Valhalla Foundation

New op-ed in The Hechinger Report from outgoing President of National Council of Teachers of Mathematics - NCTM urges the need for data science and data literacy education in K-12 #datascienceeducation #datascience #dataliteracy

Valhalla is searching for a Director, Early Childhood to lead its Healthcare portfolio. The Director will make and manage philanthropic investments that leverage healthcare systems, and the pediatric channel in particular, to strengthen parent-child relationships and improve children’s physical, social-emotional, and academic outcomes, with a focus on children and families who are situated farthest from opportunity. The Director’s analysis and recommendations will inform key investments that nurture parents’ competence and confidence around their child’s social and emotional development, connect families to support and resources, and help care teams build trusting relationships with parents. Valhalla is building a team culture that challenges and supports people from a wide array of backgrounds to do the most exciting, highest impact work of their lives. You can see the full position description and apply here: https://lnkd.in/g3kHAGk4 #nowhiring #edequity #jobs #earlychildhood #pediatrichealthcare

Valhalla is searching for a Director, K-12 to lead its Effective Educators portfolio. The Director will make and manage investments in improving teaching and learning that foster a culture of growth, innovation, and empowerment amongst practitioners and positively impact students, particularly those situated farthest from opportunity. The Director’s?analysis and recommendations will inform key investments that have the potential to prepare teachers for the increasing potential of AI to shift instructional practice, reignite their passion for education, and change the lives of the students they serve across the country. Valhalla is building a team culture that challenges and supports people from a wide array of backgrounds to do the most exciting, highest impact work of their lives. You can see the full position description and apply here: https://lnkd.in/g3kHAGk4 #nowhiring #edequity #jobs #effectiveeducators #philanthropy

Outlier Research & Evaluation Associate Professor and Director Jeanne Century, along with Senior Researcher Joanna Schiffman, PhD, carried out a year-long study of the high school data science first-year course pilot in the state of Utah Learn more about their findings -?https://lnkd.in/gZkSWtjV

Small acts can create a big impact: that’s the spirit in which thousands of ASML colleagues volunteer their time every year with organizations that make a positive contribution to our communities. I’m visiting the ASML San Jose office this week, and it was important to me to see and experience our partnership with Second Harvest of Silicon Valley firsthand. Second Harvest provides food to an average of about 500,000 people every month in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties – including more than 135,000 children and 120,000 senior citizens. ASML has committed to supporting Second Harvest with $1 million a year for five years, which goes towards building a new food distribution facility. We also donate $250,000 a year to their operations, enabling them to provide free nutritious groceries. I joined a group of more than 15 colleagues from #TeamASML to volunteer alongside them. We sorted and packaged food at the Cypress warehouse. The energy and the spirit of the team were very true to ASML's values and culture. We were proud to be, for a moment, part of the 45,000 volunteers supporting Second Harvest. Small acts also sometimes aren’t enough. So, we complement the grass-roots engagement of our people with strong partnerships, investing in areas where we can make a meaningful impact and thrive together. After today’s visit, I can only invite all our industry peers to join in! Thanks to the inspiring and hard-working team at Second Harvest for the important work that you do. It was an honor to make a small contribution to it.

We want “every child, regardless of ZIP code, regardless of community, regardless of where they get their (medical) care, to get access to Reach Out and Read” so they can “develop healthy from the very beginning.” CEO Marty Martinez talks inclusive books AND our goal to reach 10 million children by 2030 on NBC Bay Area.

??#SXSWEDU voting is open! Check out these exciting sessions from our partner Data Science 4 Everyone ????

Learn how transformative funding is empowering trailblazers and propelling innovation during the "Seeding Innovation: The Power of Breakthrough Funding" session at #SXSW 2025! Community voting is open til Aug 18! https://lnkd.in/gZjwx-Er

Excited to see that LENA Grow was selected from more than 1,900 submissions worldwide as winner in the Tools Competition! #earlychildhooddevelopment #education

Cow burps are a major source of #methane emissions, a greenhouse gas that traps heat in the atmosphere and contributes to #globalwarming. One of Valhalla’s grantees, Innovative Genomics Institute, is working to develop new tools to block the microbes in cow guts from creating methane in the first place, sparing the Earth — and the cow — from the effects of the gas. Click below to learn how IGI is taking on the cow burp problem.