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Better training regime needed to fill jobs, says Workforce Board
(Updated, 4:25 p.m.) Building career pathways for the state’s high-growth industries will be a priority of the Governor’s Workforce Board from its Biennial Employment & Training Plan for fiscal years years 2014 and 2015 after the report found that there is no shortage of workers to fill positions except at the highest skilled occupational levels. more
Chafee, mayors announce $2M for youth employment program
Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee, Providence Mayor Angel Taveras and Cranston Mayor Allan Fung announced a $2 million program designed to provide summer employment to more than 1,300 Rhode Island youth. more
Supporters meet to defend against ACE closure
Over 150 supporters of the Academy for Career Exploration met at the school Tuesday night to discuss how best to defend their school from potential closure recommended by the R.I. Department of Education. more
Former dropout now inspires her students to persevere
There was a time when 2013 Rhode Island Teacher of the Year Jessica Waters’ future might not have included a high school diploma, never mind a successful tenure as part of the Beacon Charter High School for the Arts’ staff that has helped students double their proficiency level in science. more

By Rebecca Keister
PBN Staff Writer | 11/12/12

Workforce Board seeks proposals for partnership grants
The Governor’s Workforce Board will seek proposals for innovative partnership grants it plans to issue next spring to help employers and educators implement strategies its recently released biennial plan identified as priorities in helping to close the state’s so-called skills gap. more
JWU gets to work on internships with new $4M fund
With an ever-increasing focus on a so-called gap in skills that willing employers complain today’s emerging workforce just doesn’t have, an emphasis on in-school job training has accelerated the already established benefit of college internships. more

By Rebecca Keister
PBN Staff Writer | 9/24/12

State must do more to train unemployed to fill jobs
PBN: What do you think the No. 1 issue is in this election and how do you plan to approach it? more

By Michael Souza
PBN Staff Writer | 10/22/12 | 1 comment

Developers show interest in shared nursing center
When voters head to the polls in November to decide whether the state will borrow $50 million to renovate three Rhode Island College buildings, some may suspect it means the end of plans for a shared nursing center with the University of Rhode Island. more

By Patrick Anderson
PBN Staff Writer | 10/8/12

DLT awarded $1.7 from Labor Department
The U.S. Labor Department awarded the R.I. Department of Labor and Training a $1.7 million grant from the Workforce Innovation Fund, Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis announced Thursday. more
| 6/15/12
State officials to seize Sawyer student records
State higher education officials will enter facilities of the closed Sawyer School over the weekend, accompanied by state police, to take custody of student academic and financial records, Mike Trainor, spokesman for the state Office of Higher Education, said at a press conference on Friday. more
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