teens have created media content and roughly one-third have shared ocntent. He also identifies the new literacies and skills -- and while he is talking about this in the context of children and education.

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MathAndCoding Turns the Library into a Coding Classroom (Part 2)

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In part 1 of this series, we introduced MathAndCoding , a nonprofit that offers teen-led programming classes for children in public libraries in the Silicon Valley area. Bricker says that there is also another benefit, perhaps an unplanned one, to having teen volunteers.

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