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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

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 […]

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

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 […]

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Benetech Collaborates with Princeton Internships in Civic Service to Sustain Social Impact and Promote Education Equity

Benetech is grateful for the opportunity we had this summer to work with the Princeton Internships in Civic Service (PICS). PICS is an alumni-founded program of the John H. Pace, Jr. ’39 Center for Civic Engagement that provides Princeton undergraduates with paid summer internships in nonprofit organizations. These specialized programs aim to help students gain […]

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Q&A with Tia Jeffress, VP of Finance & Administration

Benetech is pleased to welcome Tia Jeffress as Vice President of Finance and Administration. She’s worked in both public accounting firms and nonprofit organization spaces. The interview explores what brought her to Benetech and how she plans to make a positive contribution to society. Tell us a little about your background. Over the last two […]

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Education Equity: Inspiring Voices from Albuquerque

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 […]

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