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Closing the loop on our inquiry-driven approach means we share what we’re learning. Click on the filters below to explore insights from us and our network.

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April 25, 2019/From Our Grantees

Uniquely Human Insights from SFE’s Grantee Network

What human qualities can’t be replicated by machines? And how can we apply these traits in an automated world to create a better future?

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March 13, 2019/From Our Grantees

What Role Does Philanthropy Play in Creating Social Change?

Last month, Thea Charles (SFE’s Head of Knowledge and Impact) joined panelists at NYU’s Wagner Graduate School of Public Service for a discussion on social change and philanthropy.

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March 11, 2019/From Our Grantees

Mozilla’s Open Science Fellows at the Halfway Point

Learn more about Mozilla’s 2018-2019 Open Science Fellows, whose work is focused on six areas of open science practice: open software, open hardware, open ethics, and open data, open publishing, and open skills.

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March 11, 2019/From Our Grantees

Today’s Strategies, Tomorrow’s Workforce: Technological Change in the Workplace

SFE is taking on big questions about the future of work through our funding partnership with Future Workforce Now (FWN), a program that explores the implications of technological change for state and local economies.

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February 21, 2019/Big Ideas

What Is Effective Philanthropy?

We believe that strengthening the nonprofit sector as a whole through practicing Effective Philanthropy can happen through supporting individual organizations, sharing lessons with others, and engaging our peers to learn about best practices.

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January 4, 2019/News

Scratch 3.0 is here!

One of the biggest updates in the Scratch universe to date brings with a number of new features that will help Scratchers do and create more than ever before.

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October 9, 2018/News

Siegel Family Endowment and CSforALL Announce New Partnership

CSforALL and Siegel Family Endowment (SFE) announced a partnership today that will increase access to high-quality computational thinking and computer science education for all students in the US.

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July 24, 2018/Reflections

Lessons and Reflections on Collaboration: SFE and NABU.org

As we reflect on one of our most involved grantee relationships to date, we’ve compiled some of our key takeaways in order to take stock, and to guide future collaborations.

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May 23, 2018/From Our Grantees

The Cornell Tech Teacher in Residence Program – in Action!

Teacher professional development and skills enhancement have emerged as key tenets of SFE’s Computational Thinking investments. Learn more about our ongoing collaboration with Cornell Tech on their Teacher in Residence (TIR) program.

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May 7, 2018/News

Event Recap: SFE, Library for All, and the Future of Philanthropy

Jessica Traynor and Tanyella Evans sat down with a simple goal: share ideas about how philanthropy can push traditional boundaries and challenge expectations.

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March 27, 2018/Reflections

A Look Back at 2017

For SFE, the Annual Story is an opportunity to go deep on our approach, talk about what’s changed, and to highlight the grants we’ve made and the partnerships we’ve built over the last year.

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