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  • What if we hired for skills, not degrees?

    May 04, 2019 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States

    A growing number of companies are eliminating the phrase "bachelor's degree required" from their job postings. The Hechinger Report explores how companies such as Houghton Mifflin have shifted their hiring practices in recent years to emphasize applicants' skills rather than degrees with help from organizations like Resilient Coders, which offer software engineering and web development bootcamps for people of color.

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  • Trading Pencils for Hammers: These Kids Are Learning Math and Getting Jobs Right Out of High School Audio icon

    May 02, 2019 |

    NationSwell |

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    Response Location: United States, Pflugerville, Texas

    Hands-on experience can improve learning outcomes. By using the Geometry in Construction curriculum, developed by Contextual Learning Concepts, schools across the US are not only teaching kids geometry, they are also helping them gain valuable vocational skills. Several of the schools have even paired the program with service work by partnering with Habitat for Humanity.

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  • St. Vrain, with a decade of momentum, is on a “high-tech high” that's gaining national attention for its students and teachers

    April 30, 2019 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    At St. Vrain, a public school in Boulder County, Colorado's district, students work on projects for IBM and about 100 other industry partners, sometimes earning money and college credits in the process. Educators from across the country are flocking to the school to understand how its STEM curriculum and innovative partnerships are increasing the Latino graduation rate and dramatically decreasing the number of suspensions districtwide.

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  • Coming home: How offender re-entry programs increase job placement and decrease recidivism

    April 25, 2019 |

    WGME-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, Windham, Maine

    Maine's only offender re-entry program for women in Windham is on its way to replicate the success of similar programs in Texas and Nevada. Federal justice research has shown that offenders that go through re-entry programs are less likely to reoffend and more likely to hold down a steady job. The Windham program works towards this through their education program that incorporates students from local colleges as well as utilizing a collection of best practices developed by similar programs.

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  • How to Inspire Girls to Become Carpenters and Electricians

    April 22, 2019 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    A Portland program for girls aged 8-14 aims to inspire interest in trade fields such as construction, plumbing, and electricity with a week-long spring break camp. The camp was founded by an organization called Girls Build in 2016 and has since proven to be a success with over 400 participants and half of those being returnees. Girls Build seeks to rebalance the gender inequity in trade professions as well as source skillsets for an industry that is currently lacking supply of.

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  • Fleeing Honduras and what's being done for those left behind

    March 30, 2019 |

    PBS NewsHour |

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    Response Location: Honduras, Rivera Hernandez

    Residents of Rivera Hernandez, Honduras are trying to improve their community in a district that’s under gang control. One such effort is a vocational school to train children and adults in electricity and solar energy. The city – subject to extreme poverty – has also received aid from the United States to fund community policing and day camps for a small number of children, although some of that money has bolstered corruption in the region.

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  • Mastering mobility through education and collaboration

    March 26, 2019 |

    Model D |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    There is a lack of new and local talent in the mobility industry, so the Michigan Mobility Institute started the Detroit Mobility Lab to issue master's degrees in mobility after a 9-12 month program. The Lab partners with local universities and industry professionals to equip new workers with the interdisciplinary skills needed for the rapidly-evolving industry. This is one of several ways that the city of Detroit is working to provide curricula and resources to address the lack of available workers.

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  • An opportunity to advance: Businesses seek labor solution via apprentice programs

    March 07, 2019 |

    Twin Falls Times-News |

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    Response Location: United States, Burley, Idaho

    Facing labor shortages, Idaho is seeing a new wave of apprenticeship programs for high school students. Through the Student to Registered Apprentice Program, participants complete a class and on-the-job training while still in high school.

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  • Building a Career, One Academic Step at a Time

    February 22, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    More students are moving away from the traditional undergraduate experience towards a step-by-step accumulation of traditional degree-based and nontraditional credentials. Casandra Horii of Caltech calls these "stackable credits" - "a more bite-sized piece of education that stands on its own and has value in the workplace.” Experts say this method will require a new degree of coordination between higher education institutions, credential providers, and employers.

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  • Thailand's Bamboo School

    February 07, 2019 |

    Under-Told Stories Project |

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    Response Location: Thailand

    A unique boarding school in Thailand has inspired close to 200 more of its kind. At Mechai Bamboo School, students benefit from a combination of traditional classroom instruction and hands-on activities, including starting their own small businesses. Targeted at some of the most disadvantaged students in Buriram Province, the lessons in economic development encourage students to give back to their home communities instead of migrating.

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