Bridging the Talent Gap

The district helped shape the online program, which is now being used to varying degrees by a handful of area schools...

A new academy at Ottawa Hills High School aims to prepare students for good careers in hospitality and tourism...

Last year the program had 70 students. This year, after restructuring, the program has 135 and counting...

Her role includes creating job opportunities, serving as a liaison with businesses and helping students hone skills employers want them to master...

Fourteen students, including several women, graduated from the first cohort of Metallica Scholars, an eight-week welding course...

After more than 600 hours spent learning to build houses, fix cars, take blood pressure and complete other skills needed for jobs available in West Michigan, 52 students graduated in December from the GRCC Job Training programs...

Apprenticeships provide pathways to in-demand, high wage careers, a U.S. Department of Labor representative recently told high school students...

Touring several local plants, students learned manufacturing isn’t what it used to be...

Project Accelerate is a seven-week, once-weekly course offered through The Build Initiative, a Pontiac-based program that works to build knowledge for women interested in construction and related fields...

To help seniors prepare for “life’s next step,” Northview’s English 12 classes teach students employability skills such as résumés, job interviews and public speaking...

Whether you are in high school attempting to settle on a career, an adult back to school to upgrade skills or a young child...

Talk about being invested in your students' work. After students spent last school year building a house through the East Kentwood High School residential construction...

Remington Switzer has been “messing with computers” for most of his life, loves gaming and is interested in a career in programming. But visiting...

Had it been a real job interview, Katlyn Siddall might well have been hired. In a practice interview in the high school library, Katlyn told...

When it comes to starting early in career exploration, Kentwood elementary students are hitting the nail on the head – literally. During a science, technology,...

Eighth-grader Hien-Tran Bui entered coding commands for her website focused on tips for putting on makeup. She had just learned the basics of site-building...