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Rice's OpenStax awarded $90M to lead first-of-its-kind NSF research hub for transformational learning and education research

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Wednesday, April 24, 2024
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HOUSTON, April 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- OpenStax at Rice University was awarded $90 million from the U.S. National Science Foundation to build and lead SafeInsights, a groundbreaking research and development (R&D) hub for inclusive learning and education research to benefit tens of millions of students and their instructors across all educational levels.

Key Points: 
  • SafeInsights will enable extensive, long-term research on the predictors of effective learning while protecting student privacy.
  • This five-year project represents the NSF's largest single investment in R&D infrastructure for education at a national scale.
  • "We are thrilled to announce an investment of $90 million in SafeInsights, marking a significant step forward in our commitment to advancing scientific research in STEM education," NSF Director Sethuraman Panchanathan said.
  • "There is an urgent need for research-informed strategies capable of transforming educational systems, empowering our nation's workforce and propelling discoveries in the science of learning.

ThinkCERCA Announces AI-Powered, Patent-Pending Automated Feedback for Student Writing

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Wednesday, March 20, 2024
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The launch underscores the company's commitment to critical thinking and to fostering reading growth and evidence-based writing across subject areas. Literacy and communication skills are the keys to success in college and the workforce. "Writing is the new coding. With the power to think critically and write well, students are truly empowered--they can literally build and create with their words. This is a huge win for public education, which is the incubator of both our democracy and our economy. Critical thinking is at the intersection of both, and this tool fosters these powerful skills for all students," said Eileen Murphy, ThinkCERCA Founder and CEO.

Key Points: 
  • CHICAGO, March 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- ThinkCERCA, a recognized industry leader in literacy, has officially released its generative AI-powered, automated personalized feedback for student writing.
  • ThinkCERCA was named one of the top platform winners in the Learning Engineering Tools Competitio n in 2022.
  • The prize allowed ThinkCERCA to accelerate the development of authentic, real-time feedback on argumentative writing.
  • In addition to working alongside ThinkCERCA's framework, already proven to double annual reading growth and increase writing by 20% in 8 weeks, the AI-powered automated feedback offers:
    Immediate feedback to learn what is working, and what to do next

RiskKarma.io and Quaeris Partnership: The Next Generation of Risk and Compliance Management

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Monday, September 25, 2023
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Sept. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- RiskKarma.io, an award-winning strategic risk intelligence solution, has announced its partnership with Quaeris.ai, a cutting-edge, generative AI solution created by Georgia Tech engineers. RiskKarma.io's founder, Jo Lynn Clemens, a 30-year risk and compliance executive and thought leader, hails the partnership as "the next generation of risk and compliance management." The solution combines the power of RiskKarma's AI-driven analytics and real-time visibility into evolving risk factors with Quaeris' generative data query, custom reporting, and data visualization capabilities.

Key Points: 
  • RiskKarma.io's founder, Jo Lynn Clemens, a 30-year risk and compliance executive and thought leader, hails the partnership as "the next generation of risk and compliance management."
  • RiskKarma.io's founder, Jo Lynn Clemens, a 30-year risk and compliance executive and thought leader, hails the partnership as "the next generation of risk and compliance management."
  • RiskKarma.io's founder, Jo Lynn Clemens, a 30-year risk and compliance executive and thought leader, hails the partnership as "the next generation of risk and compliance management."
  • This allows organizations to confirm emerging risk exposures in advance of losses and deploy a robust loss prevention and risk mitigation strategy.

Unprecedented Gen Z Research Panel to Track Behavior, Sentiments on K-12 Education and More Over Time

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Thursday, September 14, 2023
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Gallup and Walton Family Foundation today unveiled the Gen Z Panel, one of the largest and most comprehensive national research panels to track sentiment and behavior of this generation over time. Having the ability to compare this youngest generation to older ones will reveal new insights as to how this generation is different from those before.

Key Points: 
  • Overall, the survey shows that 47% of Gen Z is thriving today, lower than older generations – millennials (59%), Gen Xers (57%) and baby boomers (52%).
  • Furthermore, Gen Z Americans are thriving at a lower rate than millennials were at the same age, according to Gallup polling.
  • Another challenge for Gen Z, however, is that only about four in 10 (44%) Gen Z students report feeling prepared for their future.
  • Black Gen Z Americans are particularly interested in pursuing entrepreneurial opportunities: Four in 10 Black Gen Z Americans (41%) say they want to start their own business, compared with 36% of Hispanic Gen Z Americans and 25% of White Gen Z Americans.

INVESTING IN DATA AND EVIDENCE-BASED POLICY - Democratizing Our Data Challenge Round Two Awardees Announced

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Wednesday, June 28, 2023
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NEW YORK, June 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Coleridge Initiative, Inc. announced the awardees of round two of the Democratizing our Data Challenge on June 28th.

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, June 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Coleridge Initiative, Inc. announced the awardees of round two of the Democratizing our Data Challenge on June 28th.
  • "The Democratizing our Data Challenge has been a tremendous success and has garnered enormous interest from state agencies wanting to collaborate and develop valuable data products for evidence-based policy," said Ahu Yildirmaz, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Coleridge Initiative.
  • "Funded by philanthropic organizations, the challenge has enabled states to develop data products and collaborate across jurisdictions through the Multi-State Data Collaboratives."
  • The second round of the Democratizing our Data Challenge was funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Ascendium Education Group, Overdeck Family Foundation, and Walton Family Foundation.

Social Innovation Summit Jumpstarts Industry-Defining Initiatives and Partnerships in Los Angeles

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Thursday, June 22, 2023
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NEW YORK, June 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Social Innovation Summit, an annual two-day flagship hosted by Landmark Ventures, concluded in Los Angeles on June 7 and served as the mainstage for several industry-defining initiatives and partnership announcements, such as leading autonomous vehicle company Cruise's first-of-its-kind partnership with Replate.org; investment management company BlackRock hitting $2 billion in savings for everyday Americans through its Emergency Savings Initiative; PledgeLA unveiled its ambitious new regional goal, called '50 in 5': in five years, 50% of all Los Angeles venture capital dollars will go to teams with women, Black, and Latinx founders; and artist, activist and author Halim Flowers launching his latest venture for giving back, Justice Served coffee, citing that the event's carefully curated attendee mix of social impact changemakers made it the perfect platform to launch new initiatives.

Key Points: 
  • "Social Innovation Summit is all about making the types of cross-sector connections that lead to breakthroughs, and it was an honor to unveil this new partnership with the energetic audience."
  • The evolution of the Social Innovation Summit over the past 20 years has been essential as businesses and leaders continue to find ways to create impact.
  • "At Social Innovation Summit, we provide a platform for changemakers to build the connections that bring their ideas to life."
  • "The energy at Social Innovation Summit is terrific," said Guild's Chief People and Purpose Officer Dean Carter.

Equitable Facilities Fund Surpasses $1B in Loans to High-Impact Public Charter Schools

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Thursday, June 15, 2023
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NEW YORK, June 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Equitable Facilities Fund (EFF), a nonprofit social impact fund, today announced it crossed the billion-dollar threshold in low-cost loans to high-performing public charter schools. Since its launch in 2017, EFF has successfully closed four bond issuances totaling over $800 million in proceeds backed by the fund's 'A' credit rating from S&P Global Ratings.

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, June 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Equitable Facilities Fund (EFF), a nonprofit social impact fund, today announced it crossed the billion-dollar threshold in low-cost loans to high-performing public charter schools.
  • "Reaching this milestone demonstrates the unprecedented scale and measurable success of the sustainable model we built to help our nation's highest-performing public charter schools access equitable funding," said Anand Kesavan, founder and chief executive officer of the Equitable Facilities Fund.
  • EFF is supported by the Walton Family Foundation's Building Equity Initiative (BEI), an unprecedented effort to make it easier and more affordable for public charter schools to access equitable, affordable facilities funding.
  • "The Equitable Facilities Fund allows charter schools to put more resources where they belong: in the classroom with students," said Alice Walton.

Maycomb Capital Names Miljana Vujosevic as new Partner and Head of Custom Strategies

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Monday, June 5, 2023
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BROOKLYN, N.Y. , June 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Maycomb Capital recently announced that Miljana Vujosevic joined the firm as Partner and Head of Custom Strategies. Vujosevic will lead the expansion of Maycomb's Custom Strategies business that works directly with foundations, family offices, and other asset owners to design, build, and deploy flexible mission-aligned capital in ways that address a particular societal need, support a priority population, or help solve a problem in a specific place.

Key Points: 
  • Maycomb Capital's Custom Strategies leverage the firm's investment expertise in flexible, mission-aligned capital to design, build, and manage customized impact investment vehicles in partnership with investors.
  • BROOKLYN, N.Y. , June 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Maycomb Capital recently announced that Miljana Vujosevic joined the firm as Partner and Head of Custom Strategies.
  • Maycomb Capital recently announced that Miljana Vujosevic joined the firm as Partner and Head of Custom Strategies.
  • "We are beyond thrilled to have Miljana onboard," said Andi Phillips, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Maycomb.

NationSwell Summit Returns to New York, Celebrates Ten Years of Impact

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Tuesday, May 2, 2023
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NationSwell President Uyen Tieu and NationSwell Chief Experience Officer Jason Rissman will emcee.

Key Points: 
  • NationSwell President Uyen Tieu and NationSwell Chief Experience Officer Jason Rissman will emcee.
  • “We’re thrilled to take the stage and welcome the NationSwell Summit back to New York City,” NationSwell President Uyen Tieu said.
  • “NationSwell Summit isn’t just a celebration of ten years of impact — it’s a testament to our commitment to bring together the brightest minds and most innovative solutions in the impact space,” Behrman said.
  • For more information on the NationSwell Summit and to view the full speaker lineup, visit the event’s digital hub.

Best Friends Animal Society Announces Opening of New Pet Resource Center

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Tuesday, March 14, 2023
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BENTONVILLE, Ark., March 14, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Best Friends Animal Society, a leading national animal welfare organization dedicated to ending the killing of dogs and cats in America's shelters by 2025, is disrupting a 150-year-old industry by opening the Best Friends Pet Resource Center. This first-of-its-kind, fully reimagined shelter in Bentonville, Arkansas has the backing of local philanthropic trailblazers and Fortune 500 companies and is ideally situated in a city known for its innovation and growth.

Key Points: 
  • The First-of-its-Kind, Fully Reimagined Shelter is Now Open in Bentonville, Arkansas
    BENTONVILLE, Ark., March 14, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Best Friends Animal Society, a leading national animal welfare organization dedicated to ending the killing of dogs and cats in America's shelters by 2025, is disrupting a 150-year-old industry by opening the Best Friends Pet Resource Center.
  • "We are thrilled to open the Best Friends Pet Resource Center in the pioneering city of Bentonville," said Julie Castle, CEO, Best Friends Animal Society.
  • The Best Friends Pet Resource Center is more than just a place to adopt a pet.
  • Other services to be offered at the Best Friends Pet Resource Center include:
    Pet housing: Unlike in traditional animal shelters, pets will not be housed in cages or kennels.