- Only two clips today—both on the same subject. Both are fantastic. Both of them beg a question. Here is an inside look at how the highly-touted I Promise Village in Akron came about. Clear-eyed, detailed, interesting, and important. (Akron Beacon-Journal, 11/9/19)
- It is spelled out in the above piece that such a direct connection between safe and secure housing for families and education for their young children is unusual. But it’s not unique. The ABJ digs into similar examples from a school district in Maine and a charter school in California, both of which sound pretty good. And yes, you guessed it, the charter is a boarding school model. So now for the question: Why are folks in Mahoning County (and Hamilton County and elsewhere) so dead set against such a thing? (Akron Beacon Journal, 11/9/19)
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