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11.24.20

Engaging and Listening to Youth in Kenya

We invested in Shujaaz because of their unique focus and commitment to listening and lifting youth voices. Understanding youth sentiment is critical for designing youth and equity-centric solutions.

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11.16.20

Global Entrepreneurship Week: What Drives You to Be An Edu-preneur?

This Global Entrepreneurship Week, we’re honoring with gratitude and celebrating all the brilliant and compassionate edu-preneurs with whom we are grateful to partner.

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11.10.20

Business Unusual — It’s Time to Reimagine Learning in Kenya

What if, at this moment of disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, our learning systems in Kenya could be redesigned to eliminate the inequities that are embedded in our schools...

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10.02.20

Rising to the Moment: How Edquity Supports Students in Crisis During Covid-19 and Beyond

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09.30.20

Risers’ Choice: Student Parents Pick the Innovative Solution that Help Student Parents Like Them Succeed

Student parent judges Lesley Del Rio and Ariel Ventura-Lazo chose College Unbound to receive the $100,000 Risers’ Choice prize. In this Q&A, we find out why and what made College...

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09.23.20

Time to Innovate: How We Can Harness an Unprecedented Moment in Higher Education to Better Serve Student Parents

On Higher Learning Advocates’ blog, Vinice Davis calls on philanthropy to advance innovation that supports student parents by seeding and incentivizing promising ideas and evidence-based solutions.

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09.21.20

Learning to Overcome

Launched with UNICEF, our new podcast features educators and innovators who share their ideas and strategies to support our students’...

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09.15.20

Localized Edutainment is Changing Lives in Africa

With innovative edutainment programs, Ubongo is equipping Africa's next generation with the...

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09.15.20

Uniting Students, Parents and Educators Online for Better Outcomes

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08.19.20

From Viral Photo to Vital Program: Morehouse College’s Fathers to the Finish Line is a Rising Star

In this Q&A, we asked the team behind Morehouse College’s Fathers to the Finish Line Initiative to share the inspiration behind their program and their experience participating in the Rise...

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