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‘Promising career pathways in Appalachia’ – ACTE Online
Late in 2018, a diverse group of companies, community and educators met to cement a partnership that would bring high-quality career pathways — apprenticeships — to southeastern Kentucky’s Appalachian region. The Kentucky Advanced Technical College High, which was funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education, combined technical instruction with paid, on-the-job training under […]
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‘Teen-run courts dispense justice, launch legal careers’ – Juvenile Justice Information Exchange
By Deborah Williamson For more than 40 years, teen courts across the 50 states have proven their success at letting high school students — serving as lawyers, jurors, bailiffs and judges — determine the real-life sentences of alleged juvenile offenders who are their peers. Having created several teen courts in Kentucky, I know that such programs doubled as a pre-law […]
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‘Solving healthcare staff shortages with disability inclusion’ – Healthcare Digital
https://healthcare-digital.com/hospitals/solving-healthcare-staff-shortages-with-disability-inclusion IWSI America’s COO Andrew Sezonov & CSO Simon Whatmore on why the healthcare staff shortage can be solved with the inclusion of people with disabilities Everywhere you look across the US healthcare sector, skilled healthcare professionals are in high demand and short supply. Few sectors, if any, face as many complex challenges as healthcare […]