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    The Potential for Portable Learning Records to Advance Education and Employment

    Getting Smart Jan 12, 2021

    Imagine grabbing a math badge on Khan Academy and automatically jumping to the next lesson in school. Imagine having a tutor that knows how you learn best and where you…

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    Is REAL Change Coming to Savannah? Philanthropy Can Help.

    Giving Compass Jan 12, 2021

    Part Two in a four-part series about the Georgia Systemic Change Alliance. Read Parts One, Three, and Four. By August, city and community leaders in Savannah, Ga. are expected to have…

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    Questions and Predictions About the Circular Economy in 2021

    GreenBiz Jan 11, 2021

    As I begin to think about the year of content and coverage ahead, I thought I’d start things off by sharing some big questions I’ll be asking in 2021 —…

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    The Surge in Citizen Science During COVID-19

    Vox Jan 11, 2021

    The pandemic has driven a huge increase in participation in citizen science, where people without specialized training collect data out in the world or perform simple analyses of data online to…

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    How COVID-19 is Severing Connection for Homeless Students to Their Schools

    EdSurge Jan 11, 2021

    As temperatures began to dip this fall, Allen Blackwell III says he and his colleagues at Baltimore City Public Schools kept watch on weather reports hoping to see it hit…

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    Nonprofit Leaders Can Pave the Way for Education Innovation

    Forbes Jan 11, 2021

    As 2020 comes to a close, are you looking at the glass half full, or depending on the day half empty after almost a year of surviving the pandemic? In…

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    Steps to Maximize Student Learning and Growth During COVID-19

    The 74 Jan 11, 2021

    As we stare down the barrel of a second wave of school closures, we know one thing for certain: There’s no going around parents. Teachers must work with them and…

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    Digitization Efforts Are Important for Public Efficiency During COVID-19

    Giving Compass Jan 11, 2021

    Through the digitization of about 1.3 million files dating back to the 1600s, city leaders in Salem, MA learned that one issue has remained top-of-mind for residents throughout the centuries:…

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    Why the U.S. is Missing COVID-19 Vaccination Targets

    Vox Jan 11, 2021

    President Donald Trump’s administration had projected 20 million people would be vaccinated by the end of December. The US is at 4.8 million first-dose vaccinations as of Tuesday, missing its 2020 goal…

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    What Citizen Engagement Could Look Like Post-pandemic

    Route Fifty Jan 11, 2021

    In the aftermath of COVID-19, which exposed so many of the racial inequalities in our society, local and state governments cannot simply offer an inferior version of what came before.…

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    How Intrapreneurship Can Advance Social Movements

    The Aspen Institute

    From last year’s protests by Google employees to this summer’s worker walkouts at Wayfair, advocacy from within the rank-and-file of corporations has made headlines in recent years. But as Jerry Davis…

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    How Media and Journalism Projects Engage in Climate Action

    Media Impact Funders

    “I see 2020 as a chance to reaffirm what needs to be done, kicking off the most important decade for conservation in my lifetime,” Kenney said. That’s why Media Impact…

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