Scott PowersOctober 5, 2021
4min825
Legislation would also require vocational information provided in languages families speak at home.
Tag: vocational education
Scott PowersOctober 5, 2021
A.G. GancarskiMarch 22, 2021
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Funds would be targeted to students seeking alternatives to college.
Scott PowersFebruary 22, 2019
4min419
'They call this young man 'Action Jackson',' said Glenton Gilzean Jr.
Scott PowersDecember 7, 2018
7min506
Republican state Rep. Tyler Sirois heads into his first term in the Florida House with high hopes of addressing two widespread Florida issues that have a particularly strong impact on his Brevard County, water quality protection and vocational education. And he’ll be looking for ways to use the Florida Forever fund to address the water […]
Scott PowersDecember 5, 2018
6min610
Republican state Rep. David Smith will be heading to Tallahassee with a broad platform of ambitions covering education, the economy and the environment, but the retired U.S. Marine Corps colonel gets particularly excited about prospects he sees to improve the lot for Florida’s military veterans. Smith was elected Nov. 6 to succeed Jason Brodeur in […]
Drew WilsonNovember 15, 2018
6min559
State Rep. Randy Fine has worked with his share of tech companies that more often than not had to look outside the Sunshine State to get off the ground. Before he was elected to the Florida House in 2016, Fine started companies such as The Fine Point Group, which consults and provides analytics to businesses […]
Scott PowersJune 29, 2018
5min260
Adam Putnam returned to his “Florida First” agenda at the Republicans’ Sunshine Summit Friday pressing for a state that “innovates things, grows things, manufactures things” and vocational education to support it. The day after the Sunshine Summit hosted the FOX News Florida Republican gubernatorial debate that almost entirely focused on national issues, Putnam almost never […]
Joe HendersonMay 3, 2018
6min416
When Will Weatherford takes the podium this morning to open a Florida business economic summit in Orlando, his message will be straightforward and clear. Everybody needs a real chance at having a secure future, Weatherford will tell those attending the Florida Business Leaders’ Summit on Prosperity and Economic Opportunity. The way to do that is […]
Scott PowersSeptember 27, 2017
3min411
A lot of Florida’s economic weaknesses and longterm economic security can be treated with a bigger, more focused attention on vocational and technical education, Adam Putnam told a gathering of business leaders at the Florida Chamber of Commerce’s conference in Orlando Wednesday. Given just enough time, he surmised, to talk about just one issue in […]