Tag: Education
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Returning to School Amidst Covid-19
By now, most schools are reopening and students are returning to school. Team4Tech recommends following safe reopening tips as laid out by the CDC and the WHO. Tips discussed include staggering the beginning and end of the school day, bringing students to school in cohorts, strictly enforcing the proper use of cloth face coverings, canceling…
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Refining an Online Learning Portal for Teachers in Kenya with Dignitas
Project Type: Virtual or On-site When: Dates flexible Mathare Valley, like many urban informal settlements in Kenya, and one of the largest in East Africa, struggles with extreme overpopulation, disease, and violence, with hundreds of thousands of people living within a three-mile radius. Among some of the community’s most pressing concerns is their inadequate education.…
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Using Technology to Enhance Reading Services in Peru with Worldreader
Latin America suffers from significant inequality when it comes to many areas, including education. For example, one in two students in Latin America do not reach the basic reading proficiency level required in the PISA assessment, led by the OECD, which highlights the learning crisis in the region. Of the countries on the PISA assessment,…
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Curbing Poverty through Digital Literacy in Liberia with EduCare
Local solutions are fundamental so solving local problems. By engaging directly at the local level, EduCare puts the power back in the hands of those working on the front lines of national development in their own local communities. EduCare uses the tools of human and economic capacity building to foster the emergence of a regenerated…
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Transforming Primary Education in Rural Kenya with Flying Kites
Project Type: Virtual or On-site When: Any Dates; April or August preferred The World Bank reports that only 35% of primary school teachers in rural kenya have been given the skills they need to demonstrate mastery of the curriculum they teach. The goal of Flying Kites Teacher Training Center is to help educators ensure that…
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University Virtual Summer Internship
During the summer of 2020, Team4Tech partnered with Middlebury College, Dartmouth College, and the University of California at Davis to provide a unique and impactful virtual summer internship for students interested in ed tech. The internship cohort included 17 students who worked with three of our nonprofit partners: the Gashora Girls Academy of Science and…
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Providing Pathways to Break the Poverty Cycle in Cambodia with PEPY Empowering Youth
In the rural and remote communities of Cambodia, young people and their families do not see many opportunities for themselves outside of construction, agriculture, or migrating to Thailand to create income. As a result, education is not valued and drop out rates are high, causing the cycle of poverty to repeat. In the wake of…
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Creating Employment Opportunities in Rural Communities with DigitalNEST
Project Type: Virtual When: Flexible The rural, agricultural-based cities of Watsonville and Salinas were historically locked out of the economic opportunity and digital innovation brought by the tech to other California communities. The people of these cities lack adequate access to technology, which greatly impacts their opportunities, connections, and ability to prosper in the workforce.…
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Digital Skill Development for U.S. Students with BUILD
BUILD Brings Skill Development to Public High Schools By 2030, 65% of all jobs in the United States will require a post-secondary education and training beyond high school. As the economy evolves, job growth and a stagnant graduation rate will result in a shortage of 5 million skilled workers across the country. BUILD partners with…
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Capacity Building in Poverty Stoplight with Fundación Paraguaya
Fundación Paraguaya and the Poverty Stoplight Platform Poverty affects every family differently. For over 35 years, the Poverty Stoplight was both a metric and a methodology to enable families to assess their levels of poverty, restore their dignity, and carry out personalized strategies to overcome their specific deprivations. With this tool, Fundacion Paraguaya (FP) has…
