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  • For People in Prison, Career Training Begins in a Virtual World

    October 09, 2023 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

    Transfr is a tech company that provides free virtual reality job training and education to help facilitate employment opportunities. Transfr specifically focuses on providing these opportunities for disadvantaged people in places like domestic violence shelters, mental health clinics, juvenile detention centers and state correctional institutions where access to skill-building and further education is often hard to access. So far Transfr has 30 partnerships across 18 states.

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  • Nigeria's higher institutions entrepreneurship syllabus fail to curb joblessness

    September 30, 2023 |

    Nigeria Grassroot News |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    Though Nigeria's entrepreneurship scheme was implemented with the goal of helping more graduates find employment or start their own businesses, students report that the courses put more emphasis on academic theories than practical skills and are often seen as nothing more than a requirement to tick off in order to graduate.

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  • The Initiative Enabling Nigerian Farmers To Grow And Earn More

    September 15, 2023 |

    HumAngle |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Kubau, Kaduna

    Babban Gona is an agriculture company that helps smallholder farmers in Nigeria produce bigger yields and increase their incomes. The company offers training, fertilizer, herbicides, and seeds in exchange for some of the farmer’s harvest. When the produce sells, the farmers get some of the profit and a bonus if it sells for more than expected.

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  • How San Francisco Is Graduating More Black Early Educators — and Why It Matters

    August 14, 2023 |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    San Francisco's Black Early Childhood Educator pilot program covers tuition and provides stipends for Black students, as well as support from a case manager and necessary supplies such as laptops. Since the program launched two years ago, 62 participants have received their associate teaching permits from the City College of San Francisco.

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  • This Organisation is Helping Women to Win Against Unemployment

    August 10, 2023 |

    The Solutions Paper |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Ilorin

    To combat unemployment, the Girls2Women Initiative runs 6- to 12-week training programs for girls and women in underserved communities in Nigeria. During this time they learn skills they can use to find a job or start their own business in industries like graphic design, decor, and tailoring.

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  • So you want year-round schooling, Philly? Here's how one charter school network does it.

    August 07, 2023 |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Belmont Charter School offers a year-round program that includes camp-style activities, work-study programs, job training, and classroom learning in small groups during the summer. Teachers still receive several weeks off before summer programming starts, and students say the summer options help them build real-world skills and explore topics that aren’t always covered during the regular school year.

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  • To fight teacher shortages, schools turn to grow your own programs

    August 07, 2023 |

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    Response Location: United States, Morgan City, Louisiana

    “Grow your own” programs, like Reach University’s, are working to address teacher shortages, particularly in rural areas, by recruiting school employees who don’t have college or education degrees and giving them a chance to earn an undergraduate degree in education at just $75 a month. Participants take courses online and take 15 hours out of their work week to spend time observing and training in classrooms. So far 84% of all parishes across the state have signed up to take Reach trainees, which could put a significant dent in the statewide teacher vacancy issue.

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  • This Bronx summer jobs program for undocumented youth also helps migrant families

    August 07, 2023 |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Beyond Rising provides internship opportunities to undocumented high school students who are often ineligible for public programs such as New York City’s Summer Youth Employment Program. Participants receive a $2,500 stipend for the five-week internship and also have access to mentorship, skills training, resume preparation, and field trips tailored to their interests.

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  • One solution to Minnesota's teacher shortage: alternative training

    July 28, 2023 |

    Sahan Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, Minnesota

    Teach Minnesota is a six-week alternative licensure program that provides hands-on classroom experience and intensive training in topics such as literacy and culturally-responsive education, allowing future teachers to earn their license more quickly and at a lower cost than in traditional degree programs. The New Teachers Project, which facilitates Teach Minnesota, has trained 37,000 teachers in 25 states and Washington, D.C.

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  • A Campus Community Is Empowering Students With Sustainable Blockchain Skills

    July 26, 2023 |

    The Solutions Paper |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Enugu State

    Blockchain UNN is a student organization and campus tech community that focuses on educating the next generation of blockchain leaders. Through both physical and online training and tutoring, the group teaches students valuable tech skills like web development, crypto trading and financial market analysis for free. Since forming in 2021, the organization has trained more than 3,000 students, helping them to secure good jobs in the tech sector.

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