Category Archives: Work Readiness

Teens Dream Jobs Are A Mouse-Click Away

By Gregg Moss | February 1, 2010

Teens in Colorado and Wyoming can now find out about more than 100 different careers through a new virtual job shadow program launched today by Junior Achievement, DeVry University, and Career Corner Digital.  The fast-paced, first-person videos take students behind the scenes at some of the world’s top companies, providing them with an inside look [...]

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Robin Wise moderates panel at Governor’s dropout prevention summit

By Sara Jankowiak | December 19, 2007

On December 5th and 6th, Mountain Range High School was home to more than just its average daily student population of nearly 1,000 eager 9th - 12th graders. The school hosted Governor Ritter’s statewide dropout summit, officially called the “Colorado Dropout Prevention, Retention and Recovery Summit.” Attendees included representatives from education, government, business and the [...]

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Money matters - but real world application is key

By jpotter | November 30, 2007

I recently read an article in the Denver Post entitled “Money matters for youths” by Aldo Svaldi.  In it, Svaldi talks about Vantage Point High School, a local high school that has embraced personal finance education, and is actually incorporating a personal finance course as a required class for graduation. The article continued on to discuss the importance of [...]

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