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  • Kids in the Classroom Can Help Single Moms Rise from Poverty

    October 25, 2018 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Oregon

    One quarter of undergraduates attending American higher education institutions are parents; however, the number of campuses with childcare facilities has continued to decrease. Individual professors are incorporating new policies into their syllabi that allow kids to sit in on class when other arrangements fall through and mothers to leave class to breastfeed. "Letting kids in class is a welcoming gesture that can set the stage for or accompany the more systemic and substantive supports that student parents need for success," says the Institute of Women's Policy Research's executive director.

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  • Going the Extra Mile to Connect Local Businesses to Major Construction Projects

    October 22, 2018 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    The Contractor Assistance Center in San Francisco “provides local contractors with the resources to compete with larger companies for project bids.” Many construction projects have certain standards to meet: a certain number of local workers, minority owned-businesses, and more. The Contractor Assistance Center helps businesses register properly, whether as locally-owned or owned by a disadvantaged group. They also provide other services, all hoping local businesses can compete on a bigger scale.

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

    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 Malmö turned around some of its worst schools

    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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  • How a Booming City Can Be More Equitable

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

    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

    October 11, 2018 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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

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

    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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  • How automakers are helping older workers return to the job

    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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