ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 12, 2013

In 2012, 25 percent of Americans had more credit card debt than they had in their emergency savings. There are no courses in our public school systems that teach students how to use a. If it passes, our students could become the most financially savvy high school graduates in the country. Kristen Coco , Program Developer.

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Empowerment Literacy Change Arizona 79

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2012

We know that when low-income families can access other people’s consumer feedback it is both extremely useful and a source of empowerment. The Family Independence Initiative ’s last 10 years of working with low-income families, has repeatedly evidenced the power of information sharing. Please join us for the conversation.

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Profit Student Review Empowerment 110

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

In what is known as the “ braille provision ,” the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) of 2004 mandates that the teams who help write educational plans for students with disabilities presume that all blind and visually impaired children should be taught Braille unless it is determined to be inappropriate. Accordingly, U.S.

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Literacy eBook Images Accessibility 208

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

I am very excited about upcoming peer learning projects that I’m working on in 2012, including several for Packard grantees in India, Pakistan, and Africa as well as the e-Mediat project in the Middle East. They gave the students tests based on content and scored them. Illustration by Beth Kanter.

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Experiment Learning Create Exercise 116

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 2, 2013

That said, in 2012 I had the opportunity to travel to Africa and Asia and from those travel experiences three themes emerged that inspired the selection of this year’s nonprofits: 1) Women’s and girls empowerment; 2) Conservation of wildlife and wild lands; and 3) Access to medical care. Wildlife SOS :: @ WildlifeSOS.

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