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DALLAS, Aug. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Evolution Academy Charter School System has announced open enrollment for its online program. In a historic move, the district has now been approved to enroll students for the online program from all over the state of Texas.

Evolution Academy originally rolled out a pilot version of its online high school program for eligible students during the Spring 2019 school semester. Since then, Evolution Academy has had great student success since shifting online. The district also partnered with Sprint’s 1 Million Foundation to provide devices and hotspots to address the needs of students who don’t have computers or Wi-Fi at home. This partnership will continue during the 2020-2021 school year. The 1Million Project Foundation launched in August 2017 with a mission to help one million high school students achieve their full potential by ensuring they have the digital tools and connectivity they need to succeed in school. During the past two school years, the initiative has connected a total of 226,000 students at over 1,900 high schools in 33 states with internet access and devices.

Under the leadership of Cynthia Trigg, founder and superintendent of the Evolution Academy Charter Schools, the district addressed barriers that students were facing, such as access to Internet and devices to complete assignments. Then, teachers were assigned a student caseload to help ease classroom management as the full, robust online learning system was presented and implemented.

All these elements combined allowed students to thrive and continue progress, despite abrupt changes and shifting completely to online learning. In May, Evolution Academy hosted drive-in graduation ceremonies for students across all three campuses and had record graduation numbers.

When it comes to overcoming obstacles and hardships, Evolution Academy students consistently prove that nothing is impossible, including succeeding with online learning. One student, Maricela Castillo, was struggling with coming to physical classes, as she is also a young mother.  With the online learning platform, she logged on every day and successfully completed multiple courses online.  Another student, Sheanna Black, had great success with online courses, despite a hefty course load, which included dual credit courses.  Michael Ortiz worked hard in the classroom and online and was able to graduate high school in two years.

Founded in 2002, Evolution Academy focuses on innovative educational models and computer-based instruction, which enables students to earn 2 or more credit hours every nine weeks, allowing them to catch up or graduate early. The school also offers multiple career and technical education courses that prepare students for certificates in professional fields.

To date, Evolution Academy has graduated more than 3000 students. Evolution Academy has campuses in Richardson, Beaumont and Houston, Texas and has open enrollment year-round for all three campuses. Students can enroll online at www.evolutionacademy.org.

About Evolution Academy
Cynthia Trigg is a veteran educator with more than 28 years of experience. She is the founder and Superintendent of Evolution Academy Charter Schools, with campuses in Dallas, Houston, and Beaumont. Founded in 2002, Evolution Academy offers one-on-one attention with a mix of traditional and computer-based instruction, which enables students to earn 2 or more credit hours every nine weeks, allowing them to catch up or graduate early. The school also offers multiple career and technical education courses that prepare students for certificates in professional fields. To date, Evolution Academy has graduated more than 3000 students. Evolution Academy has campuses in Richardson, Beaumont and Houston, Texas and has open enrollment year-round for all three campuses.
www.evolutionacademy.org.

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NEW YORK, Aug. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — As teachers prepare for classes to resume this fall, McGraw Hill today announced the launch of McGraw Hill Rise, a new reading and math supplement with embedded assessment and personalization to help educators identify and address individual learning gaps for each student. The new solution is intended to help ease the transition back to the new school year, regardless of teaching format, and ensure that every student is prepared to succeed this year and beyond.

«The extent to which COVID-19 has impacted student achievement, though uncertain, is likely significant. Teachers now, more than ever, need a consistent, convenient and customizable toolset to help document time on task and individual student progress through key learning objectives – all to help close those gaps,» said Sean Ryan, President of McGraw Hill’s School Group. «The use of data to make informed and personalized decisions is critical in determining where students are during and after a period of school disruption. Rise adapts and targets to each student’s needs helping educators create a comprehensive, individualized plan.»

For more information about Rise, visit: mheonline.com/rise

Curated from McGraw Hill’s proven content, Rise will be available through McGraw Hill’s single sign-on, and is powered by the McGraw Hill SmartBook 2.0 adaptive learning engine. Based on extensive research by McGraw-Hill’s learning scientists and technologists, SmartBook 2.0’s enhanced algorithms are built based upon advanced learning science principles that enable it to adapt to each individual learner’s needs, pinpoint and resolve knowledge gaps, and increase learning efficiency by moving knowledge into long-term memory more quickly.

Preliminary «COVID-19 Slide» learning loss projections from NWEA suggests that students could begin the school year with roughly 70% of the previous year learning gains in reading and less than 50% learning gains in math. Existing research shows that students experience an average of one-third to a full year of learning loss during a time of crisis or collective trauma. Many students will have gaps in their knowledge and skills at some point in their educational journey, but long-term learning loss doesn’t have to be one of the consequences.

With Rise, teachers will have access to customized student reporting dashboards and real-time feedback on student content mastery. Additionally, Rise’s recharge feature allows for asynchronous reinforcement of topics, allowing students to reach mastery of core ELA and math learning objectives at their own pace. This easy-to-use and flexible learning tool is expected to have an immediate impact on closing learning gaps in schools across the U.S. this fall.

McGraw Hill
McGraw Hill is a learning science company that delivers personalized learning experiences that drive results for students, parents, educators and professionals. We focus on educational equity, affordability and learning success to help learners build better lives. Headquartered in New York City, McGraw Hill has offices across North America, Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East and South America, and makes its learning solutions for PreK-12, higher education, professionals and others available in more than 75 languages. Visit us at mheducation.com or find us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn or Twitter.

Contact:
Tyler Reed
McGraw Hill
(704) 408-6969
tyler.reed@mheducation.com

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SANFORD, N.C., Aug. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The Community Outreach program for DisposeRx, Inc., is now available in all 50 states with the addition of Essex CHIPS (Community Health Initiatives & Programs for Students) in Essex, Vermont—a non-profit organization that delivers substance abuse prevention campaigns and promotes healthy living.

Essex CHIPS joins 10 other new non-profit partners that signed on in July to work with DisposeRx—the market-leader in at-home drug disposal solutions.

«In October 2018, as part of the federal SUPPORT (Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities) Act, we increased our commitment to local communities by pledging to donate enough DisposeRx packets to dispose of 10 million opioid pills,» said DisposeRx President William Simpson. «We are so proud that our Community Outreach program has grown exponentially in less than two years and now can be found in all 50 states.»

DisposeRx now partners with 277 organizations – including civic groups, churches, foundations, health departments and law enforcement agencies – by donating packets of its simple at-home medication disposal solution and providing education materials on the importance of safe medication management.

In addition to Essex CHIPS, the other new Community Outreach partners are:

• Child and Family Service, Ewa Beach, HI
• Deez Doorz Inc, Greensboro, NC
• Ephrata Police Department, Ephrata, PA
• Henry County Medical Center Home Health and Hospice, Paris, TN
• ICARE Union County, Maynardville, TN
• Lakeview Health Services, Geneva, NY
• Livingston County Catholic Charities, Howell, MI
• Pemberton Township Alliance Group, Pemberton, NJ
• Rx Partnership, Richmond, VA
• Ulster Prevention Council, Kingston, NY

About DisposeRx Packets

DisposeRx at-home medication disposal packets are comprised of materials that are FDA-approved for oral medications and provide a simple, convenient and effective solution for the disposal of unused or expired medications. The active ingredient in the medication is chemically and physically sequestered in a polymer gel when water and the DisposeRx powder are added to a prescription vial and shaken. Patients can use the patented product with pills, tablets, capsules, liquids and powders and can then throw away the vial in the household trash.

About DisposeRx, Inc.

DisposeRx, Inc., a North Carolina-based company, is dedicated to decreasing the risks of drug diversion, overdoses, suicides, accidental poisonings and antibiotic resistance by facilitating medication management behavior change and eradicating the misuse of leftover medications. DisposeRx’s market-leading, patented drug disposal packets and education programs are currently available at almost 50% of retail pharmacies and through 90% of the wholesale pharmacy and medical distributors across the nation. For more information, visit DisposeRx.com.

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BATON ROUGE, La., Aug. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — When COVID-19 hit, more than 576,000 Louisiana households were already one emergency away from financial ruin, a 10-year record high, setting the stage for the economic impact of the crisis — according to the state’s latest ALICE Report, released Aug. 6, 2020, by the Louisiana Association of United Ways, in partnership with United Ways throughout Louisiana and United For ALICE. 

«Before the pandemic, more than one in three Louisiana hard-working households were financially vulnerable — one emergency is all that stood between them and spiraling into a financial crisis,» said Sarah Berthelot, Louisiana Association of United Ways President and CEO. «For many, COVID-19 became that one universal emergency. Without the ability to save or build assets, the job interruptions and income losses have pressed hard against ALICE over the past six months. These Louisiana workers have faced the fears of contracting COVID-19 without adequate healthcare coverage or paid sick leave with very limited or no options to perform work duties virtually. Plus, childcare access and school closures have impacted critical services supporting children.»

With income above the Federal Poverty Level, ALICE households earn too much to qualify as «poor» but are still unable to cover the basics of housing, child care, food, transportation, health care, and technology in the parishes where they live. When including households in poverty, there were just over 891,000 households below the ALICE Threshold (ALICE and Poverty combined) in Louisiana before the pandemic…over half of the state’s total population.

Over the course of the last decade, conditions for ALICE have not moved in the right direction. Louisiana’s low-income families systematically lost buying power and financial stability as the rising cost of essentials outpaced wages, driving the number of ALICE households to rise from 23% in 2007 to 33% in 2018. Additionally, the cost of six essentials in Louisiana grew on average 3.4% annually — nearly double the national rate of inflation of 1.8%. In contrast, poverty levels remained largely flat, between 18% and 19% over this same time period.

The Report confirms that in 2018, the cost of survival ranged annually from $24,252 for a single adult, to $27,000 for a senior citizen and $69,732 for a family of four with an infant and a preschooler. Putting this in perspective, the median hourly wage for cashiers, the most common occupation in Louisiana, was $9.10, or $18,200 per year — less than all the budgets.

«This ALICE research provides the backstory for why the COVID-19 crisis is having such a devastating economic impact on families in Louisiana,» said Berthelot.  «Results from the Louisiana United Way COVID 19 Survey conducted this past May painted a vivid picture of the deep financial challenges of families living below the ALICE Threshold, with 20% concerned about making rent or the mortgage payments as Louisiana entered into the third month of the pandemic crisis.» 

Supplemental to ALICE in Louisiana: A Financial Hardship Study, LAUW also releases the expanded results from the Louisiana United Way COVID19 Survey, conducted in May. These results focus on the COVID-19 impact on those living below the ALICE Threshold, capturing the challenges of ALICE and those living in poverty. Louisiana in the Age of COVID-19: Through the Lens of ALICE results from the Louisiana United Way COVID19 Survey is available at www.launitedway.org/ALICE.

Today’s release joins a series of Louisiana-specific research-based reports made possible since 2015 by the Entergy Corporation and United Ways across Louisiana, aimed to equip stakeholders across all sectors to use its findings to remove obstacles to financial stability, identify gaps in community resources and build data-driven solutions to help ALICE families achieve economic stability, bolstering the state’s economy overall.

This is a project in collaboration with the United For ALICE, a grassroots movement of some 650 United Ways in 21 states, corporations and foundations, all using the same methodology to document financial need. 

«As a longtime partner of United Way and the state sponsor of the ALICE report, Entergy’s concern for ALICE in Louisiana is growing — especially as the pandemic has only made the road to recovery more difficult for so many,» said Patty Riddlebarger, Entergy vice president of Corporate Social Responsibility. «We challenge other companies and organizations to dig into the insights the latest ALICE report provides. We believe that by working together we can identify specific ways to aid communities across the state.»

For more information or to find data about ALICE in local communities, visit www.UnitedForALICE.org/Louisiana. View or download a full copy of ALICE in Louisiana: A Financial Hardship Study at www.launitedway.org/ALICE.

About Louisiana Association of United Ways

The Louisiana Association of United Ways is an association of nine regional United Ways serving 53 parishes throughout Louisiana. Our mission is to integrate action and resources for the common good. We work across our communities to tackle challenges that affect individuals, families and whole communities — challenges that are ultimately bigger than any of us and impact our entire state. Our association supports statewide coordination and development of the Louisiana 211 Statewide Network. We are part of a global network of more than 1,800 United Ways, servicing communities in 41 countries.

About United For ALICE

United For ALICE is a driver of innovation, shining a light on the challenges ALICE (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed) households face and finding collaborative solutions. Through a standardized methodology assessing the cost of living in every county, this project provides a comprehensive measure of financial hardship across the U.S. Visit UnitedForALICE.org to learn more.

Contact: Sarah Berthelot
Louisiana Association of United Ways

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TITUSVILLE, N.J., Aug. 6, 2020 /PR Newswire/ — Freddie Olivi and Albert Paul were close friends in the Army Air Force and throughout their lives. In 1945, Al Paul was a flight instructor preparing for the anticipated invasion of Japan, and Fred Olivi was the co-pilot on the Nagasaki mission.

It has been 75 years since World War II ended with the dropping of the second atomic bomb. While atom bombs are common in movies, more people have piloted moon missions than atomic bombing missions.

In 1997, Al Paul’s son, Glenn, set up a video recorder on a coffee table, and Fred Olivi answered questions about the Nagasaki mission – even whether the mushroom cloud looked like what we see in the movies, and how he felt about the mission.

Fred died in 2004, and Al Paul passed away in 2017. Glenn Paul notes, «Since history has a way of being re-written, it seems fitting to let Fred Olivi tell his own story on the 75th anniversary of the event.»

The hour-long interview has been edited down to 20 minutes, and can be found at www.nagasakiTV.com

Press Contact:  Glenn Paul
Phone:  770-451-3427
Email:  244841@email4pr.com 

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WESTERVILLE, Ohio, Aug. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Ohio-based Motive CBD has assembled 10 CBD wellness packages worth over $110 each which they plan to give away to 10 random winners. Each wellness package contains a 500mg Tropical Melon CBD Oil Tincture, a 500mg Lavender and Eucalyptus CBD Topical Balm, and a 40mg Fresh Mint Grab ‘N Go CBD Pouch. Through August 15, 2020, those interested are able to enter the giveaway for free by visiting motive-wellness.com/giveaway or by texting MOTIVEVIP to 8057197737. 10 random winners will be selected and personally texted on August 16, 2020.

Motive CBD products have been endorsed by a variety of high-profile athletes and personalities across a diverse array of sports due to their ability to offer natural pain relief, quick workout recovery, and sleep support. These athletes include seven-time NFL Pro Bowl center Nick Mangold, WWE interviewer and ESPN moderator Charly Arnolt, and the youngest two-time Professional Bull Riding World Champion Jess Lockwood. All three rely on a variety of Motive CBD products to provide natural relief from their strenuous training schedules. Through August 15, 2020, Motive CBD will be sharing numerous videos featuring Arnolt, Mangold, and Lockwood across their social platforms in an effort to help promote the giveaway — while the celebrity endorsers will be sharing the details of the giveaway from their social pages to a combined audience of over 1,000,000 followers.

As part of his daily routine, Mangold uses the Motive CBD Muscle and Joint Capsules, the Active Orange Oil Tincture, and the Heating Roll-On Gel to find relief after playing 11 physically taxing NFL seasons.

«Sometimes, when I wake up in the morning, something will just hurt. And since I started taking CBD, that doesn’t happen as much, which obviously improves my quality of life,» stated Mangold.

Motive CBD was founded to keep athletes of all shapes, sizes, and skill levels active and pain free. All Motive CBD products are grown and produced in the United States, tested by independent third-party laboratories, and derived from all-natural hemp.

Those interested in learning more about the giveaway can visit motive-wellness.com/giveaway or email founder and CEO Corey Poches at corey@motivecbd.com.

CONTACT:
Corey Poches
Founder & CEO
740-707-7321
244812@email4pr.com 

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AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Remote work in the time of the pandemic is having unexpected impacts across America — and different impacts for each generation. A new, national study by global research firm, The Center for Generational Kinetics (CGK), reveals that trust, expectations of leaders, and future employment expectations have been deeply affected in this time of remote work.

The discoveries from The 2020 Study on Leading Multiple Generations Remotely are both compelling and concerning:

• Most shockingly, a majority (53 percent) of Americans do not want to work remotely even part-time after the pandemic ends.
• 42 percent of Americans do not have the tools they need to successfully work remotely.
• Less than half of Americans (48 percent) believe their manager is acting with integrity during these tough times

Gen Z (born from 1996 thru 2015) is the generation whose work has been most impacted by the pandemic. More than any other generation, Gen Z’s work hours have decreased (45 percent), they have been furloughed (37 percent), the focus of their job has changed (32 percent), and their salary or wages have decreased (25 percent).

«The study reveals that the experience of remote work is uneven and rife with anxiety. More importantly, the study showed what leaders need to know and do now,» says Jason Dorsey, acclaimed generational speaker and President at CGK.

The top three things that Americans want from their managers right now: being honest and candid, communicating clearly, and being caring and empathetic. What they wanted least: showing strength and resilience. In short, candor and honesty trump bravado and bluster.

Going deeper, the study uncovered:

• 47 percent of Americans say they’re working completely from home or remotely.
• 49 percent of Americans have used Zoom or a video chat platform for the first time ever.

«Each generation is having a different experience during the pandemic. This is important to understand, as organizations must remotely lead four or five generations simultaneously. Gen Z’s emergence could herald in a new era of hybrid work that is normal to them and for the youngest members of Gen Z, all they’ve ever known,» says Denise Villa, Ph.D., CEO of CGK and author of the new book, Zconomy: How Gen Z Will Change the Future of Business—and What To Do About It.

Villa adds the following recommendations:

• Reinforce the organization’s guiding principles and mission in creative ways that connect with individual employees in a remote work world.
• Offer communication options aligned with each generation’s primary preferences.
• Increase the frequency of information that is shared by leadership to keep employees engaged and aligned.

The bottom line: it’s important for organizations’ leaders to understand where each generation is coming from to best engage, support and get the most from their employees in novel ways during this critical time.

Click here to request a media interview or download the report and infographic.

About The Center for Generational Kinetics

The Center for Generational Kinetics (CGK) is the leading generational research, keynote speaking, and strategic advisory firm focused on Gen Z, Millennials, and solving cross-generational challenges. CGK’s team helps leaders around the world solve challenges such as recruiting, retaining, and training Gen Z employees, and how to sell and market to each generation of customers.

About The 2020 Study on Leading Multiple Generations Remotely

This custom study was designed by CGK, administered to 1,000 U.S. respondents ages 18-90 and weighted to the current U.S. Census data for age, region, gender, and ethnicity.

Media Contact:
Alexandra Neville
(512) 259-6877
244855@email4pr.com

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