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How NYC entertainers and creatives are driving fire aid for Los Angeles

Fast Company Tech

The deadly Los Angeles wildfires had just begun when Comic Relief U.S.’s The six weeks since Los Angeles’ most destructive wildfires have proven no different. The beneficiary is the SoCal Fire Fund, which works with vulnerable students, school employees and families recovering from the blazes.

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Students are failing AP tests because the College Board can’t handle iPhone photos

The Verge

Nick Bryner, a high school senior in Los Angeles, spent hours completing his AP English Literature and Composition test last week. Bryner is among the many high school students around the country who completed Advanced Placement tests online last week but were unable to submit them at the end. The culprit: image formats.

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The most innovative architecture companies for 2025

Fast Company Tech

Los Angeles-based Lorcan OHerlihy Architects , for instance, has advanced the concept of shipping container architecture, ushering it into the realm of sustainable neighborhood development. The firms Isla Intersections project in South Los Angeles closed a nearby street (a rarity in car-focused L.A.)

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These students figured out their tests were graded by AI — and the easy way to cheat

The Verge

She surmised that Edgenuity’s AI was scanning for specific keywords that it expected to see in students’ answers. Students on @EdgenuityInc , there's your ticket. Edgenuity offers over 300 online classes for middle and high school students ranging across subjects from math to social studies, AP classes to electives.

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Schools across US cancel classes over unconfirmed TikTok threats

The Verge

What I can tell you is that the threat was communicated to schools through students reportedly viewing it on TikTok,” Jones said, adding that police were following through with an investigation. But police say they later determined the post was actually about a different high school in Los Angeles.

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6 Strategies to Involve Young People in Your Nonprofit

Nonprofit Tech for Good

2) Think long term Students may be short on funds, but they’re long on passion and energy, and we all know a personal referral carries more weight than a cold call. While this new group might not be a source of large donations, students have loads of passion, creativity, and energy.

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Emile Learning bets it can make high school students study, not scroll

TechCrunch

We want to create the go-to platform where a student, anywhere in the world, can access content in the most frictionless way possible,” Ruano said. Emile began as a way to help students prepare for AP exams – since a good score can help a student get college credit once they enter undergrad and save them thousands of dollars.

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