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Press Releases
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Ways to Give
Ways to Give With your generous support, we’re transforming high school education to put more students – especially students who lack access to opportunity – on the path to be career, college, and future ready today! Donate Ways to Give video-play https://youtu.be/voRLLebMuB0?si=0i3Tm0HJejESbxPJ Make a ...
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Job Board for NAF Alumni
Opportunities Board for NAF Alumni Please see below for recent job, internship, and scholarship opportunities from around the NAF network. If you apply for any position listed here, please follow up with an email to Susan Climan, Manager, Alumni Engagement at scliman@naf.org so that she can be in ...
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How NAF and American Express Prepare Students for the Future of Work
Words by Rasha Rehman Critics often point out that current educational models are failing to prepare high school students for the workforce and its future. In fact, one third of young people around the world reported that their college or university fell short in equipping them with skills required for ...
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NAF Partners With Code.org to Increase Access to Computer Science
(New York, NY – May 25, 2022) – NAF is excited to announce our new partnership with Code.org! Code.org is a nonprofit dedicated to expanding access to computer science in schools and increasing participation by young women and learners from other underrepresented groups. Through this partnership, fifteen NAF Information Technology (IT) ...
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NAF: Be Future Ready
NAF Welcomes 35 New AcademiesWe’re excited to welcome our new academies this 2023-24 school year to the our national movement to put more students on the path to become college, career, and future ready. LEARN MOREOutcomes-Driven Work-Based LearningWork-based learning has been a foundation of the NAF design throughout our 40-year ...
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Work-based Learning: Critical Infrastructure for a Future-Ready Workforce
NAF’s latest policy paper offers recommendations to policymakers to support talent pipeline development (November 19, 2021 – New York, NY) – NAF is thrilled to announce the release of its latest policy paper, Work-based Learning: Critical Infrastructure for a Future-Ready Workforce. This publication examines what comprises a high-quality work-based learning program, identifies ...
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NAF High School Students Participate in Innovation Academy Pilot Designed to Increase High-Quality Work-Based Learning
Three Select Locations Chosen to Take Part in this Unique Learning Experience (November 10, 2021 – New York, NY) – NAF, a national nonprofit bringing together education, business, and community leaders to transform the high school experience, VA Center for Development and Civic Engagement (VA CDCE), and Veterans Health Administration Innovation Ecosystem (VHA ...
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Dallas Works Puts Local Youth In Summer Jobs With A Future
Mayor Johnson’s summer jobs program intends to establish and grow a future workforce while improving the city’s public safety. Kevin Phinney, Patch Staff DALLAS, TX — Now in its second year, Mayor Eric Johnson’s Dallas Works program is pulling hundreds of young people off the streets and into ...
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6 things to know about virtual internships post-COVID
Here are some things to keep in mind as students seek internships during the 2021-22 school year By: Matt Zalaznick Virtual internships will outlast COVID because they give businesses access to a much broader pool of candidates, particularly underrepresented students, says one provider. To get a handle on the climate ...
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10 Local High School Programs ‘Distinguish’ Themselves From The Rest
Career pathways in Dinuba, Orosi, Porterville, Strathmore and Tulare earn highest level of certification from National Academy Foundation NEW YORK – Keeping career and technical education courses going on virtual platforms was a challenge for local academies during the pandemic, but 10 Tulare County high school programs were still able to distinguish ...
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Stop measuring degrees and start measuring skills
It’s time for school leaders to create learning environments that set students up for success beyond the classroom. By: Brooke Rice Earn good grades, attend college and graduate with a four-year degree. This is the path high school students are often told they must take to find a ...
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One Hundred Seventy-Eight Academies in the NAF Network Reach Katherine Blasik Distinguished Level – NAF’s Highest Level of Achievement
In Total, More Than 200 NAF Academies Earn Model Level for Delivering High-Quality Educational Experiences for High School Students (April 28, 2021 – New York, NY) – One hundred seventy-eight academies in the NAF network have reached Katherine Blasik Distinguished level and in total, more than 200 have reached Model level on NAF’s annual assessment ...
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Raytheon Technologies Launches $500M, 10-Year Social Impact Initiative
Raytheon Technologies is launching a $500 million, 10-year social impact initiative to address critical societal challenges, especially in underserved communities. The company’s Connect Up corporate responsibility effort expands its legacy of community investment through lifelong learning, support of veterans and military families, and focused local community ...
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Raytheon commits $500 million for social impact initiative
Raytheon Technologies has announced a ten-year, $500 million initiative to advance equitable opportunities in STEM education, career development, and community well-being. The Connect Up initiative, in partnership with the National Academy Foundation, SMASH, Girls Who Code, Student Veterans of America, American Corporate Partners, The ...
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NAF Joins Goalsetter “Drafted” Campaign to Bring Financial Literacy to One Million Black and Brown Youth During Black History Month
The campaign led by Goalsetter and the NBA Players Association seeks to help youth build financially secure futures through saving, investing, and financial education. NEW YORK, NY, February 08, 2021 – NAF, a national education and workforce development nonprofit serving high school students throughout the country, announced today that it will team ...
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Capital One’s Bot Camp Equips North Texas Teachers and Students with Cutting Edge Curriculum
More than 10,000 students have completed this program, gaining valuable technology skills for the future. When University of North Texas sophomore and elementary education major Abbie Sutton first heard about the opportunity to learn coding, she was intimidated but intrigued. She recalled someone telling her it’s like learning a foreign ...
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Perspective | Leveraging online learning to narrow the technology skills gap
In August, most of North Carolina’s 1.5 million public school students began the school year online. Teachers, students, and parents had no choice but to adapt to remote education, depending on technology to teach and learn. As we learn to learn online, we should consider how students can apply these ...
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Creating Promising Career Pathways for Minority High School Students by Partnering with the Business Community
A critical question for states and local communities is how do we create viable career pathways for students from urban underserved and rural communities? When I began my doctoral journey at Northeastern University, I decided to focus my research on this issue because traveling the back roads of South Carolina. ...
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Accounting Student Blazes New Trail to UML
HAVERHILL’S JASMINE VARONA FIRST TO COMPLETE NAF ACADEMY OF FINANCE Jasmine Varona has hit the ground running at UMass Lowell. But that’s really no surprise, given that the first-year Manning School of Business student from Haverhill, Mass., has been getting a running start on college for years. Varona ...
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Continue Free Lunch, But Let’s Evolve Proxies Driving Education Programs
Around the time of this Huffington Post article, The Problem With School Lunch: How The Wealth Gap Is Shaming Students, there were well over 100,000 non-profit education organizations in the US, not including higher education. If you’ve worked for or funded one, you’ll know how key “Free and Reduced ...
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The Role of Technology and Innovation in Social Justice
Last week, Verizon, in collaboration with NAF, brought together top leaders from industry -- including our partners at KPMG and Deloitte, as well as Infosys -- virtually for a Fireside Chat, to discuss the importance of connectivity in our current digital landscape. NAF interns from our Future Ready Labs also ...
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Meet the NAF Class of 2020 Cash Award Winners
We had the chance to catch up with the 2020 NAF Cash Award winners before they're off on their next adventure. Check out what they had to say about their most memorable NAF academy experience and how work-based learning has prepared them for future success.Asia Anderson, H.D. Woodson STEM ...
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How The Private Sector Can Help Educators With Online Learning
More than one billion children globally were not able to learn in physical classrooms since the closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With this disruption, we risk a “lost generation” of young people with an uncertain future. As COVID-19 has compelled governments to shutter schools ...
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New Academy Preps Students for Hospitality, Tourism Careers
In a class called Experiencing Great Customer Service at the brand-new Academy of Hospitality & Tourism at Ottawa Hills High School, a teacher and 15 students were discussing social media. They had just completed an exercise called Customer Service and Social Media, in which each student was given a sheet ...
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United Technologies Announces Multimillion Dollar STEM Partnership with NAF
Initiative will launch the first Academies of Engineering in select Puerto Rico high schools AGUADILLA, Puerto Rico, Mar. 5, 2020 – United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) and NAF announced a multimillion-dollar national partnership to expand NAF Academies of Engineering to Puerto Rico and beyond. The partnership, consisting of a $3 ...
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A Look Back At NAF’s Best Moments of 2019
We’re gearing up for 2020 and a whole new decade of helping students on their journeys to be future ready. Before we say goodbye to 2019, check out some of NAF’s biggest moments from the past year:1. 16th Annual NAF Benefit Honors LenovoNAF held its 16th annual Benefit at ...
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Small Businesses Pave the Way for Supporting Youth
So how does this play into our efforts to prepare youth for the future workforce? How do we ensure that students are exposed to the career opportunities that are most likely to be available to them? How do we ensure that we are building a talent pipeline to local businesses?...
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NAF/Capital One Internship Program Produces Winning Ways for Asociar Technician
PLANO, TX, October 22, 2019 /24-7PressRelease/ — Daniel Uribe, Lead Field Technician at Plano, Texas based Asociar, LLC credits the inaugural Capital One Bank’s “Future Ready Lab” internship experience for building his confidence and knowledge as he strives toward his educational and career goals. The program is designed to not only ...
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Dentsu Aegis Network Launches New Partnership With NAF
NEW YORK – Nov. 4, 2019 – Dentsu Aegis Network is pleased to announce a partnership between the NAF and “The Code.” The Code is Dentsu Aegis Network’s interactive marketing and advertising workshop designed to encourage multicultural youth to enter into these industries. Launched in 2017 by Dentsu Aegis Network’s global team, The ...
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Schools, businesses can help prepare more young people to enter the workforce
As a leading employer in Florida, we see a key opportunity for the state to further enhance its business landscape and economy to meet the demands of the global marketplace. More than ever, businesses need young adults with the skills and capabilities that modern workplaces demand. For this reason, we ...
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Interning to Find A Passion
When Brandon started high school, he knew exactly where he was headed — to a career in engineering. With a father who works in IT and with computers, Brandon was always interested in how things work. He spoke to counselors and teachers at his high school, Hillcrest High School, and they ...
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National STEM Day
November 8 is National STEM Day, a day to inspire kids to explore and pursue their interests in science, technology, engineering, and math. According to a recent Pew Research Center survey, 87% of the U.S. workforce was not employed in STEM occupations as of 2016. 40% of those non-STEM workers say they ...
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Mr. Robert Almonte of Manhattan Bridges High School Reflects on the Importance of Hispanic Heritage Month
Manhattan Bridges High School serves 100% Hispanic students in the heart of New York City and this fall, as NAF celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month, we’re spotlighting our network members who have made a difference each and every day for our future leaders. Mr. Robert Almonte, who has served at Manhattan ...
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Lenovo VP David Rabin: “To prevent burnout work how you want to work”
As part of our series about how to become known as a thought leader in your industry, I had the pleasure of interviewing David Rabin. David is Vice President of Commercial Business of Lenovo’s PC and Smart Devices group. This includes product stewardship for the Think family of ...
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D.C. EDUCATION BRIEFS: Dialogues with the Chancellor
Since his appointment, Chancellor Lewis Ferebee has been engaged on topics that matter to DCPS families, students, staff and community members. This summer, Ferebee hosted a series of small “DCPS Dialogue” gatherings at schools, libraries and community centers across the District, gathering feedback on the outset of the new school ...
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Grand Island High School: Business leaders hear of new academy program
Grand Island High School introduced a new academic offering during a kick-off breakfast business mixer Sept. 19 at the Western New York Welcome Center. GIHS business teachers told GI business leaders of the launch of the National Academy of Finance which will allow both businesses and students to profit from successful ...
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Why Schools Need Signature Learning Experiences
Good schools have intentional—not inherited—features. They share a set of agreements that create coherence around a few animating ideas. Strategies, structures, schedules, systems, and even spaces are aligned. Everything works together for teachers and learners toward a few key priorities. It’s certainly easier to create this level ...
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20 Tips For Real Life Learning
Tom Vander Ark Emma Haynie and Jordan Nash (above) are running a coffee shop in town and planning a charity car show. They are juniors at Ridgefield High, 20 miles north of Portland. Jordan admitted that he was a procrastinator in some of his courses but, he added, his real ...
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NAF Celebrates “The Power of Opportunity” at 16th Annual Benefit
Longstanding corporate partner Lenovo honored; Lenovo announces four-year initiative (May 9, 2019 – New York, NY) – NAF, a national network of education, business, and community leaders who work together to ensure that high school students are college, career, and future ready, held its 16th annual Benefit on Wednesday at the Mandarin Oriental, New ...
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Ninety Academies in the NAF Network Reach Distinguished Level – NAF’s Highest Level of Achievement
In total, more than 100 NAF Academies Earn Model Level for Delivering High-Quality Educational Experiences for High School Students (March 29, 2019 – New York, NY) – Ninety academies in the NAF network have reached Distinguished level and in total, more than 100 have reached Model level on NAF’s annual assessment, delivering high-quality educational experiences ...
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Why Mentoring Levels The Playing Field In The STEM Workforce
Workforce development has been hyper-focused on growing the STEM talent pipeline, and for good reason. 2.4 million STEM jobs are going unfilled. And while STEM continues to grow, the industry continues to suffer from a diversity gap. As of 2018, women represent 47% of the entire workforce, yet only 28% of the STEM workforce. ...
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NAF Appoints Lenovo’s President of North America, Matthew Zielinski, to Board of Directors
Industry Leadership Will Advance Opportunities for the Next Generation of Talent January 30, 2019 (New York, NY) – NAF is excited to announce the appointment of Lenovo’s President of North America, Matthew Zielinski, to its Board of Directors. On the NAF Board, Zielinski, will join an esteemed group of corporate, education, and ...
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Achieving Wall-to-Wall Distinguished: Hialeah Gardens High School
“We weren’t sure it would happen, but it was in our dreams,” said JD Hoye, president of NAF as she awarded Hialeah Gardens High School with the President’s Award for being the first high school to achieve Distinguished quality level for all five of its NAF academies.Hialeah ...
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Kids learning to code and create at Code Ninjas
CONCORD— If a child starts the Code Ninja program at 8-years-old, the owners of the coding center say in four years they will learn to code, create their own application and learn to sell and market it to the world. Vivek and Anjali Dighe opened a Code Ninjas franchise in ...
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Lenovo and NAF Announce 2018 Mobile App “Fan Favorite”
LENOVO SCHOLAR NETWORK IS OPEN TO ALL 600+ NAF ACADEMIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES TO APPLY AND WILL SERVE 6,000 NAF STUDENTS IN THE UPCOMING 2018-19 ACADEMIC YEAR (WASHINGTON, DC) – July 11, 2018 Lenovo today announced this year’s 2018 Lenovo Scholar Network “Fan Favorite” mobile app honoree at the 2018 NAF Next Conference in ...
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Ramos: A Pathways success story
Former Harmony Magnet Academy student Diana Ramos has been named winner of the 2018 National Academies Foundation (NAF) Next Alumni Award. The award recognizes NAF alumni who have achieved success in either college or their career, or have demonstrated an entrepreneurial spirit that can be attributed in part to their academy ...
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Celebrate the 2018 Scholarship Award Recipients With Us!
NAF is thrilled to award 14 national scholarships! Thanks to our generous Board of Directors and corporate partners, NAF has the opportunity to not only help our students be future ready, but to assist in sending some of them to college. NAF knows the fourteen students and one alumnus selected this ...
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Seventy-Seven Academies in the NAF Network Reach Distinguished Level – NAF’s Highest Level of Achievement
In total, more than 100 NAF Academies Earn Model Level for Delivering High-Quality Educational Experiences for High School Students Across the Nation (March 15, 2018 – New York, NY) – Seventy-seven academies in the NAF network have reached Distinguished level and in total, more than 100 have reached Model level on NAF’s annual assessment, delivering ...
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New Haverhill High class tries to lure girls to computer programming
HAVERHILL — When you think of a computer programmer, perhaps what comes to mind is a man sitting at a desk sipping on an energy drink and eating a hot pocket while creating computer code. But two female students at Haverhill High School will tell you the field of programming isn’...
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The Path of Opportunity, the Path of Despair: John King offers Urban Alliance a Tale of Two High Schools
Some high schools connect students with internships where teenagers can jump-start their ambitions of becoming engineers. Other schools have auto shop classes without computers, where students prepare for jobs that existed 50 years ago. Former secretary of education and now CEO of The Education Trust John King said he has seen ...
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How High Schoolers Can Boost American Business
Employers are struggling to find their ideal workers. Nearly 45% of business executives think Americans lack soft skills like creativity, teamwork, and communication. Even young people with four-year degrees are unprepared for the working world. Over half of hiring managers say new college graduates lack “critical thinking and problem solving” skills ...
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Red Bank Regional Encourages Female Engineers and Coders
LITTLE SILVER – Like many schools across the county and the nation, Red Bank Regional High School (RBR) recognizes the importance of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) programs in their curriculum. RBR even runs a state-certified academy program in both Information Technology (AOIT) and Engineering (AOE) which students from all ...
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Scotlandville High blazed trail for popular STEM programs with engineering program launched 35 years ago
BY OLIVIA MCCLURE | Special to The Advocate Paul Jackson looked on with no small measure of pride as Scotlandville Magnet High School students demonstrated their engineering skills in a competition Saturday. Thirty years ago, Jackson, the school’s assistant principal, was in their shoes. A 1989 graduate of the school, he ...
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Leveling the Playing Field in STEM for High School Students
STEM From 2012 to 2022, the Bureau of Labor Statistics projects there will be nine million new science, technology, engineering and math jobs. While STEM job opportunities are growing, the pool of skilled applicants is not. STEM industries are also experiencing an extreme lack of diversity by overlooking and not effectively recruiting ...
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Lenovo, NAF, and MIT App Inventor Recognized at the CSforALL Summit 2017
Global Tech Leader, Education Nonprofit, and Esteemed Research University Pledge Commitment to Provide Computer Science Education to Students Nationwide October 18, 2017 (New York, NY) – Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) NAF, and MIT App Inventor were recently recognized at the CSforALL Summit in St. Louis, MO. The 2017 CSforALL Summit is a convening of ...
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This school is changing how Valley students learn
The educational world is ever-evolving and constantly implementing new ideas and systems in order to give students the best education possible. In 2013, California’s Linked Learning pilot program was the beginning of a massive shift to include career technical education and pathway academies at high schools to help prepare students ...
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Lenovo Scholar Network Welcomes 68 New Academies Nationwide for the Advancement of STEM Education
NAF and Lenovo will now serve 5,000 students in 21 states in program’s fourth year NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sep. 19, 2017– Lenovo and its nonprofit partner focused on high school STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) education, NAF, today announced that 68 new NAF academies have been selected to join the Lenovo Scholar ...
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‘Academy’ Model Boosts High School Grad Rate for At-Risk Students, Study Says
By Catherine Gewertz High school students with the biggest dropout risks graduate at significantly higher rates than their better-situated peers if they attend—and complete—programs in a network of “academy” model schools. A study of schools in the NAF—formerly known as the National Academy Foundation—network examined the ...
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What Three Summer Interns Want You to Know About Hiring High Schoolers
For many high school students across the United States, summer means sunburn, boring summer jobs, and long days in front of the computer with nothing to do. For NAF students, however, summer means something completely different: summer is when they get the chance to take all that they have learned ...
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Lenovo and NAF Announce 2017 “Fan Favorite”
LENOVO, NAF PARTNERSHIP PROMOTES STEM STUDIES ACROSS U.S.2017 LENOVO MOBILE APP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM “FAN FAVORITE” SELECTED FROM ONLINE PUBLIC VOTING LENOVO SCHOLAR NETWORK IS OPEN TO ALL 600+ NAF ACADEMIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES TO APPLY AND WILL SERVE MORE THAN 3,000 NAF STUDENTS IN THE UPCOMING 2017-18 ACADEMIC YEAR (DALLAS) – ...
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Olympic Community of Schools Academy of Engineering
Business and community stakeholders gather with educators to collectively address the knowledge and skills gap plaguing America’s workplaces while simultaneously paving clear pathways leading students towards upward economic and social mobility. The academy’s strategic partnerships are seen as a exemplary model for sustainability in the community and served ...
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Justin F. Kimball High School Academy of Engineering
For example, engineering students created animal and plant cells using Autodesk Inventor then went to Dallas Independent School District’s Environmental Education Center to conduct experiments and study ecosystems. At the EEC, Biology teachers reinforced plant and animal species interactions while AOE teachers discussed occupations where biology experiments are conducted. ...
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Social Finance and Jobs for the Future Announce Partners to Develop First-In-the-Nation Pay for Success Projects in K-12 Education
Sites in California, New York, Ohio, and Texas will work to increase access to and improve outcomes in career and technical education programs JUNE 27, 2017 – Boston, MA – Social Finance, Inc. and Jobs for the Future (JFF), through a $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education (ED), today announced those ...
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Celebration of Spirit
NAF, a national network of education, business, and community leaders who work together to ensure that high school students are college, career, and future ready, recently held their annual Benefit at the InterContinental New York Barclay Hotel. The evening featured a fireside chat with NAF Founder, Sandy Weill, and Honoree, ...
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High School Students Shine at NAF’s 14th Annual Benefit
President and CEO of Mastercard, Ajay Banga, Honored; Event Features a Fireside Chat with NAF Founder, Sandy Weill and Honoree Ajay Banga May 18, 2017 (New York, NY) – NAF, a national network of education, business, and community leaders who work together to ensure that high school students are college, career, and future ...
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Over 100 Academies in the NAF Network Reach Model Level for Delivering High-Quality Educational Experiences for High School Students Across the Nation
Additionally, 41 NAF Academies Earn Distinguished Level, NAF’s Highest Level of Achievement (May 02, 2017 – New York, NY) – Over 100 academies in the NAF network have reached Model level and 41 have reached Distinguished level on NAF’s annual assessment, delivering high quality educational experiences for high school students across the nation. NAF’s ...
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A Business Philanthropist: An Interview with Sanford I. Weill
EDITORS’ NOTE In 1955, Sandy Weill graduated from Cornell University and began his career as a runner for Bear Stearns before becoming a broker. After a storied 50-year career on Wall Street, he retired as CEO of Citigroup in 2003 and retired as non-executive Chairman in 2006. Weill was the recipient of Financial ...
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Recapping the Importance of Celebrating and Recognizing National Engineers Week
For over 65 years, one week in February has been designated as National Engineers Week, which celebrates the accomplishments of engineers and continues to inspire future generations. The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that 180,000 jobs will be created in engineering between 2012-2022, making this recognition not only important but vital to ...
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Preparing for life after high school
The Jarrettsville Lions Club recently donated $500 to the Academy of Finance at Edgewood High School (AoF) following a presentation by AoF student Romina Mitchell and coordinator Sarah Miller. Lions Club members said they were very impressed with the informational presentation, and showed enthusiasm about the program in conversations following the ...
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Ridgewood students working on ways to water plants along Manhattan’s High Line Park
Students from Ridgewood are using their brains to help the plants of the High Line Park on the West Side of Manhattan to continue to grow, as they pitched their ideas on how to irrigate the elevated green space. Juniors at Grover Cleveland High School‘s Academy of Information Technology ...
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Lancaster High School’s student-run credit union gets makeover
Lancaster-Depew Federal Credit Union’s student-run branch has been given new life since its start in 2014, thanks to remodeling efforts by the firm Millington Lockwood. School staff and credit union workers celebrated the remodel Jan. 11, showing off the spacious new digs. Improvements included a formal teller line, brand new chairs, ...
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Celebrating Computer Science Education Week 2016: Investing in Computer Science for All Will Be Key to College and Career Readiness
By: JD Hoye The first week of December has been designated Computer Science Education Week. Created by the Computing in the Core coalition, the week is geared towards activities that encourage students to learn more about computer science. NAF is proud to join in the celebration and support this outstanding ...
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Post-Election 2016: Envisioning the Future of Education in the United States
Americans are divided on many issues facing our great nation, but education is the one that bonds us. It impacts all of our futures and our global economy. A shared vision of increasing access and quality is the key to a forward-thinking and limitless America. The 2016 Presidential Election has reminded ...
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NAF Appoints David L. Steward and Larry Renfro to Board of Directors
Corporate Leadership will Increase the Visibility of NAF’s National Work and Help Advance the Organization’s Vision for the Future November 04, 2016 (New York, NY) – NAF is pleased to announce the appointment of two new members, David L. Steward and Larry Renfro, to its Board of Directors. Steward is ...
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Young entrepreneur developing website, smartphone app to find lost pets
A lost pet can be one of the most painful and scary moments in a person’s life, but a young Southwest Miami-Dade entrepreneur wants to help end that suffering. Khareem Oliver, 18, has launched beta website Find or Found and hopes to soon release a smartphone application that allows people ...
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Capital One Sets New GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title for Largest programming lesson with 724 Participants
724 Dallas Independent School District (DISD) students from various NAF academies and Capital One volunteers joined together at Capital One’s Monster Coding Jam Session on Halloween DALLAS – Monday, Oct. 31, 2016 – Capital One has set a new GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title for the Largest programming lesson at a “Monster Coding Jam” session ...
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What’s your major? Some Lexington students will soon declare in high school
Next fall, students at Bryan Station High and Fayette County’s new high school will major in subjects, just as they would in college. Bryan Station already has an Information Technology Academy within the school. Principal James McMillin will ask the School Based Decision Making council to consider implementing academies ...
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Largest Single Lenovo-Hosted Volunteer STEM Event in U.S.
DURHAM, NC – October 12, 2016: Lenovo announced today, that more than 500 Lenovo employees participated in the largest company-sponsored STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) volunteer event in conjunction with NAF, a partner in the Lenovo Scholar Network. Lenovo brought together almost 200 high school juniors and seniors from 12 NAF Academies in North ...
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How learning to serve tourists is shifting careers
The tourism industry, South Florida’s top employer, was for decades perceived as a low-income job factory, producing hoards of housekeepers, servers and front desk attendants but few senior-track positions. But in the last 10 years, tourism leaders have led a concerted push to catapult the industry into a producer of ...
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Largest Single Lenovo-Hosted Volunteer STEM Event in U.S.
Half-day program brings together 500+ Lenovo employee volunteers and nearly 200 high school students for mentoring and mock interviews Close to 200 North Carolina high school students received mentoring in STEM fields from Lenovo employee volunteers The event builds on Lenovo’s STEM education commitment Event continues Lenovo’s partnership with NAF which ...
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Transforming Education: An Interview with JD Hoye, President, NAF
Editors’ Note Prior to her appointment at NAF, JD Hoye served as President of Keep the Change, Inc. In 1994, Hoye was selected by U.S. Secretary of Education Richard Riley and U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich to head the new Office of School-to-Work in Washington, D.C. Hoye ...
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Around the World and Back Again: One Alumnus’ Story Comes Full Circle
I was born and raised in South Florida as a first generation American. My parents had emigrated from Haiti so I learned Creole at home while I learned English in school. My older brothers went into the military, and my younger sister became a mother out of high school. My ...
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Collier schools’ internship program provides on-the-job training
NAPLES, Fla. (Sept. 7, 2016) – While many of their peers enjoyed a more leisurely summer break, 16 incoming Collier County high-school seniors designed a trophy case, waded along the coast to survey beach erosion and worked toward earning their pilot’s licenses. As participants in the school district’s internship program, the students ...
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Student tech camp offers a glimpse into the world of Silicon Valley
Ameer Storay has been learning to code and create video games — “not the complex stuff, but the basics,” the eighth-grader said. Maihoua Xiong, another eighth-grader, has a passion for drawing and animation and wants “to learn new things, even if it’s hard!” Adelaide Ravensborg said she is set on ...
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Miami Dade Schools Win Inaugural President’s Award
MIAMI – A national network of education, business and community leaders has selected Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) as the winner of its National Academy Foundation’s (NAF) inaugural 2015-16 President’s Award. The award was presented during the group’s national conference in Orlando, which drew an audience of 1,500 participants. ...
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AICPA and NAF’s Academy of Finance Expand Program to Draw Talent to Accounting Profession
After Successful Pilot, AICPA/NAF Recognition Program to Launch Nationwide this Fall Orlando, Florida (July 18, 2016) – The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) and NAF today announced the launch of a high school program aimed at increasing and diversifying the pipeline of talented students who enter the accounting profession. The announcement was ...
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Lenovo and NAF Announce 2016 Mobile App Development “Fan Favorites”
California, Wisconsin NAF Academies tie for title at NAF Next * Lenovo, NAF partnership promotes STEM studies across U.S. * 2016 Lenovo Mobile App Development program “Fan Favorite” selected from online public voting * Lenovo Scholar Network grows to 50 NAF academies in the upcoming 2016-17 academic year (New York, NY) – July 20, 2016: ...
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NAF Event Celebrates NYC Students’ Achievements As They Complete Moody’s Mentoring Program
June 09, 2016 (Manhattan, NY) – It was an evening of celebration and accomplishment, as approximately 20 female students from the NYC High School of Economics and Finance — part of NAF’s national network — were recognized for their commitment to personal development. These future female leaders are part of a mentoring program driven by ...
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NAF Junior at Pathways Academy of Technology and Design Defies the Odds
I’m Tiyah Thompson, a junior at Pathways Academy of Technology and Design in East Hartford, Connecticut.I could stand here and tell you the gritty details of my life. Growing up unsure of what the future holds and yearning for strong role models who looked like me. I could ...
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Lenovo Scholar Network National Competition Winners, “Fan Favorite” Voting, and 20 New NAF Academies Announced
Lenovo and NAF announce the six winners of the Lenovo Scholar Network Mobile App Development Competition The public is invited to participate in Fan Favorite Voting—the “Fan Favorite” winner will be announced during the annual NAF Next Conference Twenty new academies to join the Lenovo Scholar Network for the 2016...
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Lenovo Scholar Network National Competition Winners,“Fan Favorite” Voting, and 20 New NAF Academies Announced
• Lenovo and NAF announce the six winners of the Lenovo Scholar Network Mobile App Development Competition • The public is invited to participate in Fan Favorite Voting—the “Fan Favorite” winner will be announced during the annual NAF Next Conference • Twenty new academies to join the Lenovo Scholar Network for the 2016...
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NAF Awards 14 National Scholarships
(May 05, 2016 – New York, NY) – Fourteen NAF seniors have earned a coveted NAF scholarship. NAF’s scholarship opportunities inspire the next generation of future leaders to pursue their college aspirations. Scholarships were awarded to high school seniors and graduates of NAF academies who plan to enroll full-time in post-secondary education. NAF’...
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32 Academies Earn ‘Distinguished’ Status
(May 03, 2016 – New York, NY) – Thirty-two academies in the NAF network have reached Distinguished level – NAF’s highest level of achievement – based on NAF’s annual assessment. Twenty-eight of these academies have reached this level more than once and four are new to the roster. This designation is given to those ...
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Lenovo Employees Give Back During Second Lenovo in the Classroom Day
Lenovo Data Center Group Employees Visit NAF academy classrooms across North Carolina to discuss STEM education and career opportunities (New York, NY) – April 26, 2016: On April 19, NAF academy classrooms across the state of North Carolina welcomed Lenovo employee volunteers, both virtually and in person, as part of the second Lenovo in ...
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Enrollment in career-based high schools grows
By Nicole Carlino Senior Associate Editor NATIONAL REPORT—Look around your office and you probably won’t have to go far before you find someone who was exposed to hospitality at an early age—whether it was changing sheets in mom and dad’s hotel at the age of seven, ...
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BREAKING BARRIERS: URSULA BURNS, THE FIRST BLACK FEMALE CEO OF XEROX
Power woman Ursula Burns began her lifelong career with Xerox in 1980 as a summer intern. Thirty years later, Xerox announced her as CEO, making Burns the first African-American female Chief Executive of a Fortune 500 company. Raised in a housing project located in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, Burns was ...
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NAF Academy Of Finance Students From Woodrow Wilson High School Teach Junior Achievement Lessons to Elementary School Students
Over 50 Students, Part of the JA’ Dallas High School Heroes Program, Present Lessons On Financial Literacy to the Next Generation of Future Leaders At Eladio R Martinez Learning Center (Dallas, TX) – NAF Academy of Finance students from Woodrow Wilson High School put their presentation and leadership skills to good use ...
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Schools, Business Develop Next-Generation Workers
This interview with CBIA’s Andrea Comer originally appeared in the Hartford Business Journal, Nov. 30, 2015. Q: When you started as executive director of the CBIA Education & Workforce Partnership, you said, “Strengthening our state’s future workforce is critical to sustaining a vibrant economy.” What are some of the steps ...
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Funders
[back-to-parent]Funders Thanks to the generosity of our funders, NAF is transforming education and workforce development, leading a powerful movement to ensure high school students are ready for college, career, and future success. Futuremakers NAF Futuremakers have each made an extraordinary commitment to ensuring a better future for the nation ...
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Lauren Budzich, Senior, Lancaster High School Academy of Finance 2015
My name is Lauren Budzich, and I am a graduating senior at Lancaster High School’s Academy of Finance in Lancaster, NY. Because of NAF, I have been exposed to a world outside the walls of my high school – this is a priceless competitive edge. The NAF Academy of Finance ...
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Start an Academy
Now is your chance to make a difference The first step towards starting a new academy is having the vision Since 1980, NAF has been committed to preparing America’s future workforce, and our continued commitment to innovation and success has led to the growth of our network and a 99% senior ...
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Volunteer Locally
[back-to-parent]VOLUNTEER Locally Local volunteers are able to open countless doors for students who never even knew they existed.When you volunteer locally with NAF academies, your return on investment is high. The majority of NAF students are minorities living below or near the poverty line who don’t have ...
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Partner Activation
[back-to-parent] Partner Activation Leading companies partner with NAF, aligning their industry expertise, community leadership, and pipeline development needs to transform the high school experience. By working with NAF your company will be at the forefront of workforce development, recruiting diverse talent with a solid foundation in hard and soft skills. ...
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Get Involved
Get Involved The most amazing fact about the skills gap is that it can be filled. And you can make it happen. Play Video You have the power to prepare future leaders and widen the workforce pipeline with knowledgeable, diverse, and driven talent.There are numerous ways to get involved ...
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Our Team
Our Team We're passionate about what we do. Our growth, progress, and contribution to the improvement of our nation’s educational quality have been the work of a creative, energetic, and responsible team committed to excellence. Join Our Team About Us / Our Team Filter By Full Team Executive Team Finance ...
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STEM Advisory Committee
STEM Advisory Committee Developed to address the growing role that STEM now plays in the nation’s economy, the Committee offers opportunities for top STEM leaders to exchange perspectives to better understand industry talent pipeline needs and attract a diverse population to their businesses. STEM Advisory Committee video-play https://youtu....
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Partners
[back-to-parent] Partners Leading companies partner with NAF, to build a future ready workforce – aligning their industry expertise, community leadership, and pipeline development needs with NAF’s proven educational design. Structured relationships between NAF academies and corporate partners create a dramatic impact for students beyond what a great school, part-time job, ...
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Core Values
[back-to-parent]CORE Values At NAF, we don’t just talk the talk – we walk the walk. To deliver effectively on our mission, we draw on our core values in all that we do.Teamwork NAF’s greatest impact comes from working together as colleagues, teammates, and as a network. The ...
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Network Opportunities
[back-to-parent page='65'] Lenovo Scholar Network As the Lenovo Scholar Network prepares to enter its sixth year, it is expected to serve nearly 6,000 NAF students across the country and is open to all 600+ NAF academies to apply. Partnership benefits also include allowing students to earn NAFTrack Certification credit, part ...
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Network Champions
[back-to-parent page='65'] Alumni Leadership Council The mission of the ALC is to help NAF create a lifelong and worldwide community of alumni through opportunities for meaningful engagement. This outstanding group of 9 NAF alumni strives to increase awareness, pride, volunteerism, and commitment to NAF. Leadership Fellows The 2019 cohort of ...
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Alumni
[back-to-parent] Alumni Currently there are over 120,000 academy students annually that benefit from being a part of NAF, but the NAF experience doesn’t stop in high school. NAF is a lifelong experience, full of opportunities to network, discover exciting new industries, and give back to your NAF academies! Alumni bring ...
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Distinguished Academies
[back-to-parent parent-pageID='65' ] DISTINGUISHED Academies Distinguished academies demonstrate exceptional fidelity to an educational design that prepares students for college, career, and future success. Research shows that students in NAF academies achieve better results than those in the same school district who are not in NAF academies. Distinguished academies realize ...
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NAF Educational Design
[back-to-parent] The NAF Design Academy Development & Structure NAF academies are structured as small, focused learning communities that fit within and enhance high school systems, allowing NAF to become an integral part of a plan for higher achievement at low cost. NAF promotes open enrollment for its academies in order to ...
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Career Pathways
[back-to-parent] CAREER Pathways NAF academies focus on growing industries and those that support the workforce needs and interests of local business communities. Students take career-focused courses in conjunction with their general requirements, coupled with work-based learning activities that provide practical learning experiences that complement the academic learning structure.NAF offers ...
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Our Approach
Our Approach Bringing the classroom to the workplace and the workplace to the classroom. Play Video For over 40 years, NAF has been solving some of the biggest challenges in education and our economy by transforming the American high school experience, igniting students’ passion for learning and giving employers the opportunity ...
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NAF Now
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NAF Network
NAF Network A dynamic partnership between the education and business worlds NAF academies are designed as small learning communities within larger schools or as stand-alone public high schools. They operate primarily in urban public school districts, and also thrive in many suburban and rural areas. COMMUNITY Leaders NAF network members ...
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Publications
Publications NAF’s publications take an in depth look at some of NAF’s initiatives, showing the power of the NAF design and shedding light on recent stories that can be replicated for success nationwide. NAF publications provide an in depth look into NAF programming and highlight success stories from ...
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NAF Town Hall Recap: “Building Skills for the Future of Tech”
Late last month, NAF was proud to host its first Town Hall of 2024, focused on a significant and extremely relevant topic that will impact every career path and industry: “Building Skills for the Future of Tech.” The future is now, and the focus is technology. According to the Future of ...
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Julie Kennedy earns 2023 NAF Alumni Award for overcoming obstacles, giving back to community
Amid reports that the education system in the United States is not adequately preparing students for the modern world, students like Miami native Julie Kennedy are blazing their own trails and sharpening their skills in work-based learning academies nationwide to better prepare themselves with employable skills. Julie recently earned ...
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Preparing California’s students for careers requires connecting classrooms to employers
When students grow up in under-resourced communities, they may lack the access and resources they need to succeed after high school — and that impacts students’ ability to earn a sustainable wage or achieve economic mobility and financial growth, ultimately affecting our entire economy. L.A.’s under-invested-in students ...
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Shaping Future Leaders: NAF Student and Coach Reflections on District C’s Teamship Program
Through NAF’s partnership with District C, a nonprofit that is preparing the next generation of diverse talent for modern work, students and educators have had the unique opportunity to take part in District C’s Teamship program — an innovative internship experience through which teams of students solve real problems ...
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Shaping Future Leaders: NAF Student and Coach Reflections on District C’s Teamship Program
Through NAF’s partnership with District C, a nonprofit that is preparing the next generation of diverse talent for modern work, students and educators have had the unique opportunity to take part in District C’s Teamship program — an innovative internship experience through which teams of students solve real problems ...
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Alumni Sign Up
Join the NAF Alumni Network NAF Alumni / Alumni Sign Up The NAF experience continues beyond high school! More than 75,0000 alums enjoy our exclusive benefits. We would love to reconnect with you, hear about your successes, and give you opportunities to continue to grow in your career, make connections, and give ...
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NAF Next
NAF Next 2024: Our Mission Join us at NAF Next to learn key strategies for preparing your students to become future ready! Check back in February 2024 to register! NAF Next video-play July 8-11 | Kissimmee, FL NAF Next is a dynamic professional development conference that brings together education, business, and community leaders ...
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NAF Benefit
20th Annual NAF Benefit Join us on May 8, 2024 at Metropolitan Club in New York as we celebrate changing students’ lives and transforming futures. About Us / NAF Benefit Celebrating Nearly 45 Years of Transforming the High School Experience The NAF Benefit celebrates the tremendous collaboration between industry and education that drives NAF’...
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Become a NAF Advisory Board Member
Become a NAF Advisory Board Member Advisory Board members are impacting thousands of students by sharing real-world skills and industry knowledge, and by coordinating powerful, interactive career learning experiences. Partner with Us / Become a NAF Advisory Board Member video-play Open Doors for Students Business and industry leaders, local college professionals, ...
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3 Tips for Coaching Students in Mentored Industry Projects
Mentored Industry Projects – where teams of students solve industry problems – are powerful opportunities to bring work-based learning (WBL) directly to your classroom. Students get to engage in the challenging, open-ended work of real-world problem solving, the perfect context for developing critical Future Ready Skills. But what is your role ...
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KnoPro
KnoPro Only 2% of U.S. high school students complete a paid internship. KnoPro was created to reach the 98%. Access KnoPRo Innovation and Products / KnoPro video-play Journey to 100K NAF recognizes that many students may not have access to work-based learning opportunities. With that in mind, we created KnoPro, a free ...
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Outcomes-Driven Work-Based Learning
Outcomes-Driven Work-Based Learning Work-based learning has been the foundation of the NAF Approach throughout our 40-year history, but in the changing world of work, it’s time to make a shift. Innovation and Products / Outcomes-Driven Work-Based Learning video-play Centering Student Outcomes Outcomes-Driven Work-Based Learning (ODWBL) is our new student-centered approach ...
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Open Data Index for Schools (ODIS)
Open Data Index for Schools Traditionally in education, student need is measured by eligibility for free and reduced-price lunch, but a stronger picture of what challenges are faced by school communities is needed. Introducing ODIS. Launch Updates and Info Innovation and Products / Open Data Index for Schools (ODIS) video-play A ...
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Innovation and Products
Innovation and Products We are constantly innovating and creating products to solve some of the biggest challenges facing education and meet the changing needs of students. Innovation and Products video-play Transforming the High School Experience Through thoughtful market research and strategic collaboration, NAF provides a series of products to help ...
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NAF Alumni
NAF Alumni Since 1980, NAF has been working to put students on the path to be college, career, and future ready — we are the NAF legacy. Join the NAF Alumni Network NAF Alumni video-play The NAF Legacy Our 76,000+ active alumni members have gone on to make an impact in their local ...
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Academy of Information Technology
Academy of Information Technology Our NAF Academy of Information Technology is one of our newest career pathways that keeps up with an ever-changing world. Career Pathways / Academy of Information Technology The Future of Information Technology Students in our NAF Academies of Information Technology are connected to current workforce trends, industry ...
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Students and Alumni
Students and Alumni At NAF, we know the power of access to opportunity and career-connected learning in high school. Explore the NAF experience through high school and beyond! Students and Alumni video-play Our Future Ready Scholars Over half a million students have embarked on a journey through our NAF academies ...
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Our Academies
Our Academies With a 100% senior graduation rate, NAF’s 619 academies nationwide prepare high school students to be college, career, and future ready through career-connected learning. Find an Academy Our Academies video-play https://youtu.be/IHNIKBZDlhM?si=7Y0ukLPQeGlIrQS1NAF Academies are small, learning communities within high schools or school districts. ...
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About Us
About Us NAF is where opportunity begins! More than 113,000 high school students in 619 NAF academies across 363 high schools benefit from the NAF Approach. About Us video-play What We Do NAF is a national education non-profit that addresses the economic and social disparities that have marginalized too many high school students ...
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Outcomes Driven Work Based Learning-Global Career Tech Education Podcast Ep.30 w/Brooke Rice from NAF
In Episode 30 of the Global CTE Podcast, host Sylvester Chisom welcomes special guest Brooke Rice from NAF for a comprehensive discussion on outcomes-driven work-based learning. Together, they explore best practices, emphasizing the necessity of preparation, future ready skills, and effective collaboration. Drawing from her rich classroom experiences, Brooke provides invaluable ...
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NAF Town Hall Recap: “Post SCOTUS Ruling: Leaning into DEIA to Shape Tomorrow’s Workforce”
Last week, NAF was proud to host its second Town Hall, focused on an important and timely topic: “Post SCOTUS Ruling: Leaning into DEIA to Shape Tomorrow’s Workforce.” We know that today’s high school students are the future of the workforce. The NAF design directly works to prepare ...
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Social Impact Heroes: Why & How Dirk Butler of NAF Is Helping To Change Our World
Solitude is golden, It is an important practice and really nurtures creativity. Time by yourself when entering a new situation is vital because it allows you to close out extraneous noise and focus on what truly is. As part of my series about “Individuals and Organizations Making an Important Social ...
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New academy in Doral for agricultural and veterinary science enrolls 70 students
An innovative new program, the NAF Academy of Agricultural Studies and Veterinary Science, promises to give us a new generations of veterinarians and it is all happening in Doral at JC Bermudez Senior High School. This NAF academy is one of many academies nationwide giving student hands-on experience serving to ...
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Robert Morgan receives nation’s highest honor for career academies
Robert Morgan Educational Center’s Academy of Hospitality and Tourism (AOHT) was awarded the Sanford I. Weill Award for Excellence by NAF at its 2023 conference held in Phoenix in July. The AOHT is one of five academies and 23 program offerings at Robert Morgan, making the school a leader in college ...
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First-Ever NAF Town Hall Recap: “The Vision Forward”
Last week, NAF was thrilled to host its first-ever Town Hall, where I was joined by NAF Vice President, Academy Engagement & Impact, Reedy Wade, and NAF Vice President, Work-Based Learning & Advisory Board Activation, Brooke Rice, who both discussed NAF’s vision forward to impact more students as they ...
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Career and Technical Education Center receives NAF’s Distinguished rank
JOANNA HAYES | jhayes@postregister.com Idaho Falls’ Career and Technical Education Center has been given NAF’s Katherine Blasik Distinguished title for the fourth straight year. NAF is a national nonprofit organization that provides curriculum and resources to enhance the high school experience for students. NAF focuses on applicable skills ...
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Business Leaders
Drive Your Business Forward Businesses partner with NAF to build a highly skilled and diverse workforce.Play VideoThe NAF Advantage Is your business searching for qualified candidates? Are you looking for creative ways to attract top talent? Many of the employers that come to NAF are facing challenges in ...
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Se gradúan los primeros 47 estudiantes boricuas de la escuela superior de NAF Academies of Engineering
Por: NotiCel Publicado: May 22, 2023 02:15 PM Raytheon Technologies y NAF celebran la primera clase graduanda de la escuela Benito Cerezo en Aguadilla y la escuela Elvira Colón en Santa Isabel NAF, una organización de educación nacional sin fines de lucro, en alianza con Raytheon Technologies (RTX), compañía ...
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9th Annual M-DCPS MEGA NAF Student Conference Recap: More Than 1,800 Students Prepare to Be Future Ready
Last month, more than 1,800 students participated in the 9th annual Miami-Dade County Public Schools MEGA NAF Student Conference! This annual event featured a college & career fair, employers and post-secondary partners from different NAF pathways, and industry-related workshop sessions, plus opportunities for students to interview for internships with industry professionals! ...
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Communities Develop Their Future Workforce Through NAF Academies
Marissa Wicklund Key Points NAF shifted to a district approach so that there is community buy-in and engagement; when more than one academy is in one place you can share resources and create the most sustainable model. NAF continues to see their programs grow (even during the pandemic) and have ...
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Why Are New Pathways Essential?
Key Points Across the nation, leading institutions and organizations are identifying pathways as a core component of a thriving economy and a missing piece from the K-12 experience. The new job of school is to help young people figure out who they are, what they’re good at, what they ...
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201 Academies in the NAF Network Reach Katherine Blasik Distinguished Level – NAF’s Highest Level of Achievement
In Total, More Than 200 NAF Academies Earn Model Level for Delivering High-Quality Educational Experiences for High School Students (April 20, 2023 – New York, NY) – 201 academies in the NAF network have reached Katherine Blasik Distinguished level and in total, more than 200 have reached Model level on NAF’s annual assessment – delivering ...
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The Reinvention of Higher Education
Originally published by South Jersey Biz As colleges and universities continue to face serious challenges, they are modifying their approach, collaborating with business leaders and offering more programs to keep students coming. by Matt Cosentino There was a time in the recent past when Rowan University was still somewhat of ...
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From finance to food, DC school aims to make CTE more attractive, accessible
At an event this week, educators and students discussed how enhancing career and technical offerings can boost postsecondary success. Kara Arundel, Senior Reporter As a sophomore at Washington, D.C.’s Jackson-Reed High School, Wengel Debebe has already explored the field of biomedical science — but it’s computer science that ...
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Preparing Students for Internship Success: Dallas Internship Expo Educator Spotlights
On March 29th, over 300 NAF Dallas ISD students will take their first steps into the workforce, by applying for paid internship opportunities at the annual Dallas Internship Expo, sponsored by Capital One. The expo is an advantageous opportunity for students to gain valuable experience and make important connections in their ...
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May We Forever Stand: A Reflection on the Significance of Black History
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” – Maya Angelou Over the course of the various stages and ages of my life, I have found no statement to be truer than the ...
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Signism wins Rep. Colin Allred’s 2022 Congressional App Challenge in Texas’s 32nd District
Rep. Colin Allred has named Tram Tran of North Dallas High School, Jocelyn Acosta of North Dallas High School, and Aurora Davila of North Dallas High School as the winners of the 2022 Congressional App Challenge in Texas’s 32nd District. When asked what inspired the creation of Signism, the students ...
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Career-Focused Mentoring in Schools: The Impact of Relationships on Students
If you gathered a group of cross-sector professionals and asked for the keys to their successes, there would almost certainly be one common thread: MENTORS who have supported and guided them along the way. Mentors show up for students in diverse settings: in communities, in clubs and on sports teams, ...
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2023 tech job market looks bleak for young grads, but HR can help
HR Dive spoke with four early-in-career talent specialists about the future of work in tech industries. By: Caroline Colvin News of layoffs has rocked the U.S. beyond the HR industry. Economic decline has touched the housing and media industries, as well as Silicon Valley. Notably, Amazon has planned ...
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Celebrating NAF Alumni Month 2022: A Recap
Our alumni are the backbone of our organization. Once a student graduates from a NAF academy, they remain connected to a vast network of dedicated and passionate individuals, who come together to uplift, support, and recognize each other’s successes. This November, NAF celebrated our talented and esteemed alumni, by ...
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Expanding Access to Computer Science Education at Audubon HS
Computer Science Education Week is December 5-11th. Our high school has undergone a massive transformation to provide our students with more access to Computer Science (CS) education. The Audubon Technology and Communication Center’s, NAF Academy of Information Technology in Milwaukee, WI, was launched during the 2020-2021 school year. ...
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Seven Lessons in Youth Engagement
NAF wants our network to lead among other career-minded high school models by incorporating youth’s experience into the academy experience. Wenonah High School in Birmingham, AL showed us that even when constrained by pandemic conditions, this goal has tremendous merit and implications for the NAF design and desired outcomes ...
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Welcome Back to School from NAF CEO, Lisa Dughi
Since kicking off the 2022-2023 school year, I think it is important to take a moment to first celebrate you all for your tireless work, passion, and dedication to educating and mentoring our NAF students. This time of year is full of anticipation and excitement, as we take an optimistic ...
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NAF Celebrates World Teachers’ Day!
Today, October 5th, is World Teachers’ Day and NAF wants to highlight our educators – who are at the heart of our mission! These dedicated, resilient, and passionate leaders, not only provide students with quality education, but support and encourage them every step of the way. To celebrate, we are spotlighting ...
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Occupational Identity and Naming a Future: A Roadmap
Whether it’s using an old-school atlas or technology like Google Maps, roadmaps have been a go-to as we navigate the world. They help us get from point A to point B and show us a fairly safe passage to our destination (even if there are potholes and detours along ...
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Spring 2022 DECA Spotlight
North Kingston NAF High School Students Demonstrated Future Ready Skills at DECA’s International Career Development Conference in Atlanta, GA Roughly 14,000 attendees gathered in Atlanta, Georgia this spring to compete in DECA’s International Career Development Conference. Among the 14,000 were our very own Rhode Island NAF students! More than 10,000 ...
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Estudiantes de escuela superior del programa NAF viven una experiencia espacial con Collins Aerospace
Los estudiantes becados empezaron en junio y desarrollaron competencias a través de proyectos asignados durante este verano Los estudiantes becados empezaron en junio y desarrollaron competencias a través de proyectos asignados durante este verano Veintidós estudiantes de la Escuela Superior Benito Cerezo Vázquez, de Aguadilla; y ...
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What these Clarence High students learned about the ‘idea process’ by winning national contest
Clarence High School students win national app contest Not just one but two teams of students from Clarence High School have won a national app building contest. The local students were among the five winning teams of the eighth annual Lenovo Scholar Network National Mobile App Development Competition.&...
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Alumni Award Winner Olivia Bene On Finding Her Passion Through Her NAF Academy
My name is Olivia Bene, and I am deeply honored to be recognized as a 2022 NAF Next Alumni Award recipient. NAF has made such a pivotal impact on my life. I remember the exact moment I was introduced to the organization. Let’s go back to when I ...
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Recapping NAF Next 2022: Reuniting!
Can you believe it’s been a week since NAF Next? This year’s conference was a wonderful opportunity to “Reunite” and a chance to capture moments of the network back together! Take a look at our NAF Next 2022 highlight reel to relive the experience. You can also visit our ...
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Name A Future with NAF
NAF is excited to kick off our new spirit campaign, Name A Future! Name A Future is a movement to ignite, evoke, and share the pride we all feel as members of the NAF network with each other, with our families, our friends, colleagues, and most of all, with NAF ...
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How work-based learning benefits Gen Z, employers
Gen Zers are gaining the skills, social capital and the confidence to be future-ready, according to Liz Perez, chief partnership officer at NAF. Previously published on HR Dive. From an HR perspective, on-the-job learning often looks like career development seminars, and, if employees are lucky, free college through employers. But ...
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Milwaukee’s Audubon InfoTech Academy Opens Their Doors for a Deep Dive with Students and Staff
“Challenging…ish” was how Maurice, a student at the Academy of Information Technology at Audubon High School, described participating in his first district-wide technology project competition. His team took first place, and that award stands alongside other trophies that the academy has teamed up to achieve this year – including a ...
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Two more PUSD Pathways named as Distinguished Academies
By Charles Whisnand Previously published on The Porterville Recorder The Porterville Unified School District’s Pathways program continues to set the standard with two more programs being honored as Distinguished Academies in 2022. Monache’s Multimedia and Technology, MTA, Pathway and Porterville High’s Academy of Energy and Resource Occupations, AERO, ...
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One Hundred Eighty-One Academies in the NAF Network Reach Katherine Blasik Distinguished Level – NAF’s Highest Level of Achievement
In Total, More Than 200 NAF Academies Earn Model Level for Delivering High-Quality Educational Experiences for High School Students (April 22, 2022 – New York, NY) – One hundred eighty-one academies in the NAF network have reached Katherine Blasik Distinguished level and in total, more than 200 have reached Model level on NAF’s annual assessment ...
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Pratt & Whitney NAF Program with Local Students
Previously published on kc101.iheart.com. ABOUT THE NATIONAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION. The mission of the National Academy Foundation (NAF) is to sustain a national network of career academies to support the development of America’s youth toward personal and professional success–in high school, in higher education, and throughout their ...
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Spotlight on Olympic High School
North Carolina Legislators Get To Know This National Exemplar How can cities and communities take steps to ensure that the future of their workforce is skilled, diverse, and sustainable? They can begin to get to know these up-and-coming leaders – while they are still in high school. North Carolina legislators did ...
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Guiding Young People Not to Colleges or Careers — But to Good Lives
Previously published on EdSurge. Who are you? If you saw this question on a government form, you’d likely respond in a practical fashion, checking boxes about how the world perceives you. Where were you born? What’s your family’s income? What’s your race? Did your parents—even ...
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Homestead High School Targeting Career Paths
Originally posted on South Dade Newsleader Sofia Castillo has a passion for gaming technology. She loves to play the latest video games and likes to know what is going on behind the games. “I like to see what is going on behind the scenes in video games. I want ...
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NAF Celebrates World Engineering Day by Announcing New Partnership with DiscoverE
Collaboration will Result in the Development of a High School Edition of their Future City Competition (New York, NY) – Today, on World Engineering Day, NAF — a national network of education, business, and community leaders who work together to ensure that high school students are college, career, and future ready — is ...
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The Perfect Storm: A Focus on Students’ Future
Originally published on Getting Smart In 2005, there was a North Carolina Court ruling against eight of its largest high schools starkly stating they were performing “academic genocide” for their primarily low socio-economic minority students, reporting that the state needed to provide more funding to close the significant disparity of academic ...
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Beyond Free or Reduced-Price Lunch: Smarter Tools for Data-Driven Impact
As the lingering effects of the pandemic are still to be seen, we face a major challenge as a nation to adequately identify the difficulties with which students are burdened. Simply looking at the cost of lunch no longer sufficiently&...
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Understanding What It Means to Be Culturally Responsive
In recent years, many inequalities facing our nation have been brought to the forefront of our media, politics, and communities. From the wrongful death of many Black Americans to an increase of Asian-American and Pacific Islander discrimination, the time is now to address these crucial issues and pave the way ...
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Helping to Close the Computer Science Education Disparity
By: Katie Booth I believe teaching is one of the most important yet challenging professions. A good and supportive teacher can have an immensely positive impact on a student, helping to ignite a lifelong passion for a particular subject. I think of my own experience in high school. Two of ...
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Celebrating Computer Science Education Week (#CSEdWeek)
Prior to the COVID-19 crisis, the Bureau of Labor Statistics was predicting a national growth in the IT sector of 557K new jobs by 2026. This expectation is not being met due to workers lacking the fundamental technical skills needed in nearly ...
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Infrastructure Demands Require a Future-Ready Workforce
As our nation approaches the two-year mark of the global COVID-19 pandemic, states are grappling with continued uncertainty of the future, concerning both education and the marketplace. Disruptions in learning and instruction have only intensified the risks that students may be even less prepared for life after graduation. Continued shifts ...
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Why Language Matters and Why It’s Changing: A Tech Perspective
Words matter. While it is extremely likely that we have all heard this expression before, now more than ever, examining their impact on every aspect of our daily lives is of the utmost importance. From the workplace to our friendships, as well as everyday interactions, how we communicate is critical ...
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Accelerating the Future: How Katherine Blasik Distinguished and NAF Model Academies Are Paving the Way
For NAF as an organization, announcing our annual Katherine Blasik Distinguished and NAF Model Academies each spring is more than a proud celebration. It is a valuable opportunity for our entire network to learn about the journey behind achieving this honor and the support that is needed. Achieving Distinguished or ...
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NAF launches high school academies in St. Louis
By Sophie Hurwitz NAF — a national nonprofit that works with local business leaders to establish career-readiness programs in schools — is expanding its national network for the 2021-2022 school year with 50 new academies in cities across America, including St. Louis. This year, they are opening academies — that is ...
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Alumni Award Winner Ashley McCullough On How NAF Inspired Her Purpose
My name is Ashley McCullough, and I am honored to be recognized as a 2021 NAF Next Alumni Award recipient. I want to thank Mr. Blackett, my former teacher at Olympic High School Academy of Finance turned mentor and dear friend, for nominating me. I am a proud member of the ...
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Inequity in Work-Based Learning During COVID-19
By Erika B. Lewy Eighteen months of a pandemic laid bare widening inequities embedded in our education system, our economy, and many other aspects of our society. Among the many gaps exposed by the crisis are significant disparities in students’ access to career and technical education (CTE), and success in ...
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Excelling in Extraordinary Circumstances
As we look ahead to the next school year and beyond, ensuring that ALL students have access to high-quality learning opportunities, and the resources needed to thrive, are top of mind. With COVID-19 further exposing educational inequities, the digital divide, and social disparities that have marginalized too many young people ...
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Learn Robotics Brings Creativity, Innovation, and Fun to NAF Classrooms
Learn Robotics is an education technology company, made up of robotics engineers, industry professionals, and educators, designed to help individuals structure, innovate, and advance their robotics education journey. Their unique program makes learning fun, with an on-demand robotics curriculum, lab-based activities, hardware projects, and a suite of tools that make ...
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Dentsu’s Global Rise Up Challenge
Join Dentsu’s Global Rise Up Challenge Dentsu International, one of the world’s largest advertising agencies, is opening its virtual doors to young people across the United States. They are inviting high school students to take part in a global digital Rise Up challenge and experience what it is ...
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Hartford Healthcare Sponsors Allied Health Pathway at Hartford Public High School
Providing Opportunity For Students To Explore Exciting Careers In High-Growth/High-Demand Healthcare Sector Sponsored by Hartford HealthCare, the Pathway Will Result in Students Graduating with Industry-Recognized Credentials to Expand Students’ Career and College Options New for the 2021-22 academic year, the Allied Health (AH) pathway at Hartford Public High School (...
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Career Readiness Resources Discover Career Interests Watch careers come to life through our video profiles and help students explore career options with our online tools. CAREER EXPLORATION RESOURCES Build Career Readiness Skills Check out our curriculum to build five essential career readiness skills: collaboration, problem solving, self direction, communication, ...
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Business Partners, Hartford-Area Educators, Alumni, and Supporters Gather Virtually with NAF and ReadyCT to Partner for Success
This spring, business partners, Hartford-area educators, alumni, and other supporters gathered virtually with NAF and ReadyCT for a regional event focused on Partnering for Success. “The Partnering For Success event was driven by business, civic, and education leaders sharing their expertise in pursuit of launching and expanding cross-sector partnerships ...
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NBA Foundation Announces Second Grant Round Totaling More Than $3 Million to Support Black Economic Empowerment
NEW YORK, April 5, 2021 – The NBA Foundation today announced a total of more than $3 million in grants that will create employment opportunities, further career advancement and drive greater economic empowerment in Black communities. Nine organizations – Big Brothers Big Sisters of Miami, Braven, Center for Leadership Development, City Year, CodeCrew, The ...
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Student Voice: My Goal Is to Change the Face of the Healthcare Profession
By: Kaci Anderson This is a daunting time to join the healthcare industry. A raging pandemic, budget cuts, and limited access to resources such as PPE have made working as a medical care professional exceedingly difficult. However, when the first signs of the pandemic surfaced in March, ...
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What Problem do you Want to Solve?
What Problem Do You Want to Solve? In today’s world, critical thinking and analytical problem solving are predictors of students’ success in college and career. Over the next four weeks, we want to ask students: What Problem Do You Want to Solve? In our Week 1 Lesson Plan, you’ll ...
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CTE Month resource
CTE Month Resource NAF started as one NAF Academy of Finance in New York City in 1980 and has grown to serve over 117,000 students annually in more than 600 academies focused on growing industries including finance, hospitality and tourism, information technology, engineering, and health sciences. In 2020, NAF academies reported a graduation rate ...
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College, career, and future-ready with NAF virtual internships
Together with NAF, Verizon hosts first-ever virtual internship program for students in high-need communities. While many 2020 events have shifted to a virtual model, Verizon knows that its work with the National Academy Foundation (NAF) must still go on. NAF is a nonprofit organization and national network of education, business, and ...
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Creating Change Together: NAF Students & Business Leaders in Dallas
Town Hall: Racism Beyond Criminal Injustice, organized by Verizon, featured the voices of NAF students and business professionals from the Dallas Community.Adam Koeppe, Senior Vice-President, Technology Strategy and Planning at Verizon; Namita Tirath, Executive Vice-President at Pyramid Consulting Inc.; and Andrella Thomas, Diversity & Inclusion Leader at Capital ...
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Rethinking Learning by Doing in a Time of Being Apart
The COVID-19 crisis has turned our nation’s workforce on its head and forced many industries to make abrupt changes to how they conduct business.From a career and technical education perspective, this has meant reimagining quality work-based learning and internship opportunities. Much is lost when the hands-on experience is ...
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NAF Next Agenda Day 2
NAF Next 2020 Day 2 Tuesday, July 14th 9:30am – 10:30am EDT Sponsor Showcase My Journey from a Busboy Presenter: M. Andy Chaves – Youth Strategies and Partnerships, Marriott International, Inc. Session Description: An overview of the unique pathways into the hospitality industry and how the industry impacts our communities. How to Establish and ...
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NAF Next Agenda Day 1
NAF Next 2020 Day 1 Monday, July 13th 9:30am – 10:30am EDT Pre-session New to NAF Presenters: John Stegner, Development Associate, Institutional Advancement, NAF, Brooklyn, NY Colleen Gillis, Manager, Academy Development, NAF, Dallas, TX Kate Haydon, Managing Director, Academy Development, NAF, Oklahoma City, OK Session Description: This session is designed for all newcomers ...
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NAF Next Award Winners
NAF Next 2020 Award Winners Each year, NAF network members achieve remarkable things, and NAF Next is our opportunity to recognize and celebrate the talent, effort, and dedication that transforms students’ lives. Here are our 2020 award winners: Advisory Board Champion Award This award recognizes those who have exercised extraordinary leadership in ...
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Meet the NAF Next 2020 Award Winners
Each year, NAF network members achieve remarkable things, and NAF Next is our opportunity to recognize and celebrate the talent, effort, and dedication that transforms students’ lives.Advisory Board Champion AwardThis award recognizes those who have exercised extraordinary leadership in ensuring that all NAF students have the opportunity to ...
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NFL awards 2 new grants in social justice initiative
The NFL has awarded two new grants and renewed seven others through its social justice platform Inspire Change. The new honorees are Council on Legal Education Opportunity (CLEO, Inc.) and Success For All. Both organizations will use the funding for educational advancement. CLEO, Inc., focuses on inspiring, motivating, and preparing ...
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Turning Out EMTs at Eastern High
Eastern High’s Emergency Medicine Services Program A group of seniors from Eastern High School wait patiently for the final fitting of their Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Student uniform. This occasion is significant as it marks a crucial step in their journey toward EMT licensure—clinical rotations. EMT Student uniforms ...
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One Hundred Thirty-Eight Academies in the NAF Network Reach Distinguished Level – NAF’s Highest Level of Achievement
In total, Nearly 200 NAF Academies Earn Model Level for Delivering High-Quality Educational Experiences for High School Students (March 31, 2020 – New York, NY) – One hundred thirty-eight academies in the NAF network have reached Distinguished level and in total, nearly 200 have reached Model level on NAF’s annual assessment, delivering high quality educational ...
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Three Ways To Inspire High School Students to Explore STEM
As STEM-related industries continue to grow, education and business must continue to prepare high school students to meet the demands of this ever-evolving job market.Fortunately, you can help! Professionals in STEM have the power to open doors for high school students and develop the next generation of STEM leaders. ...
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The Power of Opportunity
On May 8, 2019, NAF hosted its 16th Annual Benefit at the Mandarin Oriental, New York. The Benefit provides a unique opportunity for NAF supporters, advocates, and prospects to meet several of our standout students, who travel from across the country to present projects and share their achievements. It is a powerful ...
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Our Supporters
Our Supporters Thanks to our supporters, NAF is transforming education and workforce development. Our Supporters We're leading a powerful movement to ensure students are college, career, and future ready. Our mission has never been more clear than it is today. The affirmation that we are on the right path to ...
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Community Leaders
Support Your Community Everyone has the power to open doors for students. Play Video The NAF Advantage The strength of our communities depends on our commitment to education. The students sitting in high school classrooms across the country are our future, but unfortunately, many students don’t have access to ...
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Education Leaders
Achieve Educational Excellence School districts partner with NAF to improve student outcomes in a cost-effective and highly impactful way. Play Video The NAF Advantage The NAF network serves more than 112,000 students in 605 NAF academies across 35 states, plus DC, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands. This vast national community includes ...
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Policy NAF advocates at the local, state, and federal level for policies and initiatives that will advance opportunities for high school students to be future ready. Stay Connected Our Policy Pillars Alignment NAF promotes coordination between the K-12, post-secondary, and workforce systems to support students’ college and career readiness. Access ...
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Alumni Award Winner KaMar Galloway Opens Door to Technology
Thank you, NAF for this incredible honor. I am grateful to my very good friend Khalia Braswell for nominating me to receive this award. Khalia and I met at a NAF academy when were just 14 years old and I don’t think we ever imagined we’d be where ...
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Smart Financial Literacy Tips for College Students—From an Expert!
Whether you’re about to graduate from high school and embark on your first year of college, or you’re a few years into the “real-world,” learning healthy financial habits can set you up for the kind of future you always dreamed of. So this Financial Literacy Month we’re ...
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3 Engineering Careers to Consider this National Engineers Week
Engineers are constantly innovating and providing solutions to both big and small challenges all around us. From designing the roads we travel on every day, to testing spacecrafts, and creating the latest technologies, engineers make a huge impact on the world.Engineers have a bright future ahead. The U.S. ...
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Alumni Award Winner Nashara Frazier Realizes the American Dream
I work in the travel business, so I know journeys are meant to be shared. I would like to tell you about mine.My family came here from Jamaica when I was 8.Yes. I am an immigrant. But I am also very American. I am realizing the promise of the ...
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NAF Alumnus Daniel Ansher on the Idea of “Why?”
"I graduated from Thomas S. Wootton High School in 2013 located in Montgomery County, Maryland. During my time at Wootton, I participated in the NAF Academy of Information Technology (AOIT). An AOIT teacher gave an introduction lecture about the technology track during a history class before entering high school. The notion ...
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Congratulations to the 2018 Lenovo Scholar Network Honorable Mentions + Top 50 Apps
Honorable Mentions – Overall High Scores Barron Mobile Barron Mobile replaces the need for a school planner; it brings your school directly to you. Barron Collier High School, Academy of Hospitality and Tourism Naples, FL PolyatomicIons The app is a way for students to learn 50 polyatomic ions. Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo High ...
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The NAF Advantage – Engineering
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The NAF Advantage
The NAF Advantage Building a talent pipeline is easier than you think. When you hire our high school interns, they can add to your business from day one. The best part? We help you handle the details, so you can focus on the big picture. Lets Talk. Edit Form Last ...
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NAF Alumna Ana Medina on the Challenges for Women in Tech
It feels amazing to receive this award in a room full of people who understand and value the capabilities of talented young people — especially those from racial and ethnic minority groups, and especially young women.It’s true that my success story started pretty young. When I was 12, I learned ...
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NAF Alumna Bierkis De Leon Shows Us What Is Possible
I want to first thank NAF, its partners, and all the academies for providing this experience to public high school students across America. I’m a firm believer in the public school system. But with so many students and not enough resources, kids can get lost in the shuffle. I ...
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Top Five Mobile Apps Announced in Lenovo National Competition
Nonprofit and Global Tech Leader launch “Fan Favorite” online voting Lenovo Scholar Network program expands with $1 million grant from Lenovo NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Lenovo and its nonprofit partner focused on high school education, NAF, today announced the top five winners from NAF academies participating in the third annual Lenovo ...
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NAFTrack
[back-to-parent]NAFTRACK CertificationNAFTrack Certification, designed by education and business leaders, is an employability credential that serves as NAF’s seal of college and career readiness. NAF assesses student performance through the completion of career-focused courses, internship assessments, and high school graduation.For more information and to learn about the ...
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STEM
Be STEM Ready Fill out the form below to receive information about NAF’s commitment to STEM and how you can get involved. Play Video STEM WORKERS EARN AS MUCH AS 26% MORE THAN OTHERS AND COMMAND HIGHER SALARIES. EMPLOYMENT IN STEM IS PROJECTED TO GROW 17% BETWEEN 2012-2022. THERE WILL BE 9 ...
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Find an Academy
Find an Academy Across the country, we’re expanding the boundaries of the classroom to introduce NAF academy students to a new world of possibility. Our Academies / Find an Academy 619 academies across 34 U.S. states and territories NAF academies are small learning communities in larger high schools or school-wide academies ...
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How Project-Based Learning Prepares Youth for Freelance Nation
It’s been a decade since I’ve had a job–that employment bargain where you get paid a specified amount for completing regularly assigned duties. Over that same period of time I’ve led or contributed to hundreds of projects– thousands if you include blogs as short projects. This ...
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Schools, biz develop next-generation workers
Q&A talks about CT’s workforce development efforts with Andrea Comer, executive director of the Connecticut Business & Industry Association Education Foundation. Q: When you started as executive director of the CBIA Education & Workforce Partnership, you said, “Strengthening our state’s future workforce is critical to sustaining ...
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FACT SHEET: Obama Administration Announces More than $375 Million in Public and Private Support for Next-Generation High Schools
On November 10, the Obama Administration hosted the first-ever White House Summit on Next Generation High Schools. Below is an excerpt from the Fact Sheet released on November 10 with a mention of NAFTrack Certified Hiring: The event will highlight students, educators, philanthropists, and entrepreneurs who are reinventing the high school experience ...
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Beyond The Bell: OKCPS Career Academy
OKLAHOMA CITY – Click here to watch the news clip on news9.com. At high school football games, the production crew captures all the action live. “We have three different cameras set up and we have two of them up high and one down low,” explained a crew member. The cameras ...
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Oklahoma Works: Building a stronger workforce and more prosperous state
By GOV. MARY FALLIN | SPECIAL TO THE SUN For the next several weeks, I am traveling across the state in a series of meetings promoting a workforce and education initiative called “Oklahoma Works.” The meetings, co-hosted by the State Chamber of Oklahoma, promote a much-needed dialogue between education professionals and ...
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Connecting Talent with Opportunity: Better HR Platforms and Career Education
While statistics suggest that the economy is nearing full employment, millions of people remain unemployed or underemployed in the U.S. It’s not that there are open positions, the number of job openings rose to 5.4 million in April. The mismatch, much worse in many parts of the world, is ...
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Take STEM From the Classroom to the Boardroom
For some students, one of the biggest obstacles to pursuing a career in science, technology, engineering or mathematics is a lack of a way to picture themselves doing the jobs in real life. A panel of STEM industry and education experts discussed how businesses can partner with schools and communities ...
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Courtyard by Marriott Partners with National Academy Foundation to Launch Success for Youth Program
BETHESDA, Md., March 2, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Courtyard by Marriott is excited to announce a national partnership with National Academy Foundation (NAF) launching its Success for Youth program that activates its commitment made to the Clinton Global Initiative, that promises to provide 30,000 volunteer hours and engage with 10,000 students in three years. The announcement ...
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Student Assessments for 21st-Century Needs
A new assessment system for high school students providing multiple measures of college and career readiness launched this fall, helping students in career-themed public high schools understand what skills they need to enter the 21st-century workforce. The National Academy Foundation (NAF), the largest developer of career-themed public high schools in ...
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How Schools Can Successfully Partner with Local Businesses
Businesses have a vested interest in their communities. They need a strong pool of local workers to choose from and consumers who can afford their products. Many businesses want to give to the community and invest in it, but sometimes they aren’t sure where to start. Schools can also ...
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How Schools Can Successfully Partner With Local Businesses
Businesses have a vested interest in their communities. They need a strong pool of local workers to choose from and consumers who can afford their products. Many businesses want to give to the community and invest in it, but sometimes they aren’t sure where to start. Schools can also ...
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Grant Contest to Aid High Schools Still Work in Progress
Proponents of better aligning high school improvement, postsecondary education, and the workforce have high hopes for President Barack Obama’s recent proposal to create a Race to the Top-style competitive-grant program specifically for secondary education. But the plan, which still needs to be fleshed out by the administration, could face ...
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Students apply themselves to creating mobile apps
If you want to learn technical skills, hone your business sense and tap your creative side, there’s a class for that. Students are powering on their imaginations in Flagler Palm Coast High’s new app class, one of a growing number across the country that capitalize on teens’ fascination ...
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Students Help Kick Off ‘Recycling Means Jobs’ Day
Like the rest of their graduating class, Ajla Rustemovic and Stephanie Fluker have spent much of their time and energy getting ready for commencement ceremonies next month, college in the fall, and in Ajla’s words, “the real world beyond.” Seniors at Hartford’s Academy of Engineering and Green Technology,* ...
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New Bedford High Engineering Academy wins accreditation
New Bedford High School will launch a new, nationally accredited Engineering Academy in September designed to inspire students to pursue science and math careers, officials said Monday. The district’s pilot program, which started this school year with 64 students, won formal accreditation Friday from the National Academy Foundation, a New ...
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Closing the Latino Education Gap
Guerardo Aguirre, 19, dropped out of high school early in his senior year after he wrecked his prized 11-year-old Chevy Impala. He didn’t want to walk to school in Aurora, Ill., in part because of gang members he might encounter. Yet he admits that he was also tired of school ...
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Conference brings together leading businesses to address education reform
A conference hosted by Hewlett-Packard and attended by many of California’s leading employers addressed the challenge of increasing high school graduation rates among students from lower income areas. The conference, which was titled Educating California’s Future Workforce: The Role of Business in Connecting Students to College and Careers ...
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PUSD teachers gather for back-to-school inservice
Porterville Unified School District teachers gathered Tuesday for the first professional development day of the 2013-14 season for the district’s annual Back-to-school Celebration. After meeting for breakfast, the district’s teachers filled the Frank “Buck” Shaffer Theater inside the Porterville Memorial Auditorium. Following a welcome, introductions of guests and ...
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Apex High Academy wins first Sanford I. Weill Academy of Excellence Award
The first ever Sanford I. Weill Academy of Excellence Award has been awarded to The Academy of Information Technology at Apex High School. The award recognizes the National Academy Foundation (NAF) academy exhibiting the highest standards for public-private partnerships for the benefit of students. The Sanford I. Weill Academy of ...
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Options in Education
by Amanda Raxlin As our society becomes increasingly curious and technologically advanced, the quest for innovation is more prevalent than ever. Adults are not the only ones who get to reap the benefits of our revolutionized ways; children ages 1-18 are able to discover new possibilities via inventive learning methods ...
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Summer was Time TO Learn Tech Skills at FIU Training Academy
MIAMI — While most students were enjoying what was left of their summer vacation, some students in the National Academy Foundation (NAF) Career Academy programs at Booker T. Washington, Miami Central and Miami Jackson senior high schools were learning gaming development. Students honed their technology skills using Windows 8 and Game Maker ...
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States, districts take the next step in Big Data
[1]It’s a theme often discussed during national education technology conferences across the country: “Now that we have the data, what do we do with it?” With guidance from a Bill & Melinda Gates technology company that’s leading the industry in innovative solutions for schools, districts, and states, big ...
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Facing cuts? Ask a local business for help
Superintendent Barbara Nemko of the Napa County Office of Education in California approached the Napa Valley Vintners Association about a decade ago to see if its members would participate in an adopt-a-school program. The vintners, a logical partner as the region’s key employers, were receptive. Winery owners and school ...
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Project-based learning brings wind turbine to school in Nepal
Class at the Academy of Engineering and Green Technology in Hartford designed solar-powered wind turbine By:Ron Schachter During the past school year and into last summer, one class at the Academy of Engineering and Green Technology at Hartford High School in Connecticut worked with a utilities expert and neighboring ...
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Queens students to design mock database framework for Metropolitan Museum of Art
These teens are learning to catalog priceless works of art — but it’s the experience that is invaluable. Students from Grover Cleveland High School are working with the Metropolitan Museum of Art to create the framework for a mock database to inventory paintings, statues and other objects in the American ...
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Miami-Dade public schools reached new heights
MiamiHerald.com Miami-Dade public schools reached new heights MiamiHerald.com We had schools recognized as Imagine “Super-Schools,” 22 career academy programs at 15 senior high schools were designated national-model programs by the National Academy Foundation, 35 schools were recognized as best in class by MSA, as well
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The School That Will Get You a Job
Sarah E. Goode is the name of one of the first African-American women ever to be granted a U.S. patent, in 1885, for a foldout bed that converted into a desk–a prescient object that would fit right into a modern-day Ikea catalog. It’s also the name of a ...
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High School Students Get Inside Look At The Glamours Of World Renowned Hotel
Students from several local high schools, all part of the Academy of Hospitality and Tourism (AOHT), were treated to a behind-the-scenes tour of one of the world’s iconic hotel properties, The Waldorf Astoria New York. The event was part of National Groundhog Day, a national campaign that gives young ...
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Students create apps for the hearing impaired
by Alison DeNisco Students in a STEM pilot project at Grover Cleveland High School in Queens, N.Y., have developed a number of innovative mobile apps to help the hearing impaired. One app makes a smartphone vibrate and flash to alert a person with a hearing impairment that loud noises ...
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Mentoring Program with Verizon and Juniper
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Queens People of the Week: Local Students Help Code Sign Language App
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Juniper OpenLab and Verizon Foundation Touch Students Lives Via Mentoring Program
New Jersey tech companies Juniper OpenLab (Bridgewater) and the Verizon Foundation (Basking Ridge) have joined forces to develop a pilot workplace program that provides an ongoing source of mentorship and guidance for students. The program is being run with the National Academy Foundation (NAF), and the pilot was conducted throughout ...
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NBHS engineering academy looking to recruit more girls
NEW BEDFORD— When Candida Desjardins attended UMass Dartmouth (then Southeastern Massachusetts University) she studied mathematics. People assumed she wanted to become a math teacher. “No, I want to play with computers,” Desjardins said she told them about what then was an emerging field. Now decades later, she said, “I get ...
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Making a Game of Learning
The winning plan by Haiti-born students at Miami Edison builds the English vocabulary with a gaming approach to word practice. BY MADISON FANTOZZI SPECIAL TO THE MIAMI HERALD Miami Edison Senior High students are working to improve language and literacy with Word Avenger, a mobile app game that takes players ...
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Corporations commit to NAFTrack Certified Hiring credential
The National Academy Foundation (NAF) and ten of America’s top companies today announced NAFTrack Certified Hiring; a collaborative solution to a two-sided problem — students graduating from high school unprepared for college and careers and industries managing a dearth of unskilled job applicants. In committing to NAFTrack Certified Hiring, the ...
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Marriott’s Sorenson Speaks on Value of Education
– Speaking before an engagedaudience of education professionals at the National Academy Foundation’s (NAF) annual conference known as NAF Next, Marriott’s Arne Sorenson talkedabout the opportunities awaiting students and the need for students to prepareto meet those opportunities. Mr. Sorenson, who is theChief Executive Officer of Marriott International, Inc. ...
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Barker Academy of Finance offers a lot to students
Barker Academy of Finance offers a lot to students Insurance News Net The academy is conducted through the National Academy Foundation , an organization working to prepare high school students for college and career success. While NAF was originally set up for urban school districts, Barker has shown that the model ...
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Education Outlook Breakfast Highlights College and Career Readiness Model
College and career readiness should be a major focus of school districts across the nation. JD Hoye, President of the National Academy Foundation (NAF), spoke about this issue at our Education Outlook Breakfast on Aug. 28. The Education Outlook Breakfast brought educators and the business community together to discuss the NAF ...
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Survey of Harvard Business Alums Reveals Anxiety About U.S. Competitiveness
A survey of nearly 2,000 Harvard Business School alums revealed continued pessimism about the United States’ future economic competitiveness, and about the quality of America’s schools. In a report released this week, the business school indicated that 47 percent of its alumni expect a deterioriation in U.S. competitiveness over the ...
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Schools snapshot: 800 more students, 221 new teachers, 27K bus miles a day
CONCORD, N.C. – As of the end of last week, there were 30,743 students enrolled in Cabarrus County Schools, which was 224 more than the state projected for the 2014-15 academic year, according to the system. The enrollment is 791 more students than the enrollment at the end of the 2013-14 year. “That’...
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Map and Charts: Career Academies in California
The programs typically combine college-preparatory academics aligned to a specific career field – health care, for example – alongside real-world work experiences, including internships, job shadowing or mentoring opportunities. The map is part of an EdSource initiative focusing on preparing students for college and careers, which is the goal of current reforms ...
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IHS academies open path to engineering, IT
The essence of education has always been to prepare young people for their future. Immokalee High School is always looking for ways to improve young people’s vision for tomorrow. This year, the Collier County School District, including I.H.S. is bringing a whole new concept to students, dubbed ...
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Moving from Good to Great
(Techniques Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Creating a High-quality CTE Program As college and career readiness moves to the center stage of education reform conversations, career and technical education (CTE) is being rediscovered. So what does CTE need to do to fit into the goal of preparing all young people to ...
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Career academies boost struggling students to successful careers
While bouncing from foster families to homeless shelters, a Chief Sealth student still somehow managed to find dressy clothes to wear to class. The girl knew that to stay in the Academy of Hospitality and Tourism, she was required to don business attire on Tuesdays. That was three years ago. ...
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Lenovo and the National Academy Foundation Announce Academies Selected to the Lenovo Scholar Network
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Lenovo and the National Academy Foundation (NAF) today announced 10 NAF Academies have been selected to participate in the Lenovo Scholar Network, a program designed to enable the next generation of developers and entrepreneurs through a rich application development curriculum and creation of apps. ...
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An Academy High School Opens The Door to Opportunity
Most students like Gerardo Lopez — Latinos and blacks from low-income and working-class families — enroll in community college, take a few remedial courses and drop out. They’ve been told they should go to college, but nobody’s told them what level of academic skills are necessary to pass college-level courses. ...
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Preparing teachers for career pathways
Denise Vela never thought she’d be teaching high school English quite like this, and certainly never as part of an engineering program. Vela is earning her single-subject teaching credential this year through Fresno State University. She is among the first group of participants in a program that immerses prospective ...
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Kay Faulconer Boger and Gabe Soumakian: Linked learning and the high school experience
Imagine redesigning the high school experience to inspire students to take ownership of their own learning, develop skills to compete in a global economy and be well-prepared for college and careers. That is the goal of Oxnard Union High School District’s recent $6 million grant to expand its Linked Learning ...
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Carencro High students enter national app competition
More than two dozen Carencro High students will spend the next few months working on the forefront of technology. Carencro High’s Academy of Information Technology was selected as one of 10 schools across the country to participate in the Lenovo Scholar Network. The program is a partnership between Lenovo, a ...
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Pathways Academy of Technology and Design Introduces Cutting Edge Mobile App Course
Christmas will arrive early for 33 students at Hartford’s Pathways Academy of Technology and Design and nine other schools nationwide. On Wednesday, Dec. 10, at 11:00 a.m., the students will unpack a free shipment of high-end ThinkPad laptop computers and Android model YOGA tablets and demonstrate a new curriculum for developing ...
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D.C. tech students spend ‘Hour of Code’ at Microsoft
D.C. students who signed up for the Hour of Code this week had some highly skilled people to help them as they typed through the online coding tutorial from a conference room at the Microsoft Innovation & Policy Center on K Street. The software and computer services giant invited ...
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Student work program demystifies careers
Antioch High School seniors Nadia Muñoz and Francisco Valencia admittedly didn’t have high expectations for their summer internships at Verizon. Muñoz thought she’d be running errands. Valencia figured he’d be fetching coffee. Instead, Muñoz spent the summer testing SIM cards in new cell phone ...
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Cimarron-Memorial Career Tech Academies get financial boost
At Cimarron-Memorial High School, $50,000 is the magic number. Not only did the school’s robotics team recently receive a new tooling machine worth that amount, its information technology program also received computing equipment worth $50,000. MACHINE TO ENHANCE ROBOTICS PROGRAM The Career Tech Academies at Cimarron-Memorial, 2301 N. Tenaya Way, cut the ...
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Read Vince Gray’s Goodbye Speech
Still Mayor Vince Gray came to Dunbar High School tonight with a nearly 10,000 word speech recounting his four years in office. Among the topics: education, statehood, and his recommendations for successor Muriel Bowser. Gray improvised a good amount of the speech, especially as it lurched towards a two-hour running time, ...
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School Bell: Deer Valley singers play to standing ovation
Deer Valley High’s Divine Voices performed for an audience of 3,600 during the 83rd annual California School Boards Association education conference held in San Francisco’s Moscone Center on Dec. 15. Led by choral director Michelle Stark, the award-winning a capella group was one of only two school choirs to be ...
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Newly-named superintendent addresses ‘state of schools’
Newly appointed Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Superintendent Ann Clark shared “moments” regarding the district’s strategic plan during the annual “State of Our Schools” on Jan. 29 at East Mecklenburg High School. Clark, in her first public appearance as CMS’s new leader, discussed in her address, “This is Our Moment,” how well ...
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Juniper Networks and Verizon Continue to Foster Student Success
Thirty high school juniors received advice for succeeding in the job market during a “soft skills” mentoring workshop at Juniper Networks OpenLab (Bridgewater) on Jan. 13. The workshop focused on topics like job hunting, résumé writing, and communication skills. It was organized by Juniper, Verizon and the National Academy Foundation, ...
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Woodrow Wilson students receive certification to help with IRS filing
It’s taxing work, but 20 students in the National Finance Academy at Woodrow Wilson High School are up for the challenge. The students spent the past few months studying an online course called Link and Learn Taxes provided by the Internal Revenue Service. They took their last test on Jan. 31 ...
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Four Strategies For Scaling A Successful Program
Run a good school or program? Thinking about how to increase your impact? Replicating the program is just one of a dozen strategies for extending impact. There are four basic scaling strategies for instructional programs: school operator, school developer, advocacy, and program. Each includes a couple variations. School Operator: Control ...
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First-year robotics team starts off strong
Every day at school, during lunch, a group of dedicated Gaithersburg High School students meets in a third-floor classroom lined with computers to build and program a robot. At the beginning of this school year, students ranging in age from 14 to 18 decided it was time for Gaithersburg High to have ...
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Encouraging STEM Education Through Volunteerism
When Joseph M. Vassallo, CBP, APSP Fellows and President of Paragon Pools, http://www.paragonpoolslv.comreceived an invitation to become a member of the Northwest Career and Technical Academy (NWCTA) – Academy of Engineering (AOE) Advisory Committee, he was honored to join an illustrious group of Las Vegas’ top engineering professionals, ...
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KSL Partners with Clarence High School Academy of Business
Clarence, NY – This past summer, Kloss, Stenger & LoTempio partnered with the Clarence High School Academy of Business & Finance to provide paid internships to two academy students, Mitchell Snyder and Tyler Bird. Attorney Justin D. Kloss, who is also on the Clarence Academy’s Board of Advisors, had an ...
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Hospitality Students Get Inside Scoop From Marriott’s CEO
Bethesda, Maryland – It’s not often that high school students have the opportunity to meet and talk with one of the industry’s biggest players. On February 19th a group of 25 students from the Wilson High School and Columbia Heights High School’s Academies of Hospitality and Tourism visited the ...
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Courtyard by Marriott Partners with National Academy Foundation to Launch Success for Youth Program
BETHESDA, Md., March 2, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Courtyard by Marriott is excited to announce a national partnership with National Academy Foundation (NAF) launching its Success for Youth program that activates its commitment made to the Clinton Global Initiative, that promises to provide 30,000 volunteer hours and engage with 10,000 students in three years. The announcement ...
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AT&T STEM Initiatives Help NJ Students Innovate, Learn About Tech Careers
AT&T has been busy with STEM activities in the Garden State. On Feb. 24, AT&T’s Bedminster facility held its annual Student Innovation Competition, with about 150 students from Elizabeth, Jersey City, Newark and New Brunswick. Later that week, the company hosted 120 students from Elizabeth, Lavallette, Matawan, Middletown ...
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What if a High School Diploma Guaranteed a Highly Paid Job?
WACO, Texas — At first glance, there’s nothing revolutionary about the Greater Waco Advanced Manufacturing Academy, a vocational school opened in 2013 to serve students in and around this central Texas city. The machines are fancy and gleaming, but the students here learn skills for the sorts of jobs that fueled ...
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Bishop Ward, a Catholic high school, survives and thrives in KCK
It was hard, after all that Bishop Ward High School has been through, to figure what was more gratifying. Was it how easily students in Lori Dowd’s finance class — many of them from families without college experience — gathered around a visitor to talk of their college plans and job-seeking ...
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Palomares Academy of Health Sciences awarded ‘Distinguished’ status
Pomona Unified’s fledgling Palomares Academy of Health Sciences has joined the elite ranks of schools awarded the prestigious “Distinguished” designation by the National Academy Foundation, a recognition of the strength of the school’s program for preparing students for success in college and careers. Just seven of National Academy ...
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Interview with Sandy Weill
Sandy Weill was at various times CEO of Citigroup, founder of an investment firm, and president of American Express, but his high-powered career in finance began at low wattage—in a “back-office” job at Bear Stearns performing calculations and running messages while studying for his broker’s license. Weill’s ...
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Voc-Ed Makes A Comeback
San Jacinto College, south of Houston, had no choice but to schedule a 10 p.m.-to-2 a.m. welding class. That’s how many students were trying to sign up. According to The New York Times, this uptick in technical enrollment has been caused by a surging demand for young ...
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Pathways Academies coming to Gridley High
Gridley High Principal Joey Adame had a powerful and exciting message for school board members and the audience April 8, when he introduced Career and Technical Pathway Academies. Adame has worked with a design team of teachers including Ag Teacher Nick Dreesman and Instructional and Technology Coach Michael Pilakowski who both ...
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High School Team Tests Skills as Roller-Coaster Builders
Seniors at the Hueneme High School Academy of Engineering and Design in Oxnard, Calif., got a chance to test their real-world engineering smarts in a project recently finished to research and build scale models of roller coasters. The project was a contest conceived by a collaboration of the school’...
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Pomona’s Palomares Academy receives ‘Distinguished’ designation
POMONA>> Pomona Unified’s fledgling Palomares Academy of Health Sciences has joined the ranks of schools awarded the prestigious “Distinguished” designation by the National Academy Foundation, a recognition of the strength of the school’s program for preparing students for success in college and careers. Just seven of ...
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Why these summer jobs will matter for high schoolers
Over the next eight weeks, high schools across the country will be letting out for summer, and that means there will be plenty of teenagers with time on their hands. If that time is not filled with a summer job, it could have long-term implications for their professional lives. “For ...
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The Micro-School Opportunity
Small innovative schools opened in months rather than years of planning could prove to be an important K-12 innovation strategy. For decades, quality school developers have used the 100 students per grade rule of thumb resulting in schools of 400-600 students. For a number of reasons, new schools have become more ...
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