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“Each time somebody fails out of school, a new jail cell gets built.”

Those are the words of young Brooklynite, Vidal Chastanet, describing on Humans of New York (HONY) how his teacher, Nadia Lopez, explains the importance of education for individual and social well-being.  While we generally focus on prison education initiatives on this blog, we would be remiss not to mention the continuation of a story that

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University of the People Is Accredited, Just Not As You Might Think

On February 14, 2014, the New York Times ran a story about a very promising initiative called the University of the People. This young online school, founded just four years ago, offers courses to disadvantaged and underserved groups, mostly for free (application costs run $0 to $50, and examination costs are $100). The University of

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