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Mindful Life Project Brings Meditation to K-8 Students

Mindful Life Project heralds itself as the largest classroom mindfulness education initiative in the country, serving almost 7,000 students at…

MA Board of Education Approves Top Merit Scholarship for Undocumented Students

The Massachusetts’ Board of Higher Education unanimously approved a measure that will allow students with limited legal status to receive…

Bay Area Nonprofit Gives Sense of Purpose to Developmentally Disabled

Abilities United is taking a new approach to therapy for developmentally disabled adults, one that emphasizes personal responsibility in ordinary…

New College Coalition Challenges Common Application to Reshape College Admissions

Coalition for Access, Affordability and Success, has committed to launching free online planning tools and a new college application to…

MacArthur Foundation Launches Nonprofit Initiative for Digital Education

The MacArthur Foundation will soon pour $25 million into the nonprofit, ‘Collective Shift,’ to promote innovative digital learning for disadvantaged…

Nonprofit Partners with Sesame Street to Raise Autism Awareness

California nonprofit collaborates with Sesame Street on the initiative Sesame Street and Autism: See Amazing in All Children, to raise…

Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan Start East Palo Alto School

Mark Zuckerberg and wife Priscilla Chan plan to launch a school linked to health services, which will serve 700 disadvantaged…

Nonprofit-Sponsored Website Helps Students Manage College Debt

A website has stepped in to help students increase their understanding and management of college loans.

Nonprofit Group Launches Program to Train Low-Income Youth for Bank Jobs

BankWorks, is preparing to launch a free training program in Chicago to equip low-income youth with the necessary hard and…

Girls Who Code Launches Program for Grads to Find Tech Jobs

Girls Who Code (GWC), has launched a program called “Hire Me” to create a “talent pipeline” for their graduates to…

Even with Free Tuition, Tennessee Community College Students Face Great Challenges

Tennessee Promise, the new program that pays for first time community college students’ remaining tuition after grants and scholarships, has…

The Challenges to Increasing Minority Education Opportunities in STEM

According to Forbes, minority representation in STEM education courses and professional fields has made modest advances, but still runs against…

The Power of Education: Prison Inmates with Bard Initiative Defeat Harvard Debate

Three prison inmates from the Eastern New York Correctional Facility recently bested the Harvard debate team.

Preview: Children’s Literacy Initiative – Joel Zarrow

Executive Director Joel Zarrow discusses training teachers to achieve literacy for children in high-poverty, high-minority school districts by the third…

Preview: Palo Alto University – James Otieno

James Otieno, Chair of the Board of Trustees of Palo Alto University, explains the mantra of the organization.

Preview: College Summit – Michelle Tafel

Chief Innovation Officer Michelle Tafel discusses the nation’s largest nonprofit dedicated to making higher education possible for low-income youth by…

Class: The New Obstacle to Educational Equality

The new divider that separates over and under-achieving children in schools is socioeconomic class.

Massachusetts Nonprofit Launches “Soft Skill” Work Program for Autistic Young Adults

Nonprofit has launched a program that teaches “soft skills” to autistic young adults entering the workforce.

Preview: Laura Robbins – Westmark School

Laura Robbins Board Trustee and Parent discusses the success and confidence her son has earned after attending Westmark School.

Preview: Laura Lizer – Westmark School

Laura Lizer Board Trustee and Parent discusses Westmark’s approaches to teaching students with language-based learning differences, and her son’s successes…