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NFTE Announces 2012 World Series of Innovation Finalists: Whitney Young Magnet High School Team
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The competition was fierce and now after a month of anticipation the finalists in the 2012 World Series of Innovation (WSI) have been announced and voting is underway! More than 700 student teams from across the country sent in their 60-second videos detailing their creative solutions to a variety of business challenges. We are proud to announce that a student team from Whitney Young Magnet High School made it to the Finals!
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Click Here to help Furie win a $2,000 venture grant for the team, a $500 prize for their school, as well as many additional prizes from the sponsors. Vote every day through Friday, November 16th to support these innovative NFTE Chicago students!
Congratulations and good luck to Furie!
About The Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE)
The Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship was founded in 1987 with the mission of providing entrepreneurship education programs that teach and inspire high school students from low-income communities to start a business, stay in school and plan for successful futures. To date, NFTE has educated 500,000 economically disadvantaged young people across the United States and around the world. NFTE Chicago, founded in 2003, has educated over 15,000 students and is currently serving 31 schools and 80 NFTE classes throughout Chicago.
