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Organizations are invited to join All Children Reading: Grand Challenge for Development and Benetech’s Inclusive EdTech Working Group to Promote Inclusive Education Solutions

By Vanessa Lombardo, posted in Benetech, Education, Social Inclusion, The Impact on October 26, 2023

All Children Reading: A Grand Challenge for Development, a partnership between USAID, World Vision, and the Australian Government, and Benetech collaborated to launch a working group focused on the use of educational technology to promote inclusive education globally. The Inclusive EdTech Working Group will address gaps in identifying and sharing best practices around how EdTech […]

Bookshare Summer Symposium 2023 Highlights: Giving Our Students Choice and Voice

By Amanda Landavazo, posted in Benetech, bookshare, The Impact on October 4, 2023

Enjoy our rundown of this year’s Bookshare Summer Symposium, highlighting the experts, educators, and students who shared at July’s event. We want our educational practice to level the playing field, be interdisciplinary, and be transformational. With this message, the 2023 Bookshare Summer Symposium began with an enlightening keynote focused on project-based learning by Jim Vanides, education […]

Education Equity: Inspiring Voices from Albuquerque

By Carrie Motamedi, posted in Benetech, bookshare, Education, The Impact on August 31, 2023

The blog below is a recap of a recent event moderated by Lisa Wadors Verne, VP of Programs at Benetech in conversation with education leaders in Albuquerque, New Mexico. You can find the replay of this event on YouTube and additional, related resources at the end of this post. On August 9, five education leaders […]

Student Spotlight: Bookshare Opens a World of Possibilities for Jared

By Shareef Phillips, posted in Benetech, Education, The Impact on May 22, 2023

Jared is a high-school senior in Southern California with a joyful personality and eagerness to evoke change for students like himself. He is the subject of Benetech’s latest student spotlight. Despite being quadriplegic with low vision and battling stage 2 spastic cerebral palsy, Jared continues to be an independent beacon of light in his community. […]

Meet the Pioneers Behind the Librarian Accessibility Training Module: Charles LaPierre and George Kerscher

By Shareef Phillips, posted in Benetech, Education, The Impact on May 18, 2023

Celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day with Benetech Join Benetech in celebrating Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), a day dedicated to promoting awareness about digital inclusion and accessibility. At Benetech, accessibility is fundamental to everything we do. As part of our Bookshare and Born Accessible initiatives, Benetech is committed to ensuring that information and learning are […]