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Educators Turn Student Insights Into Action Using the Expanded Along Teacher-Student Connection Builder

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Wednesday, September 6, 2023
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LOS ANGELES, Sept. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Along—a free teacher-student connection builder created by Gradient Learning and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative—has introduced expanded features for the 2023-2024 school year to integrate student voice for inclusive and engaging classrooms. The updated Along — named a 2023 Fast Company 'World Changing Idea' finalist and recipient of a Special Mention on TIME Best Inventions 2022—provides educators with a solution to strengthen connections with their students and to create and maintain trust year-round. The tool now offers educators ways to capture and integrate student input, as well as suggests actionable next steps on how to follow up. Educators can tailor their instruction based on student voices to impact academic outcomes and create a more inclusive classroom.

Key Points: 
  • The tool now offers educators ways to capture and integrate student input, as well as suggests actionable next steps on how to follow up.
  • Educators can tailor their instruction based on student voices to impact academic outcomes and create a more inclusive classroom.
  • "We know from continually talking to educators that they are looking for a solution to keep students motivated in the classroom.
  • Using that information, educators can make adjustments to instruction to cultivate an inclusive environment showing that student voices are valued.

Schools to Research the Impact of Their Environments On Students

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Wednesday, August 23, 2023
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Aug. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Students today face a number of mental and emotional stressors both inside and outside of the classroom. While research has shown that student well-being is one of several critical conditions for learning that impact academic performance, most classrooms lack effective, research-backed tools to help educators understand the development of well-being in their students, in support of their academic success.

Key Points: 
  • This research is just one element of Project Flourish — a CZI supported effort to develop measurement tools that help K-12 schools and families better understand and support their students.
  • To date, through Project Flourish these tools have reached more than 3,500 students and helped educators better understand the academic and emotional needs of students across seven schools in New York City and Los Angeles.
  • These grants are part of CZI's Research to Practice portfolio which aims to support the implementation of promising research-backed tools in schools.
  • For more information about how CZI and our grant partners are supporting student and teacher well-being, visit chanzuckerberg.com/education/ .

Schools are Partnering with Communities to Boost Student College and Career Readiness

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Wednesday, June 21, 2023
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif., June 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- In the wake of the pandemic, schools are redesigning graduation requirements and connections to the workplace to better prepare students for the future. These changes are guided by research showing that relevant learning experiences based on student interests and real-world issues increase motivation and enable deeper learning. 

Key Points: 
  • New measures of student success being created to boost college and career readiness.
  • Developed in collaboration with local families and communities, these practices are designed to boost students' college and career readiness by tailoring learning to their needs and interests.
  • "These grants will validate and expand the use of research-backed, locally-developed tools and practices that advance a broader definition of student success."
  • They include measures of academics and career readiness, as well as skills that honor students' cultural and linguistic identities.

Drone Nerds to Feature UAV Platforms at Energy Drone and Robotics Summit

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Monday, May 29, 2023
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Dania Beach, FL, May 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Drone Nerds, an enterprise drone solutions provider, will attend the 7th Annual Energy Drone and Robotics Summit in Houston, Texas.

Key Points: 
  • Dania Beach, FL, May 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Drone Nerds, an enterprise drone solutions provider, will attend the 7th Annual Energy Drone and Robotics Summit in Houston, Texas.
  • The Energy Drone & Robotics Summit is the largest event in the world for robotics, drones, data, artificial intelligence, and machine learning.
  • As one of the largest retailers and service providers of enterprise drone technology, Drone Nerds will participate in an educational session that teaches how organizations can implement and scale a successful UAV program.
  • We’re excited to show organizations a tried-and-true roadmap for implementing a drone program.,” states Jeremy Schneiderman, Drone Nerds’ CEO.

Drone Nerds Set to Attend AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2023

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Monday, April 24, 2023
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Dania Beach, FL, April 24, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Drone Nerds, an enterprise drone solutions provider, will be present at the 2023 AUVSI XPONENTIAL conference in Denver, Colorado.

Key Points: 
  • Dania Beach, FL, April 24, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Drone Nerds, an enterprise drone solutions provider, will be present at the 2023 AUVSI XPONENTIAL conference in Denver, Colorado.
  • Drone Nerds is partnered with several leading drone manufacturers, including DJI, as its premier partner in North America.
  • As part of its autonomous drone and fleet management solutions, Drone Nerds will showcase a variety of drone technology and payloads it offers within its suite of enterprise services.
  • Drone Nerds will be at AUVSI XPONENTIAL May 8-11 at booth number 3209.

Prairie Heights Middle School Recognized for Supporting Educators and Building a Positive School Culture to Accelerate Student Learning

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Friday, March 31, 2023
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif., March 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Representatives from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), Gradient Learning, and the Search Institute visited Prairie Heights Middle School in Evans, Colorado, to celebrate the school's progress. Under the leadership of Principal Stephanie Knox, Prairie Heights prioritized one-on-one mentoring with students and expanded professional learning opportunities for teachers. These initiatives fostered a positive school climate and culture and teacher collaboration, helping Prairie Heights achieve the highest rating on the Colorado Department of Education's school performance framework.

Key Points: 
  • Under the leadership of Principal Stephanie Knox, Prairie Heights prioritized one-on-one mentoring with students and expanded professional learning opportunities for teachers.
  • These initiatives fostered a positive school climate and culture and teacher collaboration, helping Prairie Heights achieve the highest rating on the Colorado Department of Education's school performance framework.
  • Every student at Prairie Heights meets weekly with a mentor to discuss their progress at school and reflect on personalized goals for their learning.
  • Prairie Heights joined the Summit Learning program — which is supported by Gradient Learning and CZI — in the 2017-18 school year.

Mayor Lightfoot & World Business Chicago Congratulate Northwestern University, University of Chicago, & University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign for winning competitive bid to host the next Chan Zuckerberg Biohub

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Thursday, March 2, 2023
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CHICAGO, March 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Chicago region's resonance as a global biotech hub dramatically increased following today's news that Northwestern University, University of Chicago, and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign were awarded the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub award.

Key Points: 
  • CHICAGO, March 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Chicago region's resonance as a global biotech hub dramatically increased following today's news that Northwestern University, University of Chicago, and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign were awarded the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub award.
  • The Chicago-based Biohub will be a sister organization to the existing San Francisco Biohub.
  • "I'm incredibly proud to join the growing chorus of people congratulating our university partners—Northwestern University, University of Chicago and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign—for being selected as host of the next Chan Zuckerberg Biohub," said Chicago Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot.
  • "Bioscience and technology hold tremendous promise in treating disease," said Michael Fassnacht, President and CEO, World Business Chicago and Chief Marketing Officer, City of Chicago.

New Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Chicago Will Engineer Technologies to Measure Human Biology

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Thursday, March 2, 2023
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif., March 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) announced the launch of a new biomedical research hub in Chicago, Illinois that will bring together leading scientific and technology institutions with the goal of solving grand scientific challenges on a 10- to 15-year time horizon. The Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Chicago will catalyze collaboration between the University of Chicago, Northwestern University, and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to develop new technologies for studying and measuring human biology that will use embedded sensors and probes to collect biological signals from human tissues with unprecedented resolution.

Key Points: 
  • The Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Chicago will catalyze collaboration between the University of Chicago, Northwestern University, and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to develop new technologies for studying and measuring human biology that will use embedded sensors and probes to collect biological signals from human tissues with unprecedented resolution.
  • "We are excited to scale this successful model of collaborative science into a larger network by welcoming the new Biohub in Chicago," said CZI Co-Founder and Co-CEO Priscilla Chan.
  • CZ Biohub Chicago will be led by Professor Shana O. Kelley of Northwestern University and will initially focus on using a unique, engineering-driven approach to study human biology.
  • The Chicago Biohub will focus on developing technologies to measure proteins and metabolites in tissues, which complements the San Francisco Biohub's expertise in measuring DNA and RNA in cells."

Fervo Energy to Develop Combined Geothermal and Direct Air Capture Facility

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Thursday, February 23, 2023
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Fervo Energy, the leader in next-generation geothermal power, today announced that it will design and engineer a fully integrated geothermal and direct air capture (DAC) facility, with support from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI).

Key Points: 
  • Fervo Energy, the leader in next-generation geothermal power, today announced that it will design and engineer a fully integrated geothermal and direct air capture (DAC) facility, with support from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI).
  • In a DAC facility, large fans move air over materials that capture carbon dioxide.
  • Fervo’s designs for a combined geothermal and direct air capture facility can provide an innovative solution to these challenges that will lower the cost of carbon removal.
  • The new funding helps Fervo leverage geothermal resources to provide 24/7 carbon-free power and heat to DAC systems and explore geothermal reservoirs’ potential for local subsurface carbon sequestration.

Report for America and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative join the New York Amsterdam News in addressing gun violence in Black and brown communities through journalistic solutions

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Thursday, December 22, 2022
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violence in Black and brown communities.

Key Points: 
  • violence in Black and brown communities.
  • This newly launched three-year AmNews initiative, and its rapidly growing network of media partners and legacy Black newspapers nationwide, is focused on journalism-driven solutions to gun violence in Black and brown communities in New York City and nationwide.
  • This third corps member will help the paper continue its century-plus tradition of serving Black and brown communities in New York and around the country," said Report for America co-founder Steve Waldman.
  • Founded in 1909, the New York Amsterdam News has for more than a century served as a vital voice for New York's, and America's, Black and brown communities.