Sens. Coons, Ernst introduce bipartisan resolution celebrating Vision To Learn helping 200,000 students
U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) today led a bipartisan coalition of Senators in recognizing national nonprofit Vision To Learn for reaching the important milestone of helping 200,000 children nationwide. Vision To Learn travels to schools across the country, providing free eye exams and free glasses to children in low-income communities.
Investing in Population-Level Change, Five insights about social mobility and the role of big bet philanthropy.
As the work of economists Raj Chetty, Emanuel Saez, and colleagues has demonstrated, the chances of living the American Dream—moving from a childhood of poverty to an adulthood of relative affluence (moving from bottom to top income quintile)—are lower in the United States than in other nations and have been declining for more than 50 years. The data also show that despite significant public and private investment, the place where someone grows up and the color of one’s skin make a significant difference to social mobility. So too does gender: Growing up in poverty is even more damaging for boys, especially African American boys, than for girls.
USC dentistry provides free dental treatment to hundreds of underserved South Los Angeles students
The endeavor represents a partnership between Ostrow, the California Resources Corporation, the United Teachers Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Unified School District.
LA Mayor Eric Garcetti heading to Germany, Switzerland
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti speaks during the unveiling of the Los Angeles candidate city logo for the 2024 Olympic Games, in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016.
Tens of Thousands of Students to Receive Free Glasses and a Better Opportunity to Learn
Vision To Learn announced support from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative that will provide eyeglasses to tens of thousands of children across the country.
A new vision for Detroit’s children
Children growing up in low-income communities face many challenges. But there is one that should be simple to fix: making sure every child with vision problems has the glasses necessary to succeed in the classroom.
Johns Hopkins joins effort to provide free eye exams, glasses to Baltimore City students
Vision for Baltimore program includes three-year study of how eyeglasses affect reading skills, academic performance
Visionary program delivers eyeglasses to all Inglewood students in need
Vision to Learn and the LA Clippers have partnered to give glasses to every child in Inglewood that needs them.
8minutenergy Renewables Signs Power Purchase Agreement to Develop 191MW Springbok 2 Solar Farm
Nation’s Leading Independent Solar PV Developer Developing Second Springbok Solar Farm Project to Supply Los Angeles with Clean Energy, Create 300 Direct Jobs
8minutenergy Renewables Officially Breaks Ground on 137MW Springbok 1 Solar Farm
Nation’s Leading Independent Solar PV Developer Hosts Event to Kick Off Construction of Solar Farm -That Will Deliver Clean Power to Los Angeles.