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TechPoint report examines Indiana’s tech talent shortage
The organization says traditional talent pipelines cannot provide enough talent and calls for additional pathways for worker development.
The organization says traditional talent pipelines cannot provide enough talent and calls for additional pathways for worker development.
As students in grades 3-8 prepare to take the ILEARN again beginning in April, the district is focusing on tactics to continue its progress and reach that goal, with the help of federal COVID relief funding.
Last year, a similar bill got a hearing in a House committee but never received a vote. Nearly two dozen education advocates testified against the previous bill and no one spoke in favor.
The money will be used to provide new opportunities for graduate students typically underrepresented in biomedical science, officials said.
Hoosiers with disabilities and adult Indiana residents receiving benefits from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program could benefit under a new bill that would help connect underskilled employees to companies.
The proposed operating referendum would provide $50 million annually over an eight-year period to expand student programs and increase teacher pay through the program.
The vote puts Indiana on track to join several other states that have recently adopted financial literacy graduation requirements.
Critics argued the original proposal opened up tuition payments to private schools for even the wealthiest families.
The grants are intended to support operating expenses for the Indianapolis-based education not-for-profit, as well as its work to support K-12 teachers, parent and student achievement.
The program in the engine maker’s global Technical Education for Communities initiative will be geared primarily for juniors and seniors at Arsenal Tech High School in Indianapolis.
The push for automatic enrollment of eligible students in the state’s 21st Century Scholars program might be able to navigate the Legislature’s Republican supermajority due to Gov. Eric Holcomb’s backing.
A revised revenue-sharing plan from Indianapolis Public Schools to increase the amount of funding affiliated charter schools would receive from a potential tax hike is still inadequate, charter-friendly groups say.
Testimony heard in the Senate education committee raised questions about how much universal education scholarship accounts would cost and whether the state can afford to fund all students who are eligible to participate.
Gender identity and transitioning are the focus of a number of bills filed by Indiana lawmakers in the 2023 session, including one that would require teachers and schools to disclose if students request to change their names or pronouns.
Over the past few years, the private college has begun offering non-degree credentials and will be ramping up even more to help students upgrade their careers.
Gov. Eric Holcomb’s Workforce Cabinet released recommendations that fell short in addressing the critical need for all sectors and workers by focusing heavily on STEM.
A new bill in Indiana would establish accounts for students to pay for career training outside their schools, as part of House Republicans’ campaign to “reinvent” high school and align it more closely to the workforce.
The shift in the board’s makeup comes at a critical moment, right as the district implements its Rebuilding Stronger revitalization plan adopted unanimously by the board last year.
Gov. Eric Holcomb stressed in his State of the State address that further investments are needed in K-12 schools and higher education, workforce training and public health if Indiana expects to meet the talent demands of high-wage employers.
The new president of Purdue University said Indianapolis serve as one “bookend” for a “63-mile-long hard tech corridor” stretching “all the way to Tippecanoe County.”