Giving Compass' Take:

· EdSurge talks about a program organized by PilotCity that is connecting high school students with local employers for work-based projects and internships during the summer.

· How do workforce partnerships boost civic engagement? How do they affect the community and workforce development? 

· Here's how an online platform is connecting with students to help build their tech skills.

A red staircase next to a Home Depot in an ordinary strip mall leads to an equally nondescript door. Behind it is a surprisingly airy, light-filled atrium. The tall ceilings, roof-top windows, exposed steel beams and air ducts hint at its industrial past.

Built in the 1950s, the space, now called Gate 510, first served as a Plymouth automobile plant. A couple decades later, tractors were assembled here for Caterpillar, the construction machinery company. It was subsequently used as a storage warehouse.

The lower floor has since been converted into a retail shopping center. The top now consists of offices for entrepreneurs who brew coffee and beer, design batteries and drones, and sculpt art for Burning Man—among a motley collection of other activities.

This summer, the space is also hosting more than 40 high school students from across the San Francisco Bay Area. They are part of a summer program organized by PilotCity, a San Leandro-based startup that connects local high school students with regional employers for work-based projects and internships.

Read the full article about workforce partnerships by Tony Wan at EdSurge.