How do you prepare your students for ongoing learning and skills acquisition in tomorrow’s workplace? Join the Bessie B. Moore Center for Economic Education, Economics Arkansas, and Kimbel Mechanical Systems for the inaugural Econ on the Hill seminar series. The topic is resonating so only a few spaces remain.
Do your students need to attend college to have fulfilling careers? Due to the high cost of college attendance, this is a debated question. There is one thing that is not debated though. Your students must take relevant skills to the workplace to be able to support a family and have a rewarding career path. This blog addresses the debate and presents some ideas that are necessary for Arkansas’ students. I hope you’ll take the challenge and help your students to develop a plan for the development of their human capital before they leave high school. And it takes more than one year or semester so many educators need to work together to fulfill this role.
Encourage entrepreneurial thinking and problem recognition with this beginning of the semester activity shared by Heather Grosze from Heritage High School.
What better way to teach your kids that they can be entrepreneurs than by reading children’s books about real kid entrepreneurs? Especially if those books are written by a first generation student from Paragould, Arkansas who is an entrepreneur! Meet Erica Swallow and the entrepreneur kids!
Do you help students explore their passions? Can their passions become job opportunities or future businesses? What should they study to develop their human capital and provide the most satisfying job possibilities available? This story of a musician, baker and corporate technology consultant may pique the interest of some of your students. And it certainly reinforces the idea that entrepreneurs love learning and welcome challenges!
Do you find that boys in your classes are likely to excel in mathematics? Or perhaps show more of an interest in computers and coding? Research shows that girls have often not been encouraged to show their abilities in math or science or to pursue careers in these fields. Finding mentors can be a challenge. To be globally competitive, we need all young people to understand mathematics. Our companies desperately need people with computer competencies. We are seeing immigration of Asians, often times Indians, to Springdale and Bentonville to work in information technology for Tyson Foods or for Walmart. Do we want our Arkansas students to miss these great career opportunities? In order to compete, we need our students to understand mathematics and to pursue scientific knowledge. In this blog, learn about women who excelled in these fields — against great odds!
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