Daily Lumina News 031820

Aaron Feuer is the co-founder and CEO of Panorama Education, a Boston-based education and technology company whose college- and career-readiness tools, school climate surveys, and social-emotional learning assessments are currently used each year to support the success of more than 10 million students in 11,500 schools.
Joining a passion for education and computer programming, Feuer launched Panorama while working on his undergraduate degree at Yale University. In this interview, Feuer discusses how Panorama is using student data to improve outcomes beyond high school graduation.

Transitioning from the military to a civilian career can be challenging. Often, it's not about talent but translation. For veterans, being able to explain the skills and experience he or she has into civilian terms is vital. For hiring managers, understanding how those skills and their experience can benefit all companies is even more critical.
The Apollo Veterans Talent Network aims to help by making the connection between a veteran and a potential employer seamless.

As campus closures strain low-income students, undergraduates at more than a dozen universities have started large "mutual aid" networks and fundraisers to defray costs.
That's the case at the University of Pittsburgh. A few students created a Google form people could fill out if they needed housing, transportation, or storage space. The student organizers then individually match those in need with people who have volunteered to help.

In Chicago, thousands of students are earning high school diplomas but showing up at the city’s two-year colleges unprepared for the next step in their academic journeys.
Kate McGee of WBEZ examines efforts to buck that trend, including an innovative program developed not by outside experts but the faculty of the City Colleges of Chicago system. McGee discusses the project in this podcast.