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This program wants to build a new tech workforce in West Virginia

Eillie Anzilotti

October 19, 2018 |

FastCompany |

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Response Location: United States, Huntington, West Virginia

Generation West Virginia, a nonprofit created “to support opportunities for young people to build up their own careers and the economy in the state overall,” has expanded its programming. Its newest initiative is a tech training school to create a larger tech pipeline in the state, connect young people to tech jobs, and incentivize those young people to stay. The initiative, called NewForce, will succeed based on the strength of its partnerships. Partners will help cover tuition costs and be ready to recruit graduates for jobs.

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How a Booming City Can Be More Equitable

Barry Yeoman

October 15, 2018 |

Bloomberg CityLab |

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Response Location: United States, Durham, North Carolina

Durham, North Carolina works to maintain diversity of communities and perspectives by evaluating the inequities built into their current housing laws and economic opportunities. In redevelopment planning, the city also incorporates artists and activists into planning to ensure the city doesn't lose diversity of culture in its renewal plans.

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How Malmö turned around some of its worst schools

Richard Orange

October 15, 2018 |

The Local |

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Response Location: Sweden, Malmö

Malmö's Örtagårdsskolan once ranked as one of Sweden's lowest-performing schools, shunned by parents from an affluent neighboring housing development. Management of Malmö's schools shifted to centralized municipal school organizations, more money was pumped into troubled schools, and class sizes shrank. While it remains a magnet for recent immigrants, one school's investment in quality teachers and other resources has improved its rankings and made it attractive once again to parents seeking the best education for their children.

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A new house for $286,000? With sweat equity and creative financing, a nonprofit developer aids veterans

Doug Smith

October 14, 2018 |

Los Angeles Times |

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Response Location: United States, Santa Clarita, California

After serving the military, plenty of families struggle to buy homes. In Southern California, that’s changing with help from non-profit Homes 4 Families, which acquires funding from the government, good development deals, and donations in order to build communities of homes that are affordable to veterans. The veterans put in 500 hours of labor and are rewarded with homes they can afford in a neighborhood of families with whom they share a common bond.

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A rural Montana district goes all in on makerspaces

Tara Garcia Mathewson

October 11, 2018 |

The Hechinger Report |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Havre, Montana

A coalition of philanthropic and professional development organizations are partnering with a rural Montana school district to provide donated hardware and software and professional development training. By developing "makerspaces," the initiative aims to ensure students and teachers learn tech literacy, a skillset many of their urban and suburban counterparts take for granted.

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To Help Immigrants Feel Safer Around Police, Some Churches Start Issuing IDs

Laurel Wamsley

October 11, 2018 |

NPR |

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Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

The Archdiocese of Baltimore is set to start issuing parishioner ID cards in a program modeled off a similar one in Texas. The ID cards include a name, address, and birth date and are meant for undocumented immigrants to feel safer around law enforcement.

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The Little College Where Tuition Is Free and Every Student Is Given a Job

Adam Harris

October 11, 2018 |

The Atlantic |

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Response Location: United States, Berea, Kentucky

Berea College is unique for a number of reasons - in the South, it was the first integrated, co-educational college. But perhaps Berea is best known for its tuition-free structure, made possible by endowment investment earnings and a universal work-study program. Without Berea's unique history, can other schools successfully adopt this model?

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Can a program designed for British diplomats fix Chicago's schools?

Steve Hendershot

October 09, 2018 |

Chalkbeat |

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Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

International Baccalaureate programs have traditionally been associated with elite boarding schools. But Chicago Public Schools, IB's biggest North American customer, is quickly changing that perception. IB’s founders “would never have imagined in their wildest dreams that the people that benefit most from it seem to be kids in urban schools,” said Paul Campbell, who heads up regional development in the Americas. Other urban districts are learning from Chicago's successes and efforts to build an effective elementary school pipeline to the diploma program.

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How automakers are helping older workers return to the job

Jamie L. LaReau

October 09, 2018 |

Detroit Free Press |

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Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

GM's new twelve-week paid program, called "Take 2," is helping people who've been away from the workforce for more than two years to re-acclimate and train for jobs at their company. The initiative helps people learn new skills and processes and provides intense mentorship, with the possibility of long term employment, and is helping to get more women and minorities in positions at GM while also helping GM recruit and retain talent.

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Every employee at this grilled cheese restaurant has a criminal record

Adele Peters

October 05, 2018 |

FastCompany |

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Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Emily Turner, an attorney-turned-activist, runs the restaurant All Square, which only employs people with a criminal record. After years working in the field of prisoner reentry for the government, she decided to create a solution that would directly help people: providing jobs. By paying a living wage, providing mental health support, and teaching business skills, the “fellows,” as they are called, are finding a sustainable way to bounce back.

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