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At Emoti-Con 2016, NYC Youth Present Innovative Ideas For the World—Including a Wheelchair Wallet

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If you were to walk through the Celeste Bartos Forum—a beautiful venue in the New York Public Library—on June 11th, you would have found yourself amidst diverse youth with dreams of changing the world for the better through STEM. Yes, indeed, I am talking about Emoti-Con 2016 ! This year was my first year at Emoti-Con.

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Marc Benioff Wants to Make Bay Area Schools ‘Best in Country’

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million goes to San Francisco Unified School District and Oakland Unified School District to fund principals’ innovative ideas, hiring computer science and math teachers, developing college and career guidance and buying assistive technology for special education. Barbara Lee (@RepBarbaraLee) September 1, 2016.

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Salesforce Donates $8.5M to Computer Science Education

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Funding in both districts will go toward hiring math and computer science middle school staff, buying assistive technology for special education students and supporting college and career programs. million, $6 million goes to San Francisco and $2.5 million goes to Oakland Unified School District. in 2014 to 3.05 percent are Latino.

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Annual Invent It challenge launches, focusing on solving health problems

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Specifically, the challenge encourages them to tackle issues such as nutrition, the importance of sleep, preventing the spread of disease, street safety, screen time, assistive technologies, mental and emotional health, sports safety, healthy air and water and elder health. Lab Invent It Challenge is March 18, 2016.