While our region has enjoyed great successes and accomplishments in the past, we must work harder and smarter to remain competitive and grow as a community. Confronting our region’s workforce challenges will require all of us to work together and have serious conversations about how to prepare a workforce to meet the current & future demands of the Innovation Valley. We need to identify current workforce development efforts and systems, and work to create a strategy that will help maximize effectiveness and minimize overlaps.
Knox County Mayor Mike Ragsdale has challenged us to work together to decide what we have to do now. The Chamber has identified the various areas of workforce development that we need to tackle. On March 24 we will hold a summit, which is an opportunity to work together on these issues and develop a strategy for each one.
In order to organize the summit and form its agenda, we need your input and cooperation. If you did not attend the Jim Clinton event or were not able to complete the form at that time, please take the time to do so now.
Download a PDF of the comment card here.
Please return the completed form to Jennifer Evans.
The Public School Forum released three videos promoting academic excellence and raising standards for Tennessee's students. These will soon be television commercials.
Lady Vols coach Pat Summitt was one of the highlighted speakers.
Here we share one of the videos. The others will be forthcoming.
The Knoxville News Sentinel recently reported on the state's Board of Education proposal to add additional math, advanced science, personal finance and physical education requirements in order for students to earn a high school diploma. The board will vote later this month on the proposal.
The Chamber's president discussed the topic:
"There's a lot of Tennesseans who want the diploma and not the knowledge the diploma represents," Knoxville Chamber President and CEO Mike Edwards said. "If Tennesseans are going to have jobs and a standard of living, there has to be strong support from (them) on what the governor and the state board is doing.
"It will be too easy for people to think they don't need to master high school subjects, and that simply isn't the case. It's what's going to make or break an individual and a community."
Read more on the story here.
The Knoxville News Sentinel posted this interesting story this afternoon:
Governor Phil Bredesen spoke today to promote science and math education at the opening of the National Science Foundation Engineering Research and Innovation Conference.
"Our best and brightest students will only pursue that course of study, if we make sure they're excited about the opportunities there," Bredesen said.
For more, click here
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