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The most innovative companies in education in 2025

Fast Company Tech

This year, the most innovative companies in the education sector are tackling a dizzying array of challenges facing students and schools alikenot to mention parents. As a teletherapy platform, Parallel Learning enables schools and special education providers to counsel students and track their progress.

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Welcome to the 2021 Digital Inclusion Fellows

NTEN

Our seventh cohort includes 15 Fellows from around the country : Alabama, Georgia, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, and Utah. What unites this incredibly diverse group of individuals is a commitment to providing access and skills training so that communities can become empowered to navigate the digital world.

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The big question on every startup’s mind for 2021

TechCrunch

I already have hope that innovation will come from a more diverse set of people, whether it’s in a hacker house for undergraduate women or a student-founded service that matches undergraduate students to nonprofits. Alex Wilhelm broke down the Utah-based unicorn’s numbers , noting that it’s the second time Qualtrics has filed.

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Symantec Gives Back

Tech Soup

In Lindon, Utah, 50 employee volunteers planted trees that Symantec donated to TreeUtah using its local Community Outreach funds. The trees were planted around parking lots owned by the Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in order to cool the parking lots (which become mini "heat islands.

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Elevating Advocacy Voices for Children Through Social Media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: As part of my work at the Packard Foundation, I’ve had the honor of designing and facilitating a “networked capacity building project” for a cluster of grantees, state-based groups, to be more effective in engaging their networks toward covering uninsured children. Life Elevated.” of the past.

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Apple and Google’s COVID-19 notification system won’t work in a vaccum

The Verge

Here’s Caroline Haskins writing Tuesday in BuzzFeed : Utah Gov. And, since covid-19 is much less dangerous to kids, families could choose for their children to be quarantined with them or separately, whichever they prefer. Students now have to spend weeks studying before retaking the test. Kaitlyn Tiffany / The Atlantic ).

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How Trump’s proposed funding freeze has impacted childcare providers

Fast Company Tech

The National Head Start Association found that at least 45 providers could not access federal funds, potentially compromising care for nearly 20,000 children and families. Sixty-five percent of our students are served by the childcare assistance program. Having those students leave includes laying off staff.

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