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Listening to teachers to support students impacted by COVID-19 

Candid

One in four students is chronically absent , and many continue to lag in math and reading scores. These effects are even stronger in schools where a majority of students face significant equity barriers because of their racial identities or zip codes. It’s use it or lose it—and our students can’t afford to lose it.

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

Fast Company Tech

By making the investment, school leaders are trying to avoid some of the pitfalls of placing young children in buildings designed for older students, including lost learning time when tiny feet have to meander down long hallways to bathrooms and cafeterias. Two students play in a veterinary-themed classroom at Jefferson Early Learning Center.

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Emerge Career’s pre-release job training lands $3.2M seed and new state contracts

TechCrunch

Security and limited budgets at vocational and community colleges limit the amount of help they can actually offer people in the system, and courses from GEDs to trades often take a very “study by mail” approach during incarceration, or traditional brick and mortar one on release.

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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Senior Care

Bloomerang

See if any of these funders serve your community and if you can qualify for funding. (If Each priority area will afford an opportunity for RRF to fund innovative and effective projects that support the ability of older people to live fully in community settings. Areas served: Vermont, US. The Eisner Foundation. Daniel’s Fund.

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Emerge Career’s tech-forward job training lets incarcerated folks hit the road on release

TechCrunch

” These providers tend to be local vocational schools and community colleges with very limited resources. “We have an instructor who can support students virtually using the communication system; we work closely with the Ameelio system as well, to have office hours and support students’ needs.”

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Fireside Project manifests a $200K fund to improve access to careers in psychedelic health

TechCrunch

I fell in love with support lines, and really thought that support lines are a radically underappreciated, but foundational part of a community mental health ecosystem. I am also someone who’s had 20 years of working in the nonprofit sector leading nonprofits and community organizing. Very few people in the LGBTQ+ communities.

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Raising Money for Universities during COVID-19

Connection Cafe

Scott Roberts is the president of the UConn Foundation, which serves the University of Connecticut. Hill is optimistic that if institutions which follow the CDC guidelines and take appropriate steps, students can be welcomed back to a new normal in the fall. Constant communication is important; this is not a time to be quiet.