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Building for the Future, in California's Famously Failed City

James Fallows

June 14, 2015 |

The Atlantic |

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Response Location: United States, San Bernardino, California

In a city with a long-struggling school system, a nonprofit trade program is helping unemployed adults find work in the high-tech manufacturing field. Technical Employment Training in San Bernardino ensures participants gain nationally recognized credentials, get on-the-job-training, and have placement options with local employers.

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The Cuban Literacy Campaign

Larry Platt

June 02, 2015 |

The Philadelphia Citizen |

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Response Location: Cuba, La Habana, Artemisa

More than fifty years ago, Cuba eradicated widespread illiteracy in one calendar year, and its literacy rate still leads the world. They achieved it by sending "brigades" of teachers and students to teach adults and children for two weeks.

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Behind Prison Walls, This Program Demonstrates That It's Never Too Late to Learn

Spencer Parts

April 30, 2015 |

NationSwell |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Princeton, New Jersey

The Petey Greene program, which has students tutor prison inmates, is helping to create positive impact and change in the lives of both the university student tutors and the inmates they mentor. It provides prisoners with better opportunities once they are released, and the tutors with a renewed appreciation of the power of education.

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Community-college students learn math by using it

Katherine Long

April 06, 2015 |

The Seattle Times |

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Response Location: United States, Washington

Many students who are funneled into remedial courses don't end up completing their community college degrees. For the past decade, I-BEST has offered students a hands-on approach, connecting academic work with direct job skills training to make classroom content less theoretical. Called "the most-copied idea to come out of Washington’s community-college system," I-BEST has increased students' likelihood of learning a credential by nine times.

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Jail program, a first in NC, includes classes behind bars

Greg Barnes

August 31, 2014 |

Fayetteville Observer |

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Response Location: United States, Concord, North Carolina

Cabarrus County’s Project Re-entry gives those experiencing incarceration a chance at an education and self-reflection. The program has shown such success that it is being expanded to other detention centers in the county. Those who take part are able to take classes – all taught by volunteers – like literacy and religious studies, or choose to enroll in programs like Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous.

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Seeding Dreams with Self-Esteem: Building New Opportunities for Women in Rural Appalachia

Kimber Ray

August 10, 2014 |

Appalachian Voices |

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Response Location: United States, Berea, Kentucky

A girls camp in West Virginia and a residential program in Kentucky help Appalachian women build self esteem and enable them to turn their life around through mentoring, stem classes, and job counseling.

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From Class to Career

Kavitha Cardoza

August 01, 2014 |

American University Radio (WAMU) |

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Response Location: United States, Auburn, Washington

Only $2 billion a year is spent on adult education in the U.S. A Washington State program is making the best of that minimal funding by combining skills training with basic education, preparing adults for jobs. The secret sauce? Team teaching, which allows for personal attention.

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'From stilettos to steel toes:' Can job training fix prison overcrowding and save Alabama money?

Kelsey Stein

June 24, 2014 |

AL.com (Alabama Media Group) |

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Response Location: United States, Deatsville, Alabama

To decrease the chance of formerly incarcerated individuals relapsing and ending up back in the prison system, the J.F. Ingram State Technical College in Alabama offers correctional education and vocational programs. This training has aided those incarcerated with life skills for after their release, decreasing the likelihood that they will relapse and increasing the likelihood that they will better adjust to their community.

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Dropouts flooding Kent's second-change iGrad school

Claudia Rowe

January 12, 2014 |

The Seattle Times |

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Response Location: United States, Kent, Washington

Cities save money and help kids by connecting them with diploma programs. In Washington, iGrad is helping students do just this – and seeing results.

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How To Turn Adult Education Into Careers, Quickly

Kavitha Cardoza

November 02, 2013 |

NPR |

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5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Shoreline, Washington

When adults want to return to school, they face many challenges including the experience of long waitlists for classes, and poor relevance to the job skills they need for future employment. The Washington state community college system has started a program known as Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training (I-BEST) that instead teaches in two parts: academic content and basic soft skills.

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