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Philadelphia the Latest City to Team Up with Funders on Digital Equity in Schools - Inside Philanthropy
William Penn Foundation Supports Equitable Internet Access for Philadelphia Students - William Penn Foundation
Free internet coming for 35,000 Philly families: city, schools, Comcast to spend $17M on digital equity plan - Philadelphia Inquirer
William Penn Foundation Pursues Economic Equity with New Grants Supporting Immediate Relief for Workers, Journalism on Family-Sustaining Job Creation - William Penn Foundation
Philly’s new $1.7 million fund helps cash economy workers left out of COVID stimulus - Billy Penn
What will the ‘Future of Work’ look like? The Inquirer received a $500,000 grant to find out. - Philadelphia Inquirer

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The Roadmap Guiding Our Early Learning Work - Elliot Weinbaum
A Conversation about the Benefits and Costs of Urban Public Spaces - Shawn McCaney
No Time to Back Down - Nathan Boon
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Philly Reading Coaches: Get in the Game! - Amanda Charles
Seeing their city in a new way - Michele Perch
New Children's Story Embeds Tips for Adults - Jennifer Stavrakos
Keeping it “Green” in New Jersey: How a toxic slime ruined the summer for Lake Hopatcong communities, and what we can do about it

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