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United States

10.20.20

Handshake Raises $80M More to Build a More Diversity-Focused LinkedIn for College Students

Handshake, which provides a platform for college students to search for work, and for recruiters to search for candidates and advertise entry-level openings, has raised $80 million.

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United States

10.15.20

Child Care is in Crisis. We’ll Be Here to Cover It During the Turbulent Year Ahead

Understanding the impact of the pandemic on early learning, families and children is crucial. That is why we’re supporting Edsurge’s efforts to expand coverage on this topic.

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Global

10.14.20

Amy Klement on Equity and Imaginable Futures

Amy Klement joins Tom Vander Ark on the Getting Smart podcast to discuss equity, impact investment, as well learnings from our joint exploration on the future of learning with IDEO.

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Global

10.05.20

Keeping Children Healthy and Learning During the Pandemic

On our Learning to Overcome podcast, UNICEF’s Robert Jenkins and Think Equal’s Leslee Udwin share how to help the whole child – educational and social emotional needs – during the...

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United States

09.29.20

The Rise Prize: Fostering Innovation to Support Student Parents

Efforts to support college students who are also parents should include flexible wraparound services tailored to the multifaceted identities of student parents.

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United States

09.10.20

Helping Student Parents Overcome Barriers

A new report from Imaginable Futures and Lumina Foundation examines promising ideas and practices in supporting student parents, common barriers to success, as well as innovative ways to overcome them.

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United States

09.10.20

Programs for Student Parents Need Greater Focus on ROI (Cost + Career Connections)

The Rise Prize shows how much energy has been building around serving student parents. To keep up the momentum, we must learn from the innovators working in this space, and...

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Global

09.08.20

What If the Redesign of Education Put Racial and Social Equity at Its Core?

"Learning has been disrupted because of the pandemic, yet also reimagined. I don't fantasize remote learning will ever be as good as being in school," shares our Amy Klement in...

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United States

08.01.20

Rising up to Help Student Parents

Programs at Everett Community College and Bristol Community College, both aimed at removing barriers for student parents and helping them succeed, are among the 15 winners of the Rise Prize.

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United States

07.24.20

Students Still Need Emergency Aid. Funders Must Step Up to Fill the Gap

Vinice Davis co-authors this op/ed in Philanthropy News Digest calling for support to two groups of students left behind in the pandemic relief aid: undocumented students and student parents.

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