Economy

Putting Inner City Students on a Path to High-Paying Jobs, For Real

How and why Citizen Schools' "apprenticeships" are working.
Sarah Goodyear

The regular school day may be over at the Global Technology Preparatory school in New York’s East Harlem, but the students are still hard at work.

In rooms all over the building, kids are learning how to make video games, create and market products, run for political office, and much more, all under the instruction of professionals who are volunteering their time to teach kids real-world skills.