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http://www.businessinsider.com/failing-bus-systems-segregation-in-schools-2017-7

Yellow school buses are under crisis — and experts fear it could lead schools to segregate Across the US, public school districts are struggling to keep their bus systems running smoothly. The rise of private transportation may only make things...

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/french-entrepreneur-changes-childrens-lives-%E2%80%94-one-cheap-book-at-a-time/ar-BBD6rIr

French entrepreneur changes children's lives — one cheap book at a time It’s Sunday on a long spring weekend in Paris, and the mini Parisians of the 18th arrondissement are all jostling for a spot in the Jacqueline de Romilly library.

The garbage collector takes discarded books from wealthy neighborhoods and adds them to a makeshift library in his home. The collection of over 20,000 books is open to the kids in the low-income neighborhood where he lives on the weekends.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/garbage-collector-rescues-books-from-the-trash-for-low-income-kids_us_58b71ad4e4b023018c6c6405

Garbage Collector Rescues Books From The Trash For Low-Income Kids Proving that one person's trash can certainly be a child's treasure.

A good article from Ritu Banga, co-founder of , a college to career initiative.
https://medium.com//skills-volatility-the-unfortunate-reality-of-our-times-7c63a8ffd1dd #.s09hcbh9v

Skills Volatility — the Unfortunate Reality of our Times How do we, as the most advanced economy in the world, support workers whose skills are no longer valued or have been rendered irrelevant?

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