By Shaina Cavazos @ShainaRC scavazos@chalkbeat.org College Board and Project Lead The Way team up to blend courses for college or careers Should top students who are interested in both career technology fields, like engineering, and advanced academic courses, like physics, have
Focus on Training Underserved Groups into Careers in Technology – Call for Start-ups OAKLAND, CA – June 19, 2015 – Transmosis, a nationally recognized workforce accelerator founded by Silicon Valley technology entrepreneurs, today announced a strategic partnership with The Unity Council
ORLANDO, Fla. — The employees who kept the data systems humming in the vast Walt Disney fantasy fief did not suspect trouble when they were suddenly summoned to meetings with their boss. While families rode the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
WASHINGTON — The explosion of startups such as Uber and TaskRabbit is creating a new army of workers, many of them from the Millennial generation, who cobble together freelance gigs and contract work to earn a living — and that
By Dr. John Sullivan Hiring managers and recruiters have a long history of rejecting “job jumpers.” And even today, 43 percent of employers won’t consider job jumpers, according to CareerBuilder. If you are not familiar with the term, a “job jumper”
By Joel Kotkin and Wendell Cox This is the overview from a new report, Best Cities for Minorities, Gauging the Economics of Opportunity by Joel Kotkin and Wendell Cox for the Center for Opportunity Urbanism. Read the full report here (pdf viewer). This study
Susan Dynarski Rich and poor students don’t merely enroll in college at different rates; they also complete it at different rates. The graduation gap is even wider than the enrollment gap. In 2002, researchers with the National Center for Education Statistics
HAZLETON, PA – MARCH 14: Hispanic business owner Rolando poses while looking out of the window of his bar in Hazleton, Pennsylvania. (Photo : Getty) By Robert Schoon (r.schoon@latinpost.com) A new study published late last week shows that immigrants are driving the
By Sharon Simonson SAN JOSE—Nineteen-year-old Erin Soucy wants to share his love of history using film and animation. He’s starting with practical training: a yearlong program in digital animation at the San Jose campus of the Metropolitan Education District. At
By Dan Rosensweig @DanRosensweig Recent graduates may be qualified for an entry-level job based on their degrees, but the best candidates will have real world experience. The Leadership Insider network is an online community where
