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‘Great Resignation’ underscores need for access to career exploration and work-based opportunities
Hands-on exposure and focus on essential soft skills are needed to produce a generation better prepared for and fulfilled by work, two experts write.
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States Bet Innovative Career Training Programs Will Lure Disengaged Youth
The Walton Family Foundation announced $20 million in grants to nonprofits engaged in career development efforts, including a competitive grant program co-sponsored by the nonprofit ASA.
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Newark Education Organization Recognized for Connecting Students to Career Pathways
Newark-based education organization Trio New College Network was recognized this month for its efforts to put students on track towards landing successful careers.
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Catalyze Challenge Winners To Transform Journey From Classroom To Career
Over $4M in funding will fuel innovative solutions in career-connected learning across the US
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Fitchburg High School showcases Innovation Pathways program
Over three dozen interested parties attended the Advanced Manufacturing Symposium on Monday at Fitchburg High School that highlighted Innovation Pathways.
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Carney announces $50 million in workforce development funding
Funding includes an expansion of the Forward Delaware jobs-training program for industries most affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and additional work experience services for Delaware students.
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Get Our Nation’s Disconnected Youth Back on Track to Economic Mobility
Since the start of the pandemic, unemployment for this generation – Gen Z – has significantly increased from 8.4 to 24.4 percent and many students are unsure what their future holds.
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Blackstone Valley superintendents granted $450K for workforce training
ASA awarded a $450,000 grant to the Blackstone Valley Superintendents’ Consortium to increase workforce training opportunities for high school students, particularly those from underserved populations.
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Brockton’s Plouffe Galactic Girls earn national award
The Galactic Girls from Brockton’s Plouffe Academy won first place for their creativity in developing comprehensive blueprints and models for hydroponic farms to sustain a colony on Mars.
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MIT Program Seeks Tech Solutions to Bring Equity to Distance Learning
The Equitable Classrooms Challenge, a program of MIT Solve, is seeking solutions that will help bring equity to students engaged in distance learning in the United States and around the world.