XQ Institute is an Oakland, California -based nonprofit organization . It describes itself as the nation’s leading organization dedicated to rethinking high school, because "our young people are growing up at a time when the economy, the workforce, and the environment are changing rapidly. And high schools must respond."
26-519: The institute began with XQ: The Super School Project , to identify new ideas to reform schools and improve student performance. The organization was founded in September 2015 by Laurene Powell Jobs and Russlynn Ali. XQ Institute's Board includes Marc Ecko , Yo-Yo Ma , Geoffrey Canada , Jimmy Iovine , and Michael Klein. XQ Institute was founded in September 2015 by Laurene Powell Jobs and Russlynn Ali, former assistant secretary of civil rights at
52-577: A man's surname at birth that has subsequently been replaced or changed. The diacritic mark (the acute accent ) over the e is considered significant to its spelling, and ultimately its meaning, but is sometimes omitted. According to Oxford University 's Dictionary of Modern English Usage , the terms are typically placed after the current surname (e.g., " Margaret Thatcher , née Roberts" or " Bill Clinton , né Blythe"). Since they are terms adopted into English (from French), they do not have to be italicized , but they often are. In Polish tradition ,
78-587: A "View from the Top" lecture at Stanford Business School . Laurene Powell was a new MBA student and started up a conversation with Jobs, who was seated next to her. They subsequently had dinner together that night. A year and a half later, on March 18, 1991, they married in a traditional buddhist wedding ceremony at the Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite National Park . Presiding over the wedding
104-601: A $ 50 million project to create high schools with new approaches to education. Called XQ: The Super School Project , the initiative aims to inspire teams of educators, students, and community leaders to create and implement new plans for high schools. Efforts include altering school schedules, curriculums and technologies in order to replace the country's century-old high school education model. Funding for XQ comes from Powell Jobs' Emerson Collective. Following an initial $ 50 million financial contribution, XQ announced an additional contribution, awarding ten schools $ 10 million each, for
130-762: A father. As of 2023, she is an investor in California Forever , a company building a planned sustainable city in Solano County, California . In 1997, Powell Jobs and Carlos Watson co-founded College Track, a nonprofit organization in East Palo Alto to improve high school graduation, college enrollment, and college graduation rates for "underserved" students. Of College Track's high school graduates, many of whom are first-generation college students, about 90 percent attend four-year colleges, and 70 percent finish college in six years, whereas
156-628: A fixed-income trading strategist. On October 5, 2011, at the age of 56, Steve Jobs , the CEO of Apple, died due to complications from a relapse of islet cell neuroendocrine pancreatic cancer . Powell Jobs inherited the Steven P. Jobs Trust, which as of May 2013 had a 7.3% stake in The Walt Disney Company worth about $ 12.1 billion, and 38.5 million shares of Apple Inc. As of July 2020 , Powell Jobs and her family were ranked 59th in
182-415: A previous relationship. Birth name#Maiden and married names A birth name is the name given to a person upon birth. The term may be applied to the surname , the given name , or the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a birth certificate or birth register may by that fact alone become the person's legal name . The assumption in
208-468: A stake in Axios . In 2013, Powell Jobs was an early investor in, and board member of, Ozy . In addition, Ozy credited her as a "contributor." In the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Powell Jobs donated $ 2 million to Hillary Clinton and raised a further $ 4 million for her. In 2017, Powell Jobs purchased a 20 percent stake in the ownership group Monumental Sports & Entertainment , which holds
234-481: A total financial contribution of $ 100 million. The schools were chosen from approximately 700 submissions nationwide. Powell Jobs's team of advisors is led by Russlynn H. Ali. Powell Jobs is a founding member of the Climate Leadership Council . As of 2018, Powell Jobs sits on the board of directors of College Track, Conservation International, and Stanford University. She is chair of
260-541: A virtual graduation for 2020 high school graduates, hosted by NBA star LeBron James , and featuring video appearances from celebrities including Barack Obama , Jonas Brothers and Pharrell Williams . XQ Institute's XQ:The Super School Project hosted a contest for new education ideas, and selected winners for funding awards. Representatives from schools were selected to become part of XQ's “community of practice,” designed for schools to exchange successful ideas with education researchers. As of 2018, almost 700 schools across
286-606: Is headquartered in Oakland, California. It is funded by the Emerson Collective, and its CEO is Russlynn Ali. Laurene Powell Jobs Laurene Powell Jobs ( née Powell ; born November 6, 1963) is an American billionaire businesswoman executive and philanthropist. She is the widow of Steve Jobs , who was the co-founder and former CEO of Apple Inc. , and she manages the Steve Jobs Trust. She
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#1732791537871312-416: Is the feminine past participle of naître , which means "to be born". Né is the masculine form. The term née , having feminine grammatical gender , can be used to denote a woman's surname at birth that has been replaced or changed. In most English-speaking cultures, it is specifically applied to a woman's maiden name after her surname has changed due to marriage. The term né can be used to denote
338-673: Is the founder and chair of Emerson Collective and XQ Institute . She is a major donor to Democratic Party politicians. Powell Jobs was raised in West Milford, New Jersey . She earned a B.A. in political science from the University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences and a B.S. degree in economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1985. She received her MBA degree from
364-798: The Forbes ' annual list of the world's billionaires and 30th in the Forbes 400. According to the same list, she is the wealthiest woman in the technology industry. In 1997, Powell Jobs co-founded College Track together with Carlos Watson . In 2004, Powell Jobs founded the Emerson Collective , a private company structured as a Limited Liability Company that supports social entrepreneurs and organizations working in education and immigration reform, social justice, media, and journalism and conservation through partnerships, grants, and investments. Through Emerson, Powell Jobs owns The Atlantic and
390-512: The Stanford Graduate School of Business in 1991. Powell Jobs co-founded Terravera, a natural foods company that sold to retailers throughout Northern California . She also served on the board of directors of Achieva, which created online tools to help students prepare for standardized testing . Before business school, Powell Jobs worked for Merrill Lynch Asset Management and spent three years at Goldman Sachs as
416-512: The Western world is often that the name from birth (or perhaps from baptism or brit milah ) will persist to adulthood in the normal course of affairs—either throughout life or until marriage. Some reasons for changes of a person's name include middle names , diminutive forms, changes relating to parental status (due to one's parents' divorce or adoption by different parents), and gender transition . The French and English-adopted née
442-508: The NBA's Washington Wizards , NHL's Washington Capitals , and Capital One Arena . She was the second-largest shareholder behind chairman Ted Leonsis . Also in 2017, she backed the founding of the political organization ACRONYM , which raised ethical questions for Powell Jobs for its creation of Courier Newsroom . In 2018, she stated that the book Small Fry by her stepdaughter Lisa Brennan contains false information about Steve Jobs as
468-435: The U.S. Department of Education. The institute was funded by Emerson Collective , an advocacy organization created by Jobs to fund philanthropic projects. XQ Institute was founded with the goal of changing the high school model, seen as being obsolete. The launch coincided with the announcement of a $ 50 million competition to redesign American public high schools, with funds to be awarded to build five new schools. In May 2016,
494-584: The United States had applied for XQ grants. The institute also hosted the XQ Yearbook, a digital yearbook for high school students, teachers and others to share their ideas and experiences, with submissions tied to XQ's funding for mental health. The organization hosted other challenges over the years including a national contest along with civic engagement group For Freedoms for students to design visual art illustrating their vision for high school for
520-491: The board of directors of XQ and also sits on the chairman's advisory board of the Council on Foreign Relations . In 2023, she was ranked as the 25th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes . Powell Jobs's philanthropy has been described as of limited "transparency and accountability." In 2019, Powell Jobs was designated the "Least Transparent Mega-Giver" by Inside Philanthropy . In October 1989, Steve Jobs gave
546-751: The city. The NY Times reported at the time that XQ: The Super School Project had given out more than $ 100 million in grants to help teams of students and educators implement ideas for new high schools. In March 2020, Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo and state Education Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green announced at the State House that two schools, Trinity Academy for the Performing Arts and Ponaganset High School , were each getting $ 500,000 grants from XQ to find ways to improve modern high schools. In May, XQ partnered with Los Angeles-based Entertainment Industry Foundation to host "Graduate Together",
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#1732791537871572-620: The national average for first-generation college students is 24 percent. College Track has facilities in East Palo Alto , Sacramento , San Francisco , Oakland , Watts , Boyle Heights , New Orleans , Aurora, Colorado , Denver , and the Washington, D.C. , area. "We have a wait list of five cities where we'd like to open up centers," Powell Jobs has said. "We want to keep our standards high, though, and are reluctant to grow through franchising or through dissemination of our curriculum and training." In September 2015, Powell Jobs launched
598-575: The next generation. In 2024 a film called "The First Class" was released about the XQ school Crosstown High. The documentary was directed by Lee Hirsch ( "Bully" ) and follows the founding class of students and teachers at Crosstown High. The public charter school was created by parents, teachers, students and other community members in Memphis , Tennessee to offer project-based learning so students are more engaged and see how what they're learning connects to
624-803: The program launched a traveling yellow school bus with an interactive display that allowed students to share suggestions for improving high schools. In September, ten schools were selected to receive $ 10 million each, out of 700 applicants. In September 2017, XQ Institute launched EIF Presents: XQ Super School Live, a one-hour telecast on ABC , CBS , NBC , and Fox . The show featured Ringo Starr , Tom Hanks , Common , Samuel L. Jackson , Justin Timberlake , and Jennifer Hudson . In October 2019, XQ Institute partnered with New York City charitable organization Robin Hood Foundation to donate $ 16 million to help open new and restructured public schools in
650-418: The real world. Crosstown is also diverse by design, to heal a city scarred by racial segregation, and takes students from all over Memphis. The film is available for free and includes many resources for teachers, parents, students, and other community members to meet XQ's goal: rethinking the high school experience everywhere so all students are prepared for college, career, and whatever comes next. XQ Institute
676-547: Was Kōbun Chino Otogawa , a Zen Buddhist monk . Powell Jobs resides in Palo Alto, California . In 2024, she purchased the most expensive residential property in San Francisco worth $ 70 million. She and Steve Jobs had three children together: son Reed (born September 1991) and daughters Erin (born 1995) and Eve (born 1998). Laurene is also the stepmother of Lisa Brennan-Jobs (born 1978), Steve's daughter from
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