Industry Insights
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Kansas Registered Teacher Apprenticeship Program to Address Statewide Teacher Shortage
August 2, 2023
As the statewide teacher shortage continues to impact education, Kansas students, parents and teachers await a sustainable, long-term solution. Although 262 Kansas teaching vacancies were filled...
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Introduce Your Students to Data Analytics
January 19, 2023
Data. It’s collected everywhere by seemingly everyone. With rapidly advancing technology and the ability to store large amounts of data affordably in the cloud, never before has there been so much...
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Why Your Kids Should Consider Careers in Manufacturing
December 12, 2022
By Philip Brown, Marketing Director, Kansas Manufacturing Solutions (KMS) What do you want to be when you grow up? It’s a common question asked of kids. Answers are often a fireman, a policeman, or...
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Kansas Registered Apprenticeships to Now Include Human Resource Professionals
November 15, 2022
While apprenticeship is a centuries old, tried-and-true way to learn a trade, it’s a relatively new way for business and management professionals to earn the credentials they need to launch a career...
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Four Ways to Test If a Construction Career is Right for You (or Your Kid)
July 24, 2022
For kids who love building new creations with Legos or like working with their hands more than they like sitting at a desk, a construction career might be a good fit. Here are four ways high school...
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Textron Aviation Offers Paid Summer Programs for Students and Educators
February 23, 2022
By Caroline Nichols, K-12 Program Manager Growing up in Wichita, I had no idea about all the career opportunities available in aviation. Now as the K-12 Program Manager at Textron Aviation, I’m...
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Turner High School Teacher Launches Health Career Podcast
February 21, 2022
KANSAS CITY, KANSAS — From a quiet hallway between the pool where he teaches swimming two hours a day and a classroom where he teaches health and health sciences classes, Drew Garner, Turner High...
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Check Out the High-Tech Field of Advanced Manufacturing
January 17, 2022
The manufacturing industry is constantly evolving. Traditional manufacturing — large assembly lines in sprawling industrial complexes — was once considered revolutionary. A similar disruption called...
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Find the Sweet Spot between Personal Passions and Workplace Demands
December 19, 2021
As a product of Kansas public schools in the 1980s and early 1990s, I grew up believing that if I (as a girl) wanted to be president of the United States, I could be. My parents taught me that if...
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A Powerful Partnership: Energy Jobs and Apprenticeships
November 11, 2021
Apprenticeships: They’re a time-tested, highly effective and increasingly popular way to train workers, but when discussing future career plans with kids, parents seldom think to include them in the...
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