NEWPORT — Rain continued to fall on the turf courts of the International Tennis Hall of Fame on Monday.
Representatives from Rhode Island’s largest employers met with many of the region’s public education leaders at the inaugural Reimagining Education & New England’s Workforce (RENEW) Summit. The initiative grew out of our weekly early morning Zoom meetings. – Green and her New England counterpart have been holding on since the COVID-19 pandemic began.
Attendees, including representatives from all New England Boards of Education, companies such as Bank of America, Stanley Black and Decker, CVS, Electric Boat, and U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona.
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Cardona, who attended technical high school in Meriden, Connecticut, where she became the youngest principal and the state’s first Latino school board member, was one of three New Englanders in President Joe Biden’s cabinet, along with Gina Raimondo. I pointed out that I was one. and Marty Walsh.
Cardona, who began her teaching career as a fourth-grade classroom teacher, spoke of the need for “deliberate collaboration” between educators, government officials, and business leaders.
“There is more money than ever in education,” he said. To expand and take action for change, we now have funding for the American Relief Program (Act)…Education in their communities.The president’s budget includes over $200 million for career-related learning. is also included.”
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Cardona and Dellicia Allen, a third-year student at Rogers High School, concluded the panel discussion. The panel discussion also included the presidents of Rhode Island Community College and the University of Rhode Island, the managing director of Bank of America, and the Board of Education of Maine.
They focused on building strong colleges and career paths to accelerate learning as school systems emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic. On the work it takes America’s most powerful educator and an up-and-coming senior at Newport’s local public high school to navigate his two unprecedented years of difficulty for both students and educators We took turns talking and getting the attention of the room.
Allen is in the accredited cosmetics program at Rogers and thanks to programming in high school, she also did a summer internship at the local NAACP chapter.
“I think the two biggest problems plaguing our education system and economy right now are the lack of equity and the failure to invest in marginalized youth,” she said. . And our education system needs to be revolutionized in ways that support all learning styles, not just the needs of specific student groups. ”
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It was clear that the panel, including Cardona, and all the adults in the audience were listening intently to Allen’s perspective as a local student on the topic at hand. Paths to Opportunity through Career and Technical Education focused on the needs of today’s students preparing for viable careers right out of college or high school.
Bank of America Managing Director John Jordan referred to his company’s Pathways program. The program is committed to hiring his 10,000 people without a college degree from low- and middle-income communities and training them in dedicated academies.
“We surpassed this goal in two and a half years and have committed to hiring another 10,000 people because it is a very successful program,” he said.
There were good reasons to host a community event in Newport. While some may point to the fact that Rogers High School is not a high-ranking academic institution like Rhode Island’s public schools, Newport has one of the most extensive career and technical education programs in the state. You may be surprised to learn that you have Tracks in beauty, cybersecurity, advertising and new media, sheet metal technology, home carpentry and a few other areas.
In addition, Newport is home to longtime innovators in alternative education, the Paul W. Crowley East Bay Met School and the vibrant CCRI campus, making City-by-the-Sea a hotbed of CTE programming and pioneering education. . training.
“One of the reasons we’re here is because Newport is leading the CTE program,” Infante Green told the Daily News. “We have cyber security programs. We have cooking.
