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Graduation rates and accountability scores are the highest ever for the Alamance-Burlington school district in North Carolina. The Accountability Model provides results for student performance on End-of- Grade (EOG) and End-of-Course (EOC) tests along with English Learner Progress ad on three additional measures at the high school level: combined ACT test results and WorkKeys test results; Graduation Rate; and Math Course Rigor.

PCEDC held first Kansas Boot Camp at KSU Aug 6-7 2019.

The Inspire Center, the city of Oswego’s latest workforce development program, will open its doors today to residents looking to find employment that suits their needs and skill sets. The new initiative will operate out of the city’s Section Eight Rental Assistance Office and will provide residents with access to computers and guidance toward education opportunities, according to County Legislator Nathan Emmons, R-Oswego, who will oversee the program. The Work Ready endeavor in Oswego aims to graduate students with an ACT National Career Readiness Certificate, which according to officials earns them a national credential announcing them as a skilled member of the workforce.

Harrison County has been officially designated as a work-ready community. With these goals met, this month, Harrison County became the first county in the southern half of Indiana to receive the work-ready community designation. Corydon Central and South Central high schools administered the exam for about 230 seniors ready to enter po

More than 80% of Work Ready Communities report success in the expansions of existing employers and recruitment of new firms. Sometimes that success happens before certification, as is the case with Marshall County, MS.

Twelve participants of the Oswego County Summer Youth Employment Program earned a national work readiness credential this summer through a new initiative. Qualified volunteers for this initiative were recruited from the Oswego County Summer Youth Employment Program, and received the NCRC in an Aug. 28 ceremony at Cayuga’s Fulton Campus.

USD 234 Board of Education learns about participation in WRC efforts.

With PCEDC as hosts, the first WRC Bootcamp was held by ACT, last week at the KSU Foundation.

The latest episode of the Ready for Work podcast features Dr. Jeff McCord, Commissioner for the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce and Workforce Development. McCord has unique insight following a decades-long career of straddling the worlds of business and education. After 20 years in the private sector working for Fortune 300 companies and then as Vice President at Northeast State Community College in Tennessee, he has seen a pressing need for educators and business leaders to communicate in order to improve workforce development at the regional and national levels.