2024

WorkingNation: Overheard: SXSW EDU 2024: Paid apprenticeships for high schoolers

NOLA.com/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate: This ‘ambassador’ is having an impact on New Orleans building trades with his youth program

SXSW EDU 2024: Making Afterschool Learning Count (audio)

2023

Constructor Magazine: Associated General Contractors (AGC) National Magazine Cover Story

Brick By Brick Podcast: Building a better future - Empowering Youth in Construction

K-12 Dive: 4 Ways Schools are Approaching Nontraditional Postsecondary Pathways

JFF Horizons 2023: New Models blend High School, Higher Ed, and Workforce Development (panel)

Real Clear Education: The Art of Education Transformation

ASU+GSV Summit 2023: Workforce Readiness in Middle and High School Kids (panel)

NCCER’s The Builder’s Table Podcast: Episode 27: Aaron Frumin

American Essence Magazine: Innovative Program Teaches High Schoolers How to Build A House - and a Career

WGNO: 17-Year-Old NOLA Student Builds Her Own House

Real Clear Education: Why Some Education Innovators Are Going Back To The Future

WWL: unCommon Construction Teaching Students Life Skills (audio)

NOLA.com/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate: unCommon Construction Teaches High Schoolers Building Skills and Life Lessons

Cato Institute: Friday Feature - unCommon Construction

2022

Forbes: Microschools, Apprenticeships and Edtech Companies Vie for $1 Million Yass Prize

Biz New Orleans: Palmisano Foundation Makes $750k “Commitment to NOLA Youth”

Business Forward Podcast: Career Pathways and the Catalyze Challenge

The 74: Meet the winners of the Catalyze Challenge, reimagining what education can be

Forbes: 25 organizations win career-connected learning awards

PR Newswire: Chatalyze Challenge awards over $5M to innovative and equitable solutions that bridge the gap between classroom and career

PR Newswire: unCommon Construction Launches New Chapter to Empower High School Students in Minneapolis with the help of Stand Together Foundation

United Way SELA: $500,000 awarded to New Orleans summer youth programs

Biz New Orleans Magazine: Building Houses, Framing Character

Skill Stadium Podcast: Teaching and paying high school students to build a house

Mike Rowe: “People You Should Know” interview with Founding Apprentice Hunter & Director Aaron

Builder Magazine: Wolverine Partners with unCommon Construction to Encourage High Schoolers to Consider Careers in the Skilled Trades

Biz New Orleans: New Orleans Nonprofit Partners with Michigan-based Boot Company

Footwear News: Wolverine lets teenagers design its latest workboot

PR Newswire: Wolverine Inspires High School Students to Explore Opportunities in the Skilled Trades

2021

City Business: ALTA Good Deeds Foundation awards $6k grant to unCommon Construction

Mighty Buildings Podcast with Aaron Frumin

USA Today Opinion, Sal Khan & Brian Hooks: The COVID pandemic has given us a roadmap to transform education for the better.

Dave Cooper Live: Using the BUILD process to EMPOWER youth

2020

Freethink: Turning a construction site into a classroom

Stand Together: Stand Together Foundation welcomes tenth cohort to Catalyst Program

ACTE: Impactful work-based learning in New Orleans

2019

Impact 100: unCommon Construction awarded $100,000

Afterschool Alliance: Putting afterschool to work: High-impact work-based learning in New Orleans

People Magazine: Construction Boss Gives Students Jobs for No Profit: ‘This Changed My Life’

Afterschool Alliance: This is Afterschool - Preparing young people for the jobs of tomorrow

The Lens: Who Will Build, Measure, and Maintain Our Future?

Builtcast: How unCommon Construction is providing opportunities through the trades

Building Forward: Showcasing What Construction Really Means

This Old House: Meet our Season 41 Apprentices

Preservation in Print: PRC Teams Up With unCommon Construction To Build Affordable House in Treme

Louisiana AGC: March 2019 Newsletter Member Spotlight (p. 23)

This Old House: Updates From The Young Tradespeople at unCommon Construction

2018

The Tulanian: Impression: Aaron Frumin

The Advocate: Developers Chosen to Build Affordable Single-Family Homes in Lower 9th Ward

This Old House: New Orleans High School Students Build Homes To Learn Skills for Work and Life

Wolverine: “Team Wolverine” to Champion America’s Skilled Trade Workers

Biz New Orleans Magazine: Building Homes and Futures

The Swarm Podcast by Cicada: unCommon Construction

WWNO: "Out To Lunch" - Crime and Education

WWLTV: A Day at the LOOP NOLA Ropes Course

Witry Collective - Community Connect

4WWLTV: Erin Mcquade Wright from the GNOF and participant Aaron Frumin with Uncommon Construction, talks about the success of Give NOLA Day

My New Orleans: It's New Orleans Podcast, featuring Executive Director Aaron Frumin

Biz New Orleans: Labors of Love - unCommon Construction: Featuring graduating apprentice, Desmond Campbell

Fox 8 Live Interview: Former Apprentice De'Shaun Burnett and Executive Director Aaron Frumin with unCommon Construction

WHIV FM 102.3 Interview: Voluntold Ya! with Emily Leitzinger

Louisiana Weekly: State Embraces CTE as Path Forward for Job Creation

2017

The New Orleans Advocate: Party Central: Photo NOLA at Picayune Social Club; Claire Elizabeth opening; unCommon Construction fundraiser brunch

City Business: uCC Program Builder Destinee' Marshall featured in the "Movers & Shakers: Inspirational Women" section of the Winter 2017 issue

Curbed NOLA: This adorable St. Roch home built by NOLA high school students asks 215K

WWL Community Matters – unCommon Construction: featuring Program Builder Destinee' Marshall and Executive Director Aaron Frumin

The Kitchen Sisters Present: Sonic Prayer Flags – New Orleans: uCC featured in string of sonic prayer flags — voices and sounds from New Orleans

Taylor Center Blog:  Taylor Partner Aaron Frumin recognized in Gambit Weekly's "40 Under 40" list

Gambit's 40 under 40: unCommon Construction Founder and Executive Director, Aaron Frumin, Class of 2017

The Phyllis M. Taylor Center:  unCommon Construction welcomed as a Community Innovator Circle (CIC) member

Chronicle of Philanthropy: New Orleans Cooks Up Special Sauce That Boosts Middle-Class Giving

Curbed NOLA: New Orleans-based nonprofit builds houses and frames character with high school students

WHIV FM 102.3 Interview: NOLA Matters

Teach for All: Teach for America Announces Social Innovation Award Winners

Teach for America, One Day Magazine: $125,000 in Prizes Awarded to Education Social Innovators

2016

Data News Weekly: unCommon Construction and unCommon Goals: Building Homes with High School Students

Biz New Orleans / GNO, Inc.: XQ: Super School Project Announces High School With Coastal Restoration Focus To Be Built In Greater New Orleans 

Curbed NOLA: New Orleans high school students build 210-square-foot tiny home

WDSU (NBC): Making a Difference – Turning construction sites into classrooms for NOLA youth

The ToolMade Project: On-Site with unCommon Construction

Walton Family Foundation: A Propeller for Change: Accelerating innovative education ventures in New Orleans

Cox Ch 4: Across Louisiana

WGNO (ABC): Apprenticeships offer high school students experience they can build on

Silicon Bayou News: unCommon Construction Receives $300,000 to Grow Nonprofit Startup

WDSU (NBC): unCommon Construction Builds Opportunity in the Upper 9th Ward

New Orleans City Business: Support Grows for Construction Apprentice Startup

Biz New Orleans: Chance Encounter off Bourbon Street Leads to $300k Donation for Local Nonprofit

Gambel Communications: New Orleans Startup Venture Receives $300,000 to Expand High School Student Apprenticeships

The ToolMade Project: unCommon People: Bringing shop class and a new kind of workforce to New Orleans

2015

New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity: unCommon Construction

ForConstructionPros.com: unCommon Construction: Nonprofit Educates Youth Through Construction Industry Opportunities

Indiegogo: unCommon Construction: Jobs Through Apprenticeship

Silicon Bayou News: Over $10,000 Granted to Three Social Ventures at PicthNOLA 2015: Community Solutions