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July 29, 2024/From Our Grantees

Establishing Computational Thinking as a Core Literacy

We sat down with Project Tomorrow CEO Julie Evans to discuss why computational thinking skills are important for all learners to develop; how Project Tomorrow reaches teachers where they are; how a personalized and customized approach to professional learning can scale without losing quality; and why a “campfire approach” to innovation won’t change systems.

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July 25, 2024/From Our Grantees

Here Come the Robots: AI and the Future of News

Throughout 2024, Aspen Digital, with Siegel funding, has been leading the conversation with newsroom and publishing leaders, AI executives and technologists, and other experts on how the news media might experiment with AI tools, while adhering to journalistic values and business imperatives. Read the resulting insights and recommendations.

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July 16, 2024/From Our Grantees

Case Study: #BlackTechFutures Research Institute

#BlackTechFutures Research Institute is building a national and global network of city-based researchers and practitioners focused on bolstering sustainable local Black tech ecosystems.

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June 5, 2024/From Our Grantees

Deploying High Risk, Informed Capital Toward Innovative Models for Learning with Technology

We sat down with Managing Director of the Robin Hood Learning + Technology Fund Amber Oliver to discuss the organization’s unique model and approach.

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May 28, 2024/From Our Grantees, Research

Q&A with Siegel Research Fellow at Princeton’s Center for Information Technology Policy Basileal Imana

Siegel Research Fellow Basileal Imana reflects on his recent work, highlighting importance of external auditing for algorithmic bias and exploring the tension between privacy and transparency for social media companies.

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May 21, 2024/From Our Grantees

Moving Education Toward the Third Horizon

We sat down with LearnerStudio’s founder and CEO Kim Smith to learn about why she founded the organization, her vision for the third horizon of education, the infrastructure that is needed to develop a future-ready educational ecosystem, and the crucial role of philanthropy in driving innovation.

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May 20, 2024/From Our Grantees

AI and our Social Infrastructure: Perspectives from Education Media

Last year Siegel funded a cohort of education media organizations that serve different audiences and aspects of the news media industry. We sat down with representatives from each organization to discuss how AI and its associated impacts are – and could be – shaping the future of information ecosystems. 

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May 9, 2024/From Our Grantees

How Quill.org is Working with Educators to Leverage AI to Improve Student Writing in the Classroom

We sat down with Peter Gault, Executive Director and co-founder at Quill.org, to discuss how his organization is prioritizing the voice of the educator to drive the design and development AI-powered edtech.

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May 6, 2024/From Our Grantees

Building Public Interest Technologists For All Sectors

We sat down with renowned computer scientist and leader of PiTech at Cornell Tech, Deborah Estrin, to learn more about her approach to building a commitment to responsible tech and public interest technology among students, regardless of whether they enter careers in the public, civil society, or private sectors.

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April 22, 2024/From Our Grantees, Research

Q&A with Siegel Research Fellow at Center for Democracy & Technology Amy Winecoff

Siegel Research Fellow Amy Winecoff reflects on her recent opinion piece “What Today’s AI Companies Can Learn from the Fall of Enron” and how her body of work has led to this moment.

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March 26, 2024/From Our Grantees

Incentivizing a Culture of Feedback Among Funders

The Feedback Incentives Learning Group is a group of funders and philanthropy support organizations dedicated to exploring ways to support nonprofits and motivate foundations to listen to and act on feedback from those at the heart of their work. At the heart of the learning group is the hypothesis that when stronger rewards for organizations that listen well are in place, thousands more nonprofits and funders will improve how they listen and respond to the people they serve.

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