Districts collaborate for Innovation Generation (Newark Advocate) – A group of 15 central Ohio school districts have formed a new initiative that will provide high school students with more training and experience in a number of specialized fields. The program has a range of partners and is funded with $14.4M from Ohio’s Straight A Fund.
Job market looking up a bit for new college grads (The Columbus Dispatch) – A new report from the Labor Dept. shows that unemployment for college graduates of 2013 currently have the lowest unemployment rate seen since 2007. However, at 10.9% these figures suggest that recent graduates are still struggling in the job market.
MIT Professional Education Now Offers Additive Manufacturing: From 3D Printing to the Factory Floor Course (Fort Mill Times) – MIT has added a new course to its Professional Education Dept. that will teach the fundamentals of 3D printing to working professionals so that they can learn how their firm could apply additive manufacturing in their workplace.
Columbus schools looking to cut $50 million by fall (The Columbus Dispatch) – The Columbus City Schools are looking over a plan that will cut nearly $50M from the budget by fall, which would allow the school to stay open for 5 years even if a new levy is not passed. The cuts come from a mix of bookkeeping changes and actual cuts including some that were already planned to take place.
