Public Sector, Education & Research

New York – November 10, 2026 -- OATS lost a New York City-funded program that supplied almost half of its annual budget in 2008, and support from a long-standing nonprofit partner kept its trainers employed until sustainable funding arrived.

Budget shortfall threatened layoffs and site closings

An unexpected shortfall in the New York City budget eliminated the program. OATS faced staff layoffs, site closings and cancelled programs.

The executive director of a nonprofit partner, a site where OATS had taught classes for several years, then called with an offer of support. OATS accepted. Several trainers kept their jobs, and programs continued until more sustainable funding was secured.

GRINNELL, Iowa – November 10, 2026 -- Grinnell College will meet 100% of demonstrated financial need for first-generation scholars admitted through a new partnership with College Track, which becomes the nonprofit's 24th college and university partnership. The first cohort enrolls in fall 2028.

College Track makes a 10-year commitment to each scholar, from ninth grade through college graduation. The partnership extends the organization's network across 13 communities nationwide. Scholars come from California, Colorado, Louisiana and the D.C.-Maryland area.

Grinnell commits to full need-based aid up to cost of attendance

Grinnell may admit a cohort of College Track scholars each year, subject to admissibility. It will meet each admitted scholar's demonstrated financial need up to the full cost of attendance, through need-based and merit-based programs.

Bonn – November 10, 2026 -- Weekend rains destroyed 250 tents and badly damaged 500 more at a single Gaza camp, Welthungerhilfe said, as the German aid organization urged the Bundestag to raise humanitarian funding to €2.8 billion.

Half of Gaza's displacement camps sit in high flood-risk zones

About half of the camps, which house nearly one million people, lie in areas with a high risk of flooding, according to Welthungerhilfe Secretary General Mathias Mogge. Some sites are low-lying sandy ground where water collects quickly and ruins tarps, mattresses and food. Others have clay soils that turn into mud flats, destroying belongings and flooding latrines.

Welthungerhilfe operates a bread-baking oven at the Al Ard Al Tayyeba camp in Khan Younis, where 800 families have taken shelter. The 250 destroyed and 500 badly damaged tents were all at that site.

Cleveland – November 10, 2026 -- DistrictWON's uReport school-storytelling platform has earned the ISTE Seal, placing it among only seven holders in the Creativity category and making a free version available to every K-12 school in the United States.

The ISTE Seal is a validation program for educational technology. Category peers named in the announcement include Canva and Book Creator.

Expert panel reviewed uReport against three criteria

A panel of education and technology experts evaluated the platform on three principles:

Bloomington, Indiana – November 10, 2026 -- Solution Tree's "MTSS for Reading Improvement: A Leader's Tool Kit for Schoolwide Success" has sold more than 25,000 copies and earned lifetime bestseller status for the education publisher.

Title cleared 10,000 copies in three months during its first bestseller run

Authors Sarah Brown and Stephanie Stollar first reached bestseller status last year, selling more than 10,000 copies in just three months. Cumulative sales now exceed 25,000.

Book gives school and district leaders a step-by-step MTSS framework

The book is aimed at school and district leaders who want systemwide literacy improvement. It guides them through building a multitiered system of supports (MTSS) and designing reading supports. It also covers aligning assessment with instruction, leading collaborative teams, and building a culture where data drives decisions across the school.

Freetown – November 09, 2026 -- Agilix Labs has secured an AI and cloud technology grant from Amazon Web Services (AWS) through the AWS Education Equity Initiative to support Sierra Leone's Finder Program, which formally launches Nov. 10 with a second Community Learning Center at Freetown Polytechnic.

Learners' AI work moves to AWS via Amazon Bedrock

Under the grant, learners' AI work will run on AWS through Amazon Bedrock. Lessons are delivered on Agilix Dawn, a platform that keeps working when the mobile signal drops. The source does not disclose the grant's monetary value.

Future Learning Institute operates under a 2025 ministry agreement

The Future Learning Institute (FLI) runs the program. Agilix Labs established FLI in 2025 under an agreement with Sierra Leone's Ministry of Technical and Higher Education. Its first center opened in Kono District in March 2026.

NEW YORK – November 08, 2026 -- The Center for Jewish History (CJH) and the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) will open the mixed-reality project Inside Kristallnacht to students and the public in Manhattan on November 30, timed to the 88th anniversary of the 1938 pogroms.

XR experience centers on testimony from Holocaust survivor Charlotte Knobloch

The program features Dr. Charlotte Knobloch, born in 1932, who recounts spending the night of November 9, 1938 on the streets of Munich with her father, fearing the Nazis would target their home. The experience combines her account with illustrated environments and archival material covering Kristallnacht and her subsequent survival. An interactive question-and-answer feature matches participants' questions to her prerecorded responses.

Alpharetta – November 07, 2026 -- Mynd.ai, Inc. will raise the number of ordinary shares represented by each American Depositary Share from 10 to 75, an adjustment that works as a one-for-7.5 reverse ADS split for holders.

Mynd.ai sets effective date of December 7, 2027 for the ratio change

The company said the change is expected to take effect on or about December 7, 2027 (U.S. Eastern Time). It remains subject to completion of procedures with its depositary, Citibank, N.A., and other relevant parties. The ADSs will keep trading on the NYSE American under the symbol "MYND" and will carry a new CUSIP number, 628988206.

The underlying ordinary shares are unaffected. No ordinary shares will be issued or cancelled.

Tampa – November 07, 2026 -- Prospera, a bilingual economic development nonprofit, facilitated $56.8 million in loans for small business clients over the last five years, the organization said at its annual entrepreneurship celebration at The Florida Aquarium.

The event, presented by Duke Energy, carried the theme "35 Years Rooted in Impact." Prospera has operated since 1991.

Prospera trained more than 17,700 entrepreneurs in five years

Over the same period, Prospera's consulting clients created or retained more than 17,600 jobs. The organization currently serves Florida, North Carolina and Georgia.

Three Tampa Bay-area businesses recognized for growth

Prospera honored three small businesses it has supported with guidance and services:

NEW YORK – November 06, 2026 -- Three women whose sentences President Trump recently commuted had their applications guided by the Hassan & Nazie Nemazee Clemency Fellowship at the University of Minnesota Law School, according to Pasha Publishing.

Fellowship provided legal guidance to Bloom, Frantzen and Williams

Molly Ann Bloom, Holly Leanne Frantzen and Shemika Williams were included in the president's latest round of clemencies, pardons and commutations. The Nemazee Fellowship, which sits within the law school's Clemency Clinic, provided legal and support services on their applications. The institute will continue to advise applicants.