Partnership brings case-based learning model to fourth St. Paul high school, preparing students for college and career success

SAINT PAUL, Minn., Nov. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Junior Achievement North, in partnership with Saint Paul Public Schools, today announced the expansion of 3DE to Johnson High School, marking the fourth local high school to participate in the program.

3DE, an innovative high school model designed to expand economic mobility through real-world, case-based learning, will be offered to all 250 9th-grade students at Johnson High School beginning in the 2027-2028 school year. By the 2030-2031 school year, the entire 1,000-student population will be able to participate.

Throughout the program, students will complete 16 real-world case challenges and a capstone experience, working directly with local business professionals from organizations like Delta Air Lines, Thrivent, Cargill, and 3M to solve authentic workforce problems. Throughout this experience, students will be equipped with the skills needed to thrive, including critical thinking, creativity, communication, collaboration, cultural agility, and self-direction.

“We are thrilled to be bringing 3DE to the students of Johnson High School,” said Kumar Balasubrahmanyan, VP of Innovation at Junior Achievement North. “Our youth are the future, and it’s our responsibility to prepare them with the skills needed to thrive. 3DE was built to do just that. Watching Saint Paul Public School students connect with local business professionals, build real-world skills, and get excited about their future has been incredibly rewarding. We want every student and educator in the state to have that same experience, and this expansion is a step closer to reaching that goal.”

Now in its third year, the partnership between Junior Achievement North and Saint Paul Public Schools engaged 1,500 students through 3DE across Como Park Senior High School, Washington Technology High School and Harding High School during the 2025–2026 school year.

“Partnering with Junior Achievement North on 3DE has opened doors for thousands of Saint Paul Public Schools students,” said Dr. Stacie Stanley, Superintendent of Saint Paul Public Schools. “We are incredibly excited to be bringing those same opportunities to the students at Johnson High School. This program has expanded our students’ knowledge, skills and access to future careers, and the results have exceeded our expectations. We look forward to expanding the program in the coming school year and seeing even more of our students flourish.”

In the last school year, participating schools experienced measurable improvements in student engagement, including an enhanced sense of belonging and relevance of school. Results showed a 13.3% increase in students feeling accepted, respected, and included, alongside a 15.1% increase in those who see the real-world relevance of 3DE.

As employers across the country continue to raise concerns about workforce preparedness, a lack of essential soft skills and real-world experience remains a primary factor. 3DE directly addresses that gap.

As the program continues to make a local impact, JA North is focused on expanding its reach so that more students in Minnesota have the opportunity to become confident, capable, and connected.

To learn more about 3DE by Junior Achievement or how to become a partner, visit janorth.org. 

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JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT NORTH
Junior Achievement North is an expert in innovative and experiential opportunities that spark joy in learning for students. As part of the world’s largest organization dedicated to giving young people the knowledge and skills they need to own their economic success, plan for their future, and make smart academic and economic choices, Junior Achievement North serves students throughout Minnesota, North Dakota, western Wisconsin, and eastern Montana. The organization’s programming is in high demand across the region, reaching nearly 100,000 students each year through lessons on financial literacy, career readiness, and entrepreneurship. For more information about Junior Achievement North visit www.janorth.org.

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Filejet receives the 2026 LegalTech Breakthrough Award for Legal Entity Management Innovation of the Year, recognizing its connected approach to entity data, compliance automation, and filing execution.

SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Nov. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Filejet, the entity management and compliance automation platform that files for legal teams instead of just tracking deadlines, today announced it has been named “Legal Entity Management Innovation of the Year” in the seventh annual LegalTech Breakthrough Awards program. The program is conducted by LegalTech Breakthrough, an independent market intelligence organization that recognizes standout legal technology companies, products and services around the world.

Most entity management tools track deadlines and leave the filing work to legal teams. Filejet does the work. Its platform prepares and files annual reports and other recurring filings across jurisdictions automatically, and brings entity data, nationwide registered agent services, filing execution and document workflows together in one connected system. Entity records, ownership, documents, deadlines and compliance status live in one place, giving legal teams a real-time view of what’s compliant, what’s in progress and what needs attention.

Filejet applies AI on two levels. Behind the scenes, automation and AI prepare and file the work. On the front end, service of process and state correspondence are delivered digitally as soon as they’re received, with AI-generated summaries that explain what arrived, whether action is required and what to do next. Dynamic organization charts make complex ownership structures easy to visualize, and centralized document management keeps each entity’s corporate records connected to the entity itself.

The platform handles the filing; Filejet’s team handles exceptions and supports customers; and legal judgment and oversight stay with legal teams. The result is greater visibility and control, less administrative burden and lower compliance risk.

“Legal teams shouldn’t have to carry the administrative work it takes to keep their entities compliant. We built Filejet around that principle,” said Andy White, Founder and CEO of Filejet. “Rather than simply reminding customers that a filing is due, we make sure the work gets done. In one customer case study, Filejet streamlined multistate entity compliance and cut costs by more than 50%. We don’t build automation for automation’s sake. By pairing advanced technology with personalized service, we replace outdated manual processes, reduce errors, costs and compliance risk, and free businesses to focus on growth. We’re honored to receive this recognition from LegalTech Breakthrough.”

Legal technology is rapidly changing how work gets done in one of the world’s most complex and vital industries. From AI legal assistants and agentic research to contract intelligence, eDiscovery, court and compliance technology, and connected legal operations platforms, these tools are bringing greater speed, transparency and access to justice to law firms, legal departments, courts and the people they serve.

The LegalTech Breakthrough Awards program recognizes the innovators transforming the global legal landscape with breakthrough technology. Each year, the program conducts a comprehensive analysis of the companies redefining how legal services are researched, drafted, managed and delivered, from AI-driven research and drafting platforms and contract lifecycle management to eDiscovery, case and practice management, regulatory compliance, legal spend analytics and access-to-justice solutions.

“Filejet is redefining what legal teams should expect from entity management technology,” said Bryan Vaughn, Managing Director, LegalTech Breakthrough. “Legal teams have traditionally had to choose between software that tracks obligations but leaves the filing work to them, and service providers that handle filings but offer limited visibility into status, ownership, deadlines and supporting documents. By turning entity compliance from a recurring administrative burden into a visible, automated and scalable process, Filejet represents the next evolution of legal entity management. For delivering a platform that connects data, compliance intelligence, workflow and execution, Filejet is our ‘Legal Entity Management Innovation of the Year.'”

About Filejet

Filejet is the entity management and compliance automation platform that doesn’t just track entity obligations, it completes them. Filejet unifies entity data management, nationwide registered agent services, compliance operations and filing execution in one connected system, with automation and AI that prepare and file the work. Filejet serves lean in-house legal, tax and finance teams at growing multi-entity companies, enterprises with complex U.S. portfolios, and law and accounting firms that offer entity compliance to their clients through Filejet’s co-branded platform.

For more information, visit www.filejet.com.

About LegalTech Breakthrough

Part of Tech Breakthrough, a leading market intelligence and recognition platform for global technology innovation and leadership, the LegalTech Breakthrough Awards program is devoted to honoring excellence in legal technologies, services, companies and products. The LegalTech Breakthrough Awards program provides a forum for public recognition around the achievements of LegalTech companies and solutions in categories including Artificial Intelligence, Access to Justice, Case Management, Contract Management, Court Technology, Data and Analytics, eDiscovery, Legal Operations, Legal Research, Practice Management, RegTech and more. For more information visit LegalTechBreakthrough.com

Tech Breakthrough LLC does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in our recognition programs, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with award designations. Tech Breakthrough LLC recognition consists of the opinions of the Tech Breakthrough LLC organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Tech Breakthrough LLC disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this recognition program, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

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Debt collection gets specialized voice AI with Penelope from TrueML Products. Built on TrueML’s proven, compliance-centric infrastructure, Penelope delivers faster authentication, built-in compliance controls, intelligent personalization and routing for a better consumer experience in collections.

LENEXA, Kan., Nov. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — TrueML Products today introduced Penelope, a new voice AI agent and the latest addition to TrueML’s integrated suite of solutions designed for the debt collection industry. Penelope offers a voice AI capability beyond a standalone tool, bringing conversational AI directly into an ecosystem of true omnichannel orchestration where every touchpoint works in harmony to drive more productive, consumer-friendly outcomes. As a specialized agentic model, Penelope is designed to give callers immediate, intelligent, and compliant support while allowing human agents to focus their efforts on the most complex customer conversations.

Built on years of operational expertise in debt collection, Penelope is currently focused on inbound call performance, speed, and compliance controls. Future extensions will bring these benefits to outbound calling. Key benefits of a Penelope-powered inbound call include:

Faster Authentication: Reduced time to authenticate callers and connect them with the right representative by over 50% in testing.Built-In Compliance Controls: Safeguards consumer data while strictly adhering to expert-backed collection workflows.Intelligent Personalization & Routing: Delivers immediate pick-up, rapid query lookups, personalization, and seamless routing of opt-outs directly to customer support teams.Speed-to-Market Delivery: Deploys via a structured pilot-to-production phased rollout designed to reduce operational risk while maximizing performance.

In recent testing, Penelope completed caller verification and routing without escalation in 98% of calls on her initial workflow. With scalable rollout capabilities and additional enhanced features on the horizon, Penelope is a powerful advancement in delivering smart, compliance-focused, and human-centered recovery orchestration.

Built on TrueML’s proven, compliance-centric infrastructure, Penelope operates within configurable guardrails designed to support client compliance with the FDCPA, Regulation F, and TCPA applicable to call-handling requirements, while delivering natural, conversational interactions and clearly identifying itself as an AI agent.

Consumers expect personalized, on-demand experiences when working with their financial services providers. Elevating the consumer experience with convenience and personalization at scale has historically been challenging to deliver in debt collection. Now, with voice AI, TrueML offers omnichannel recovery orchestration at scale, combining performance with efficiency.

To learn more about TrueML’s intelligent, omnichannel debt collection solutions, contact sales@trueml.co.

About TrueML Products

TrueML Products is a technology company developing AI-powered products for financial service companies and consumers seeking financial health. TrueML Products’ flagship SaaS product, Retain, uses patented machine learning to help businesses engage customers with the right message, time and channel.

TrueML Products is part of the TrueML family of companies along with TrueAccord, which believes that financial setbacks shouldn’t define a person’s future. TrueML deploys patented artificial intelligence and machine learning to dismantle the outdated practices of the collections industry and provide a consumer-centric experience. Its mission is simple: create intelligent, respectful, and compliant software and services that treat consumers like human beings and give them a path back to financial well-being.

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Noelle Robillard, TrueML, 1 (305) 401-3467, press@trueml.co, www.trueml.co

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