ATLANTA — Georgia Department of Education officials are asking state lawmakers to agree to a one-year delay of a program stemming from a new state law requiring students to pick a career path by ninth grade. Education officials are requesting that the program’s launch be delayed until the 2013-14 school year, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported [...]
Georgia education officials seek delay in new law requiring students to select career path
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Schools Focus On Career Readiness
December 16, 2011 By Leave a Comment
By Maura Walz ATLANTA — When Tony Thaw was elected to Georgia’s Glynn County Board of Commissioners in 2003, he set out to solve a problem he says was preventing the county from realizing its full economic potential. “We have a deep port. We have I-95 running right through the middle. We have a beautiful [...]
2012 Career Pathways Summit Planning Underway
December 15, 2011 By Leave a Comment
After last years amazing summit, we are excited to start planning for a 2012. There has been a lot of progress in Wisconsin since last June and we are looking forward to sharing our successes. The event will be held in Madison, WI in late 2012. An exact date and location has not been selected [...]
McGraw-Hill Report Calls for Collaborations Between Business & Education Communities
December 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment
A policy paper released today by The McGraw-Hill Research Foundation calls for greater collaboration between the business and education communities to create a coordinated, institutionalized system that prepares the workforce of today and tomorrow for the demands of an increasingly high-tech and more competitive global economy. [To read the entire report click here] [...]
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