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07/15/26
Ensuring Strong Starts: Next Prep’s First Cohort Graduates With Clearer Plans and Real Pathways
Ensuring Strong Starts: Next Prep’s First Cohort Graduates With Clearer Plans and Real Pathways
About Next Prep Next Prep is an initiative of The Opportunity Trust that connects high school students to career-connected learning, employer partnerships, industry-recognized credentials, and direct pathways into high-demand careers including skilled trades, advanced manufacturing, and healthcare. Supported by a new $8 million Bloomberg Philanthropies investment, Next Prep is expanding Registered Apprenticeship opportunities for students in St. Louis beginning in the 2026-27 school year.
Read Expanding Family Access: How SchoolAppSTL Is Building the Infrastructure for a More Connected Education System
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07/15/26
Expanding Family Access: How SchoolAppSTL Is Building the Infrastructure for a More Connected Education System
Expanding Family Access: How SchoolAppSTL Is Building the Infrastructure for a More Connected Education System
Read Forging New Pathways: Bloomberg Philanthropies Backs Next Prep’s Career Pathways Model
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07/15/26
Forging New Pathways: Bloomberg Philanthropies Backs Next Prep’s Career Pathways Model
Forging New Pathways: Bloomberg Philanthropies Backs Next Prep’s Career Pathways Model
Supporting Bold Leadership: A Conversation with Brooks Miller
Read Bloomberg Philanthropies Announces First-Of-Its-Kind National Skilled Trades Initiative to Accelerate High School Students into High-Wage, In-Demand Trade Careers
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06/12/26
Bloomberg Philanthropies Announces First-Of-Its-Kind National Skilled Trades Initiative to Accelerate High School Students into High-Wage, In-Demand Trade Careers
Bloomberg Philanthropies Announces First-Of-Its-Kind National Skilled Trades Initiative to Accelerate High School Students into High-Wage, In-Demand Trade Careers
Read The Opportunity Trust Joins Bloomberg Philanthropies’ $90 Million National Initiative to Accelerate High School Students into High-Wage, In-Demand Trade Careers
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06/12/26
The Opportunity Trust Joins Bloomberg Philanthropies’ $90 Million National Initiative to Accelerate High School Students into High-Wage, In-Demand Trade Careers
The Opportunity Trust Joins Bloomberg Philanthropies’ $90 Million National Initiative to Accelerate High School Students into High-Wage, In-Demand Trade Careers
Read St. Louis needs an education compact — with accountability to children at its core | Opinion
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10/27/26
St. Louis needs an education compact — with accountability to children at its core | Opinion
Read The Opportunity Trust Welcomes Three Education Leaders to the Innovative Schools Fellowship
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08/21/26
The Opportunity Trust Welcomes Three Education Leaders to the Innovative Schools Fellowship
Read Ensuring Strong Starts: Next Prep’s First Cohort Graduates With Clearer Plans and Real Pathways
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07/15/26
Ensuring Strong Starts: Next Prep’s First Cohort Graduates With Clearer Plans and Real Pathways
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