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The Learner//Meets//Future challenge launched last March to identify AI-enabled tools that improve assessment for Pre-K - Grade 8 learners in the US ended with exceptional results. Take a journey through the winning solutions, Solve's learnings, and AI trends in part one of this series. https://hubs.li/Q02_DhW-0

As we close out 2024, our Executive Director, Hala Hanna, shares powerful reflections on Solve's mission and the impact we've made together. At MIT Solve, we are dedicated to finding, funding, and scaling the most promising ideas to tackle global challenges. But our work is far from finished. As challenges persist in our communities and beyond, we are always solving. Join us in driving innovation and creating a more equitable future: 🚀 Contribute to our prize fund 🚀 Launch a challenge 🚀 Support our venture philanthropy fund 🚀 Become a mentor or solution reviewer Together, we’re solving for good. https://lnkd.in/ermTPrFe #Innovation #SocialImpact

Nonprofits are closing a critical gap by providing workforce development services for unemployed and underemployed workers. Share and tag a nonprofit that you think should apply to the Truist Foundation Inspire Awards. 15 solutions will receive funding from a pool of $725,000 and support to scale their work! Learn more: https://hubs.li/Q02_sPFg0 #SocialImpact #Upskilling #WorkforceDevelopment

LEAP Project Hosts have been collaborating with their teams of research and social entrepreneur Fellows over the last 12 weeks to strengthen the evidence base of their education solutions. 👏 👏  ✏️ Read the project reports of the following teams: https://lnkd.in/eueVDz5t Street Child, Education for Sharing, Seriti Institute (NPC), Practical Education Network, School-to-School International LEAP is an initiative of the Jacobs Foundation and MIT Solve Project Hosts and Fellows: Sabrina Nagel, Alejandro Ordóñez González, Katherine McAuliffe, Lea Mörsdorf, Lindsay Kincaid, Animesh Priya, Oluwakemi Olurinola. Ph.D, Teomara Rutherford, Chris Geary 紀傑斯, Francis Bizoza The African Travelling Teacher, Laura Marsiaj Ribeiro, Barbara Trudell, Martin Tomasik, alejandro villanueva, Clint Bartlett, Andrew Armstrong, Sho Tsuji, Laura Outhwaite, Drew Edwards, Annelise Eaton Buzaid, Melissa Hogenboom

🚀💡 Progress requires partnership. We’re proud to back the work of amazing innovators solving global challenges—and you can too. 🎥 Learn more about how Solve supports innovators 💛 Support our mission and drive global challenge 🔗 https://hubs.li/Q02-NkwH0

We are so excited to celebrate 2024 Climate Solver, OX Delivers, as they acquire powerful funding to scale their success!

Solver shoutout! 💡 Meet 2024 Learning Solver team Tatum Robotics, founded by Samantha Johnson. 🛠️ Their assistive communication device, the Tatum T1, is transforming access and inclusion for the DeafBlind community. This robot translates English into tactile American Sign Language output, connecting users to eBooks, emails, news, and texting services. The customizable device empowers independence and opens up new possibilities for socializing, learning, and thriving. https://lnkd.in/e2f8Rscd #IDPWD #Accessibility

As we honor Native American Heritage Month, revisit this powerful Q&A with 2023 Indigenous Communities Fellows Chantel H. and Amanda Bernard. They share their perspectives on the month and how to champion Indigenous innovation year-round. Read this article by Aaron Slater, Lead of US Equity and Indigenous Communities at MIT Solve: https://lnkd.in/eT2AK_gh

Huge congratulations to 2024 Economic Prosperity Solver Adalat AI on winning two prestigious awards from Fast Company! 🎉 This Solver team was selected as one of the 🏆 4 Best International Tech Innovations of 2024 (https://lnkd.in/dq42Zcwg) and the 🏆 2024 Next Big Things in Tech (https://lnkd.in/e3t5h9Fa)

Meet Nick Okafor, Founder and Executive Director of trubel&co, as well as a 2023 Learning Solver. We are so proud of the impact he is making as a National Geographic Explorer! https://lnkd.in/gygRzksh