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Employer Quotes
The quotes below are from employers in this industry: Information Technology (IT)
They are talking about this topic: Educational Partnerships
The quotes below are about this issue:
Industry leaders point to the importance of creating K-12 partnerships in order to educate children about technology and IT-related careers.
| "I think there's a need for internships and apprenticeships in high-tech areas and in scientific areas because the kids don't have a clue, from the high school level or even younger. That's the job-shadow type of thing. If you bring them in earlier, if you do marketing towards driving these students to understand these programs, they will understand why they need math. If it's taught in a poor way for a short time they're going to drop it. That's what I see with my own kids. They need to understand why they need it now. Because they can go to the internet and they can find out whatever they want. They don't need to have all of the teaching unless they really, really feel like there's something that drives them to it. So, what we have to do is educate them to drive themselves to want to do these things." | Metro |
| "We're using Genesis Works as our high school entre into the network. But we still have a lot of work to get the new college grads in. Then, how do we prepare them for the other jobs as they move around the IT world?" | Metro |