by - October 20, 2019 2:30 pm
Workforce development for every Arkansas student
If I had 20 minutes with Gov. Asa Hutchinson, I would explain how we lift Arkansas out of poverty in two generations. In Arkansas, we invest more than $150,000 in…
Tag: workforce development
by - June 3, 2019 3:56 pm
Springdale educators explore careers at 4th annual ACES event
A workforce development event designed to give educators a deeper understanding of the demand for skilled employees is scheduled in Springdale. The Springdale Chamber of Commerce will hold its 4th annual…
by - May 9, 2019 4:34 pm
Fort Smith chamber taps AEDC employee for workforce development job
Steven Lamm, a project manager with the Arkansas Economic Development Commission and former aide to Gov. Mike Beebe, will soon join the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce as vice…
by - September 15, 2018 9:56 pm
Breaking through the noise about workforce development
The rhetoric about the Arkansas workforce continues to swirl around the difficulty in finding qualified employees, with the blame most often pointed at a failed education system. At a time…
by - December 3, 2017 4:16 pm
State chamber chief says educators must ‘step on the gas’ with career, workforce development
It’s time for Arkansas’ education system to “step on the gas” in preparing students for the workforce, according to Randy Zook, president and CEO of the Arkansas State Chamber of…
by - November 8, 2017 7:47 pm
Skills for the future
In a previous column I wrote that planning for the future is not a precise science. There will always be, inevitability, trouble predicting the unknown. With that in mind, I…
by - July 19, 2017 11:05 am
Little Rock high schools offer real-world learning through Excel CAPS program
The Little Rock School District this fall will launch a new career-learning program for high school students. The Excel program, which has tapped into the national Centers for Advanced Professional…
by - August 4, 2016 4:13 pm
Northwest Arkansas Council: Schools ready to do more on workforce issues
Northwest Arkansas schools continue to work with industry and regional stakeholders to align career education programs with the needs voiced by area employers from the construction industry, to the manufacturing…
by - June 6, 2016 3:49 pm
Springdale hosts state’s first educator’s academy on workforce development, need emphasized for skilled trades education
Workforce development continues to be a focus for Arkansas’ state and local officials amid a record low 3.9% state unemployment rate and 2.4% in the Northwest Arkansas metro area. More…
by - March 31, 2016 12:07 pm
Officials unveil results of Career Pathways Initiative study, Arkansas could be national model
A highly-respected education consultant said Thursday that Arkansas has a program that could be a national model to help low-income workers and people in poverty reach “economic and educational attainment.”…