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July 29, 2024/From Our Grantees, Q&A

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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June 5, 2024/From Our Grantees, Q&A

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 21, 2024/From Our Grantees, Q&A

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 9, 2024/From Our Grantees, Q&A

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, Q&A

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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February 13, 2024/From Our Grantees, Q&A

The Win-Win of Hosting a build4good Intern

Bringing two of Siegel’s grantees together, Stef Mills reflects in this Q&A on the value of Digital Promise’s partnership with the public interest technology program build4good.

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December 13, 2023/From Our Grantees, Q&A, Research

Q&A with Siegel Research Fellow at All Tech Is Human Sara M. Watson

Siegel Research Fellow, Sara M. Watson, reflects on the importance of building a responsible tech ecosystem

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November 29, 2023/From Our Grantees, Q&A, Research

Q&A with Siegel Research Fellow and Director of Technology Policy at the Center for American Progress Megan Shahi

Siegel Research Fellow, Megan Shahi, reflects on why she’s urging tech companies to take concrete actions to protect democracy in 2024 and beyond.

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September 14, 2023/From Our Grantees, Q&A, Reflections

Funding Students in Need Past the Finish Line

We sat down with Last Mile’s founder and CEO, Ruthe Farmer, to discuss the practical challenges that college students from low-income backgrounds face, Last Mile’s “abundance approach,” and what industry and higher education can do to better support students in their last mile.

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August 9, 2023/From Our Grantees, Q&A

Raising the Bar on AI Reporting

AI Primers for Journalists is the latest in a series of emerging tech primers researched, written, and published by Aspen Digital. We sat down with Siegel Research Fellow and Emerging Technology Researcher at Aspen Digital, Eleanor Tursman and Aspen Institute Director of Emerging Technologies, B Cavello, to discuss their approach to the work and what they hope to see come out of it in the future. 

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June 12, 2023/From Our Grantees, Q&A

More Light, Less Heat for Income-Contingent Funding Models 

Income sharing agreements (ISAs) and other income-contingent funding models for postsecondary education and skills development have made plenty of headlines over the last few years in ways good and bad. On the eve of JFF’s annual Horizons conference, we sat down with Ethan Pollack, senior director of the Financing the Future initiative to understand the promise and pitfalls of income-contingent funding models, how providers can move to more student-centered models, and why stakeholders might not be as far apart as we might think.

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