By Olivia Sanchez for The Hechinger Report.Broadcast version by Nadia Ramlagan for Ohio News Connection reporting for The Hechinger Report-Public News Service Collaboration Sometimes the only choice is to evolve. That was the case for Lorain County Community College in northeastern Ohio, in the heart of the rust belt, when the surrounding manufacturing industry began to crumble in the 1990’s. The college had been founded in part to train workers for automotive and steel manufacturing jobs, and suddenly leaders had to pivot in order to stay relevant and try to keep people in jobs. They shifted their focus to entrepreneurship. .
22% of New Hampshire public-school students attend classes in buildings that have not been updated in the past 35 years, according to a new report. A decade-long moratorium on state aid for school buildings was lifted last year exposing an unprecedented backlog of requests. Carly Prescott, policy analyst with the New Hampshire School Funding Fairness Project, said without adequate state funding, towns are forced to consider raising local property taxes, which many low-income communities simply cannot afford. .
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