Education

Titans of Kansas City tech combine forces for talent creation

By Tommy Felts / March 9, 2016

Kansas City isn’t unique in its high demand for talented techies. But perhaps what is setting the area apart is its collaborative approach to creating, recruiting and retaining tech talent in the Kansas City metro. Dozens of area tech companies engaged in a panel discussion Wednesday on practical steps that companies can take to win…

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Students’ skills gap dings the 21st century workforce

By Tommy Felts / March 4, 2016

Whether openly acknowledged or silently understood, there is a growing awareness in the education community that students are not prepared for the 21st century workforce. Millennials nearly triple the current national unemployment rate and more than half of 2015 college graduates have no — none, zilch, nada — career prospects on the foreseeable horizon.   …

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Austin’s ‘hostile attitude’ toward innovation, startup hub trends

By Tommy Felts / March 3, 2016

Here’s this week’s dish on lesson’s learned from Austin’s “hostile attitude” toward innovation, booming non-Silicon Valley startup hubs and what startups can do for the future workforce. Check out more in this series here. AustinInno: Austin just scared off 1 of its ‘biggest supporters’ in Silicon Valley The Austin, Texas City Council’s recent decision to…

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Former KC startup eyes nationwide education revamp with merger

By Tommy Felts / February 17, 2016

About a year after a move from Kansas City to St. Louis, education tech firm myEDmatch has merged with a nationwide teacher recruitment platform. Led by CEO Alicia Herald, myEDmatch will combine its platform connecting teachers and school job openings with St. Louis-based Teachers-Teachers, a firm that focuses on teacher recruitment. The new, yet-to-be-named entity…

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UMKC, Blue Springs schools testing entrepreneurship class

By Tommy Felts / February 11, 2016

The University of Missouri-Kansas City wants to play matchmaker between high school students and entrepreneurship. UMKC announced Wednesday that it’s partnering with the Blue Springs School District to test an entrepreneurship course for both high school students and community members. The course, which aims to introduce students to opportunities in entrepreneurship, is available for credit…

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