Posts Tagged: education

Goodie Nation Brings Awareness to the School-To-Prison Pipeline Ahead of Super Bowl LIII

Goodie Nation announced today that eleven mold-breaking digital marketing campaigns aimed at ending the school-to-prison pipeline will launch at their marquee event Goodie Innovation Weekend: Big Game x Big Impact, held January 26-27 at Google’s headquarters in Atlanta. Supported by funding from the Walton Family Foundation, Goodie Innovation Weekend concludes Goodie Digital: Disrupting The School-To-Prison …

Goodie Nation Impact Pre-Accelerator Alumni Company Founder Named 4.0 Schools Tiny Fellow

Goodie Nation Impact Pre-Accelerator Alumni Company Founder Named 4.0 Schools Tiny Fellow

Baiyina Jihad, founder of EdTech startup Beyond the Classroom, has been named a 4.0 School’s Tiny Fellow. Launched during our Hack The Violence Pre-accelerator cohort, Beyond the Classroom combines tech, literacy and mentorship in the fight to keep students in the classroom and off the streets. It's mobile application gives 3rd and 4th grade students ...

Goodie Hack [EDU] Atlanta x March 2016 Recap: Heroes Create Solutions to Improve Math and Reading Skills in Low-Performing K-12 Schools

Mission Accomplished During the span of five intense days, everyday heroes and heroines from the Atlanta community assembled  to improve problems in K-12 education among its low-performing schools.  Celebrating Goodie Hack’s 2nd year in building technology with underserved communities, on Wednesday, March 9, Goodie Nation emerged as a new brand and unveiled solutions via “Goodie …

Meet The Top 4 Superhero Teams Presenting @ Goodie Hack [EDU]: Atlanta x March 2016 Pitch Competition Wednesday Night

See Superheroes Wednesday Nite [REGISTER HERE TO ATTEND] In early February, we put out a call for everyday people who heard a calling to solve educational problems in under-served communities. On February 20th, we challenged these heroes to come up with big ideas to increase the math and/or reading skills, by 30{73d994cfe2ff8b0a610e87f383cee97a4b5b8ef0e12626b1a91565c29f75a33f}, of 100,000 students in low performing schools …

Goodie Ideation EDU Recap: High-Impact Ways To Improve Math + Reading Skills in Low Performing K-12 Schools

  Our Mission Amidst the hustle and bustle of a busy day in Atlanta’s Ponce City Market, Goodie Nation hosted the inaugural Goodie Ideation session for 2016 at General Assembly with a focus on developing ideas to solve problems in local education. Attendees were taught how to formulate effective ideas for social impact while also …