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"In the Johns Hopkins Ignite Reading study, which focused on 13 Mass. school districts, 85% of students who mastered foundational reading skills 'during the crucial first grade window' were still keeping up at the end of second grade, Neitzel wrote." bit.ly/4bpLNWW

I mostly post work updates here but my dog is missing and I am really going through it right now. Would love any thoughts and prayers you can send our way. We want our baby to come home. I’d give up my PlayStation and everything just to be with her again.

It's nearly that most magical time of the year: New York Climate Week! Navigating NYCW can be overwhelming... 🙃 so @climatetech_vc & @planeteercap made a public events tracker to help Submit events today and keep 👀 tomorrow for the big schedule reveal! forms.gle/TxeGGyNZMLVuMk…

A business that started before the Civil War turns 160! CONNECTIONS: Baldwin's in West Stockbridge marches on - The Berkshire Edge theberkshireedge.com/connections-ba…

NEWS: Excited to announce I’m working on an advanced AI hardware project to prevent school shootings 🇺🇸 I’m personally funding $10M. The company is Cover & the mission is to prevent school shootings. Earlier this year, Cover licensed intellectual property from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory related to high frequency terahertz imaging. Cover is designing concealed weapon detection imaging scanners, similar to airport scanners, but 10x higher frequencies and up to 4 meter stand-off distances. It’s as safe for human bodies as home Wi-Fi. The scanners will be placed next to school entrances and detect concealed weapons inside of backpacks, pockets, and waistbands. I’m doing this b/c there is a crisis in our schools: over the last decade there has been a 10x rise in K-12 school shootings in the U.S. Last year 249 people were killed or wounded by a gun shot at K-12 schools. Cover will have a hardcore AI focus for autonomous object detection - to scale to the 130,000 K-12 schools in the U.S., we need to detect concealed weapons with no human in the loop and at low false positives. It is important to note: this technology can be used in many areas outside of schools such as airports, stadiums, concerts, churches, and other public venues. In the limit, imaging systems such as this will be ubiquitous in public venues. Our roadmap will be extremely challenging as nothing of this sort has ever been commercialized. There will be years of hard work to come. We are moving fast as every week kids are dying. This is just getting started and I will share more updates soon. Follow our updates: @cover_thz

Thank you, @AlexBrownRadio and @IIB for covering @sorteratech insideindianabusiness.com/articles/sorte…

What the @sorteratech team has accomplished in less than 3 years is nothing short of spectacular. $30.5M in new funding will help to further power a circular economy future for metals, starting with aluminum! We are very proud to work with them! ♻️ axios.com/pro/climate-de…

.@refiberd is a company to watch! They are tackling the mountains of textile & clothing waste hitting our landfills with impressive AI. We helped them launch some pretty exciting need this week. Tim DeChant at @TechCrunch had the scoop. Check it out! techcrunch.com/2023/08/29/ref…

🚀Exciting News: Our Journey Continues with Series C Funding!🎉 Sortera Technologies is thrilled to announce the close of $30.5M in new funding to fully commercialize our industry-leading sorting and processing facilities. prnewswire.com/news-releases/…

Exciting news! 📢 @AzollaVentures and @PRIMEcoalition are thrilled to debut an oversubscribed $239 million fund to support overlooked climate solutions! 🌎 Read the full press release here: ow.ly/JCWp50PamPZ #climate #climatesolutions #venturecapital

From our team: Thank you for helping us mark our Series A milestone! Creating a scalable, long-term solution to the #sargassum bloom in the Caribbean has always been a 'BFD' for us - and we're glad business media agrees. Here are some nice mentions from the last 24 hours:

Sargassum is the most versatile seaweed you haven’t heard of until recently. As vast blooms inundate the Caribbean and Atlantic, a whole ecosystem of companies is rising up o the challenge of putting it to use. Don’t miss this!

See you soon Nashville! #isri2023

Our #SeaBalance team has had an amazing 1st day at #incosglobal23, winning Bronze for Best Green Ingredient. There is beauty in seaweed.✨ See it for yourself. Meet us today at In-cosmetics Barcelona 2023, booth AN60! #beauty #cosmetics #future #cleanbeauty #incosmetics2023

#ICYMI - Sortera opened an R&D facility in Austin, TX!

Thank you, @Harriblogs at @TechCrunch for the informative story on @carbon_wave and how they are turning the #Sargassum problem in the #Caribbean into high-value products. #biomaterials #circularity

Our Austin @carbon_wave team member will be at #SXSW and looking to connect w/ others working on nature-based solutions, biomaterials, ocean regeneration and, of course, seaweed! Want to know how Sargassum seaweed can drive carbon-free agriculture, beauty, and fashion? Say hello!

I remember when I met you on a press tour in NYC, with your wonderful Mom. Congratulations on your continued success and thank you for all you are doing for our oceans.

@KimChipman1 Bakers dozen by the looks of it.

I really should’ve bought that Kringle … #IcyIowa

So excited to finally publicly unveil our strategy, investors, and portfolio. Here's the founding story of @BuoyantVentures as told by @myersalli @GleasonGoes @LauraMDyer @AmyFrancetic Setting Sail with Buoyant Ventures by Buoyant Ventures link.medium.com/z5bbWBu55wb