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A different lens on today鈥檚 problems
Mark Sappenfield
Former Monitor Editor Marshall Ingwerson had a radical idea. Inside the newsroom and out, he would often ask: What works? The idea is that looking at successful solutions circumvents so much needless politics and rhetoric. He鈥檚 since gone on to found聽.听
Today, Troy Aidan Sambajon does Marshall聽proud. Education is full of challenges. But Troy finds that new efforts to make community colleges affordable, even free, are making a difference. It鈥檚 a reminder of Marshall鈥檚 main point: There is a different way to look at today鈥檚 problems.听
