On Tuesday, JPMorgan Chase announced a $75 million initiative, New Skills for Youth, to support Career Technical Education (CTE) in the United States and abroad including $35 million dedicated to improving state CTE systems through a competition co-led by NASDCTEc and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO). This announcement has made its way through social media channels, on blogs and in national and local publications, placing CTE front and center on the national education stage. We’ve pulled together some of the best Tweets, articles and information from the announcement.
.@umbc's Hrabowski & @jpmorgan's Dimon: 4-year college isn't the only path to career readiness https://t.co/xIe8baUoQF #SkillsforYouth
— Urban Institute (@urbaninstitute) January 19, 2016
#SkillsForYouth program announced today will prepare students for jobs through CTE & grow partnerships b/t schools, businesses & communities
— Senator Tim Kaine (@timkaine) January 19, 2016
.Jamie Dimon @jpmorgan @Chase boss on @CBSNews talks about "New Skills For Youth Initiative". #WEF16 pic.twitter.com/m8HeYtzdhw
— Lulu Chiang (@LuluTV) January 19, 2016
.@jpmorgan Chase takes aim at youth unemployment via #SkillsForYouth campaign: https://t.co/jdBxZLridT pic.twitter.com/HttWctCmdn
— CBS This Morning (@CBSThisMorning) January 20, 2016
A variety of op-eds were picked up including one by Freeman Hrabowski, President of UMBC, and Jamie Dimon, President and CEO of JPMorgan Chase in USA Today, and Chauncy Lennon, Head of Workforce Initiatives at JPMorgan Chase on U.S. News.
Additionally, Chicago Tribune and Politico highlighted the new initiative, and an article in Education Week focused on the state competition grants. CBS News released a video of Dimon speaking about the benefits of this investment. The Seventy Four reported the $75 million investment pushed education philanthropy to $1.2 billion so far in 2016. To keep up-to-date with New Skills for Youth be sure to check our Newsroom, and learn more about the initiative including the state competitions here.
Katie Fitzgerald, Communications AssociateÂ
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