Partnerships work to overcome education gaps highlighted by COVID-19 crisis
Seattle Times, January 24, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic and its economic effects, coupled with the urgent need for racial justice, have many in our community experiencing incredible hardship and loss,” says Tony Mestres, president and CEO of Seattle Foundation. “We are in the midst of an unprecedented crisis — a crisis affecting the Seattle region, our country and the world.” Fortunately, several charitable organizations are putting their human and financial resources into initiatives designed to reduce racial inequality during the coronavirus crisis and well beyond.

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Families of color disproportionally hurt by remote learning challenges in pandemic

KING5 News, October 19, 2020

Across Washington hundreds of thousands of children don't have the tools they need to learn from home, and the numbers are disproportionate in communities of color. Guerrero-Rivas' family moved to Vashon Island more than a decade ago. The island is only a 20-minute ferry ride from tech-centric Seattle, but there, many families are cut off from internet access.

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Nonprofit seeks to provide virtual learning resources to those who don't have access

KHQ Q6, October 26, 2020

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Families of color disproportionally hurt by remote learning challenges in pandemic

KING5 News, October 19, 2020

Across Washington hundreds of thousands of children don't have the tools they need to learn from home, and the numbers are disproportionate in communities of color. Guerrero-Rivas' family moved to Vashon Island more than a decade ago. The island is only a 20-minute ferry ride from tech-centric Seattle, but there, many families are cut off from internet access.

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InvestED helps students remove barriers to learning

100.7 The Wolf, October 18, 2020

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Washington Nonprofit Fights Digital Inequity During Pandemic

KING5 News, October 5, 2020

SEATTLE — Due to the coronavirus pandemic, many children in Washington are learning from home. However, one in five students don't have access to high-speed internet, and 15% of students don't have devices. That literally means these kids can't go to school while districts are doing remote learning. While school districts are struggling to get students everything they need, a Renton organization is making sure no one falls through the cracks. InvestED has been helping kids achieve since the nonprofit was founded in the 1960s. Now, InvestED provides funding to more than 600 secondary schools throughout Washington state to help fill the gap for families.

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Clover Park Alumni Group Help Raise more than $20,000 for Current Students

The Suburban Times, October 5, 2020

A group of alumni from Clover Park High School (Lakewood, WA) has raised more than $20,000 to honor a former school counselor and provide additional support for current students. The Jerry Storvick Fund was created through a partnership with InvestED, one of the state’s leading education nonprofits.

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Microsoft, Seahawks among backers of All In WA education initiative

Puget Sound Business Journal, September 3, 2020

The All In WA coalition launched a new funding initiative Wednesday to provide thousands of students in Washington with digital tools to support their remote learning. Microsoft designated $1.25 million to kick off the Digital Equity Initiative, and Amazon CEO and founder Jeff Bezos continues to match individual All In WA donations up to $1 million per unique donor. Seattle Seahawks and Puget Sound Energy also donated to the fund, according to a news release. Funds from the initiative will bolster efforts by the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI), which is spending $8.8 million to pay for low-income students’ internet access through contracts with providers.

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'All In WA' Raising $10 Million To Improve Digital Access For Students Learning Remotely

KING5 News, September 2, 2020

SEATTLE — As thousands of kids head back to school in Washington state, access to technology for remote learning is a remote possibility for many kids. But to create digital equity in the state, "All in WA" is stepping up to help. The statewide relief effort has already raised $65 million to keep families from falling through the cracks during the coronavirus crisis. Now, the people behind the effort want to raise $10 million more for students.

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Microsoft and Seahawks Help Lead New Initiative Connecting Washington Students to Remote Learning

GeekWire, September 2, 2020

As the vast majority of Washington’s kids are returning to school this month via Zoom conferences and online assignments, a statewide effort called the Digital Equity Initiative is launching Wednesday to provide urgently needed computers, tablets and online access for students lacking essential tech tools. Microsoft, the Seattle Seahawks and Puget Sound Energy have donated to the effort, which is part of the All In WA campaign to help people across Washington who have been harmed by COVID-19.

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For Some Kids, Coronavirus School Closures A True Burden. Nonprofit Aims to Ease That

Tacoma News Tribune, March 31, 2020

In the midst of state-wide school closures, many students have taken their learning home and are participating in online schooling. Some are even in a traditional home-school setting without the aid of the internet. Being at home has not stopped some students’ need for a little assistance that would get them through life at school.

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Joyce Walters and Jeff Richards, Vice President of Marketing for Seattle Seahawks.

KOMO News 4, December 17, 2019

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Inside Renton’s new STEM-focused elementary school that is preparing students to fill job skills gap

GeekWire, October 31, 2018

RENTON, Wash. — Science, technology, engineering, and math have long been rooted in the DNA of this city, home to manufacturing and industrial giants such as Paccar and Boeing, which assembles each 737 aircraft here on the shores of Lake Washington. A budding healthcare scene has also emerged — Kaiser Permanente operates the longest automated laboratory line on the west coast at its 4-building campus in Renton. But now the kids are getting in on the fun, too.

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InvestED Moves Headquarters to Renton

Renton Recorder, September 20, 2018

Whether it’s shoes or an ASB card, some expenses are too much for Washington schools’ most vulnerable youth. It can leave them isolated, embarrassed or stunted in their learning. That’s when InvestED, a 55-year-old organization, steps in. InvestED tries to help educators facilitate “small acts of kindness” to help those students, executive director Joyce Walters said. That’s what the company was founded on, she added.

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