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Why do I have to learn this? Helping students connect to the answer.

Matt Pronio, Nepris
Education
K-12 Education
Postsecondary Education
Youth Employment
November 13, 2018
Center for Education and Workforce
Blog Image_Connecting Students to Industry Professionals
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Looking across the country, there are a range of current and future challenges influencing America’s ability to remain competitive in the race for talent. Companies everywhere are growing and the most crucial factor influencing corporate decisions on where to locate or expand operations is the ability to recruit the best workforce. Therefore, regions with the most skilled workers will not only grow more organically but also have other companies, both national and international, opening facilities there. 

Healthy Companies, Healthy Communities: Unlocking the Hidden Benefits of a Diverse Workplace

Veronica Nyhan Jones
Economic Empowerment
Economic Growth
Women
November 12, 2018
Corporate Citizenship Center
USSCF

Many of us are aware of the benefits of adding berries, spinach, olive oil, and garlic to our diets—in addition to being delicious, these ‘superfoods’ can help us avoid illness and improve well-being. What if such a thing existed for the workplace as well?

How to solve the skills gap crisis? Try the Chicagoland District 214 Career Pathways Model

Joseph Timanovsky
Education
K-12 Education
Workforce Training
October 9, 2018
Center for Education and Workforce
Chicagoland's D214
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In 2007, Wheeling, Illinois faced a labor shortage and an aging workforce. With purposeful communication with local employers, District 214 recognized that the local talent pool did not have the necessary skills and training needed to fill jobs in the community. District 214 launched the Career Pathways Program in their high schools with the help of universities, businesses, and other community leaders.

National Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Creating Opportunities to Teach Online Safety

Liz Rowan, Director of Marketing, EVERFI
Education
K-12 Education
STEM
October 2, 2018
Center for Education and Workforce
NCAM 2018 by EverFi
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National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM) - observed every October - was created to raise awareness about the importance of cybersecurity. The 2018 NCSAM overarching theme, “Our Shared Responsibility,” centers around the idea that we must work together to improve our nation’s cybersecurity and create opportunities for changing behaviors online among consumers, students, and business. 

A Pivotal Point for Opportunity in Education

Lt. Governor Casey Cagle
Economic Growth
Education
K-12 Education
Workforce Training
Youth Employment
September 18, 2018
Center for Education and Workforce
Georgia Skyline
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Over the past 10 years, the state of Georgia has aggressively invested in linking public education with the needs of industry by creating a statewide network of 46 College and Career Academies, while significantly expanding dual enrollment, industry apprenticeships, and post-secondary opportunities for high school students. These opportunities allow students to obtain industry credentials for quality, in-demand jobs that meet the needs of each community’s workforce. 

Chamber Year in Review: Building the Local Workforce

Rusty Brockman, Retired Vice President of Economic Development, New Braunfels Chamber of Commerce
Competitiveness
Education
K-12 Education
September 11, 2018
Center for Education and Workforce
New Braunfels Tour Featured Image
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Chambers of Commerce across the country have a unique challenge - to protect and promote the local business community and support their needs as they face the nation's workforce challenges. The New Braunfels Chamber in Texas reflects on what worked for them over the past year of actively working to build a community system that would solve for some of those challenges and gives us four lessons learned in the progress.

Futureproofing: How ExxonMobil is Helping Tackle America’s STEM Workforce Challenges

Education
K-12 Education
STEM
August 24, 2018
Center for Education and Workforce
FutureProofing - ExxonMobil
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Like many countries around the world, the United States faces a shortage of highly-skilled science and technology workers. In the past decade, employment growth in STEM occupations has markedly outpaced growth in non-STEM occupations, and while there will be an estimated 3.4 million STEM jobs available between 2015 to 2025, only about 1.4 million workers will be qualified to fill them, according to a study by Deloitte and the Manufacturing Institute. ExxonMobil is taking this challenge head on – but it’s not doing so alone.

STEM Knowledge Gains and Attitudinal Changes

Abby Hills
Data
Education
K-12 Education
STEM
August 23, 2018
Center for Education and Workforce
STEM Scholars 2018 Wrap Up
© EverFi
A yet to be released report from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation STEM Scholars program reveals student knowledge gains, behaviors, and attitudinal changes across the country. The findings provide an analysis of data from more than 4,000 students in 27 schools across Michigan, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Texas. Overall, findings suggest that connecting students’ personal interests and strengths to STEM skills helps students better see themselves in STEM. 

Where’s the Talent? Employers and Communities Need More than Passion

Rich Feller, Ph.D, Colorado State University
Data
Education
K-12 Education
Youth Employment
August 9, 2018
Center for Education and Workforce
YouScience Aptitude Testing
© 2018 Getty Images
What do you love to do? It’s a question that drives career planning nationwide. That seemingly harmless probe is the assumption behind interest-only assessments, which have historically dominated career guidance efforts. However, these assessments are failing employers and students. What would happen if you measured that person's aptitude?

Quick Take: Your Primer on the Perkins Career and Technical Education Reauthorization

Education
K-12 Education
Postsecondary Education
July 31, 2018
Center for Education and Workforce
Above the Fold - Perkins Reauthorization
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Congress last week passed and the president today signed legislation reauthorizing the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act, which provides important funding for programs focused on the academic, career, and technical skills development for high school and higher education students. Highlights of the reauthorization include new opportunities for partnerships between employers and educators to improve student preparation for in-demand jobs, measures that improve alignment with other workforce development programs, and increased program accountability.

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