IBM Open P-TECH: narrowing the technology skills gap
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In August, most of North Carolina’s 1.5 million public school students began the school year online. Teachers, students and parents had no choice but to adapt to distance education depending on the technology to teach and learn. As we learn to learn online, we need to consider how students can apply these new skills to prepare for what’s coming after graduation.
There were in North Carolina 26,305 unfilled IT jobs from September 2020, and Charlotte arranged as a top city for recruiting techies in November 2020. Many of the job openings are ‘new jobs’ – jobs that require relevant skills, but not necessarily a four-year degree – but less than half of North Carolina’s over the age of Age 25-44 has the high-quality credentials or post-secondary degrees necessary for STEM careers. Furthermore, students in North Carolina completed 55,835 Career and
San Antonio ISD to launch 3 more P-TECH high school programs
Jan. 19, 2021
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Mia Mojica, right, and Madison Martinez, research information during an engineering class at The Advanced Learning Academy at Fox Tech High School.Bob Owen, Staff / San Antonio Express-NewsShow MoreShow Less
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Ilian Villegas, right, and Abraham Guerrero, center, both 8th graders at The Advanced Learning Academy at Fox Tech High School, work on an engineering project.Bob Owen, Staff / San Antonio Express-NewsShow MoreShow Less
The San Antonio Independent School District is partnering with several local colleges and businesses to add industry and career preparation programs to three more high schools starting in the fall, district leaders announced Tuesday.
NORWALK, Conn. West Rocks Middle School has joined the list of closed Norwalk Public Schools facilities.
“NPS was notified late in the day of new confirmed COVID cases at West Rocks Middle School. As a result, West Rocks will be on full remote learning tomorrow to allow time for contact tracing to take place. …Families will be updated over the weekend about a return to in-person learning, after more information is available,” NPS Communications Director Brenda Wilcox Williams said in an email.
West Rocks is the eighth school to close this week.
Jefferson Elementary and Fox Run Elementary switched to remote learning Monday
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