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Mauri Trent and Joshua Clark, Accelerate Tech Learning

Accelerate Tech Learning targets the (urban) core of KC’s programmer shortage

By Tommy Felts / June 27, 2018

Training would-be programmers from Kansas City’s urban core isn’t about getting rich, said Joshua Clark, co-founder of Accelerate Tech Learning. But unfortunately that means it can be tricky to get underestimated students the costly education to become a certified developer in the world of information technology, added Mauri Trent, Accelerate Tech’s executive vice president of…

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The Lean Lab

New batch of techies, educators to revamp learning with Lean Lab

By Tommy Felts / June 16, 2016

After recently announcing it would award $100,000 for education startups, the Lean Lab on Thursday unveiled the five entrepreneur teams that represent its third cohort. The non-profit for the first time opened its fellowship program to accept international teams, reaping it more than 50 applications — some from as far as Iran and Bulgaria, said…

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