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This new language app is like Netflix meets Masterclass, but for learning French

Fast Company Tech

You turn on the TV, but instead of Netflix, you click on a new app called 6pm in Paris, and spend the next 30 minutes learning French. This is the vision behind a new language learning platform that recently launched. For now, the team has licensed more than 60 short films by local filmmakers. Not on your desk.

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How to better support girls globally?

Fast Company Tech

Khadi uses what shes learned at the center to advocate with local leaders and parents to prevent other girls from experiencing the mental and physical suffering due to FGM. who learned skills to support herself and her family. They need opportunities to learn and pursue their goals. We also spoke with Sally S.,

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Why I Volunteered: Why I Volunteered for My Local CASA Organization

Bloomerang

Learn more here →. The Volunteer: She is a woman in her thirties who completed her local CASA’s 36-hour volunteer training program. The Nonprofit: CASA | The volunteer requested that we direct people to the national organization’s website so you can learn more about their work and the multiple ways to get involved with their mission.

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Lingoda, an on-demand online language school with live instructors and Zoom classrooms, raises $68M

TechCrunch

A startup out of Berlin that’s built and grown a successful online language learning platform based around live teachers and virtual classrooms is announcing some funding today to continue expanding its business. “We want the whole world to be learning languages,” Shangkuan said. “That is our vision.”

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Last-Minute Gift Guide for Social Impact

Amy Sample Ward

It makes me feel like I’m giving of myself and still giving “something” But, one thing I’ve learned through the process is that I actually end up spending at least as much money and certainly a ton of time putting those gifts together. Supporting local businesses. Supporting real impact.

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

Fast Company Tech

Jefferson Early Learning Center bears little resemblance to elementary schools many adults recall attending in their earliest years. The classrooms have child-size boats and construction vehicles children can play on, and ceilings painted to resemble outer space. There are no desksall space is devoted to learning through play.

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Visiting Schools in Pohnpei

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The classrooms have doors that open to the outside, because of the warm weather. Most classrooms have desks and textbooks and all have chalkboards. Students on Pohnpei learn in the vernacular (Pohnpeian) until they are in third grade, when they start learning English. Instead of windows, they have heavy screens.