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Indian Prairie to use $100,000 Intel grant to launch emotional support program developed by district grad [Naperville Sun, Ill.]
Jan. 10 A $100,000 grant from tech giant Intel will allow Indian Prairie School District 204 to launch of an online social emotional learning check-in system for both children and adults.
The hope is the system will allow users to better address challenges they are facing and the emotions attached to them as well as develop empathy for others facing their own problems, said Uzair Hussain, founder of District Zero, the technology company that created the platform.
“It’s about helping Naperville and the community manage anxiety and emotions in a streamlined way that delivers value to everyone,” said Hussain, who attended District 204 schools and graduated from Waubonsie Valley High School in 2004.
A $100,000 grant from tech giant Intel will allow Indian Prairie School District 204 to launch an online social emotional learning check-in system for both children and adults.
Insurgency at the U.S. Capitol: A Dreaded, Real-Life Lesson Facing Teachers 9 min read
Police hold back pro-Trump rioters who tried to break through a police barrier Jan. 6 at the U.S. Capitol.Julio Cortez/AP Share article Copy URL
As social studies teachers watched a violent, far-right mob breach the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to stop the formal certification of the election of President-elect Joe Biden, a daunting question loomed: How would they address this with their students tomorrow?
Thousands of supporters of President Donald Trump stormed Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, with some forcing their way into the Capitol building and interrupting the certification of the Electoral College votes, a key part of the nation’s presidential elections process. Lawmakers were barricaded in their offices and told to wear gas masks, several staffers told Education Week. A woman was shot inside the Capitol and later died.
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Since November 2018, Ally Hembd had been hoping for a donor kidney that would eliminate the need for her to do dialysis treatments for five hours a day, four days a week, in her home in Wheeling. Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer Robin Paolino of Aurora says she couldn t be happier about her decision to donate a kidney to stranger Ally Hembd of Wheeling.
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