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From Dyslexia to CEO: How my learning disabilities taught me to be a successful entrepreneur

The Next Web

My teacher was Mrs. Whitefield and the somewhere else was a quiet classroom where Mrs. Whitefield taught me the skills to manage my dyslexia and attention deficit disorder (ADD). I was the envy or target among my peers because I got to leave class for a few hours to go somewhere else.

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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. Creators of the Reggio Emilia approach to early learning, an educational philosophy that emphasizes child-led learning, even refer to the environment as the third teacher in a classroom.

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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Education

Kindful

The educational goals for the funders in this list include increasing postsecondary and higher learning opportunities, advancing innovation inside the classroom, engaging more students in the arts, and enhancing early childhood development, just to name a few. Areas served: Detroit/Michigan. Areas served: US.

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Your NetSquared Holiday Gift!

Tech Soup

Online: Part Two Google For Nonprofits Google Ad Grants with Net2 Northern Michigan. Guatemala City: Teach an Hour of Code in your classroom. Chicago, IL: Member Holiday Social - Coffee & Conversation. San Francisco, CA: Let’s Learn How to People-Power Your Campaign with Change.org. Houston, TX: NetSquared Houston.

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Games for Change 2007: Funders Perspective Panel

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Mentioned recent studies about taking laptops out of the classroom and there is a problem with using old metrics and it is important to look for new metrics and rethink learning environments in general. Each funder gave an overview gave an overview of their program. MacArthur Foundation. Interested in games for learning and social change.

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The 2019 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

The National LGBTQ Task Force’s 2019 Creating Change Conference convenes in Detroit, Michigan January 23-27, 2019. Join us at ILA to learn how to break through the challenges of shifting practices, advocate for all students, and make a difference in and out of the classroom. Creating Change Conference. Jan 23 -27. General / @ILAToday.

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What's Your Vision?

Museum 2.0

It's 8am in the classroom; 5am in my body. Last week, I attended a workshop on Creating a Vision of Greatness at ZingTrain , the training arm of Zingerman's Deli, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Something tells me this is not the business visioning workshop I anticipated. One of those is the use of visioning (also called future-casting).

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