September 6, 2010
Midwest Group Serves as Magnet for Innovation
Programs supported by the Mind Trust have included a summer curriculum for kids and established efforts such as Teach for America.
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Programs supported by the Mind Trust have included a summer curriculum for kids and established efforts such as Teach for America.
Many of the innovators in the nonprofit world start in, or flock to, coastal cities like Boston, New York, Washington, and Seattle. Midsize Midwestern cities often struggle to attract nonprofit entrepreneurs, even years after their charities have hit it big. Ohio, for example, has yet to attract a single Teach for America chapter, despite years of trying by cities like Cincinnati and Cleveland.
David Harris, who led an award-winning effort to build a network of charter schools in
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