Education & Workforce Development
Learn about strategies for education and workforce development in Milwaukee and southeastern Wisconsin.
Maximizing the 4-Generation Workforce
Now that people are living well into their 80s, as opposed to their 40s as was the case a century ago, it is not entirely uncommon to find a 20-year-old working alongside a 70-year-old.
BizTimes Morning Headlines: NWTC explores $66.5 million referendum
Voters could be asked to support a $66.5 million borrowing plan for Northeast Wisconsin Technical College in April.
BizTimes Bubbler Executive of the Week: Vincent Lyles
BizTimes Milwaukee featured Vincent Lyles, president & CEO of Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee, as its Bubbler Executive of the Week this week.
City receives redevelopment proposals for Bronzeville sites
City of Milwaukee officials are reviewing two redevelopment proposals for the former Garfield School property at 2215 N. Fourth Ave. and for the former America’s Black Holocaust Museum property southwest of Fourth and North avenues, next to the former Garfield School.
STEVENS POINT – MSTC Stevens Point campus dean to retire March 13
As a student at D.C. Everest High School, Steve Smith told his guidance counselor he wanted to be a truck driver. When the counselor insisted he should attend college, Smith responded that he would as long as it wasn’t to become a teacher.
MADISON – Bill would force persistently low-performing public schools to be made into charters
Persistently low-performing public schools would be turned into charter schools and state funding would be cut off for problem private schools, under school accountability legislation introduced Wednesday.
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Chenoweth is new business dean at UW-Whitewater
The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater has appointed John Chenoweth as the next dean of the College of Business and Economics.
GREEN BAY – NWTC aims to build career paths with Pulaski schools
An agreement between Northeast Wisconsin Technical College and the Pulaski School District is expected to help students develop career paths in several areas.
MARSHFIELD – H&S Manufacturing prizes work ethic over experience
For H&S Manufacturing Co. Inc., finding qualified job applicants is much more difficult now than when the business started in 1967.
APPLETON – Pierce experiences shortage of skilled workers
Pierce Manufacturing Inc. has been a cornerstone of the Fox Cities manufacturing scene for generations.
