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The STEM Trend’s Growing Impact on Out-of-School Learning |
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The growing energy behind STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) curricula in US schools is influencing the after-school and tutoring communities to provide new learning options.
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SpringBoard Entrepreneurship Business Course |
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The Urban League of Greater Chattanooga is offering a quarterly SpringBoard Entrepreneurship course. SpringBoard offers business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs an introduction to business 101, sources and uses of capital to finance the growth of their businesses targeting local markets.
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Urban League seeks funding previously earmarked for Multicultural Chamber |
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The Urban League of Greater Chattanooga will ask the city of Chattanooga for funds originally earmarked for another organization that served minority businesses.
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STEM Education Program of the Urban League of Greater Chattanooga |
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Case Study 1: STEM Education Program of the Urban League of Greater Chattanooga
Challenges Targeted by the Program
When broadband is used to drive new business activity and economic growth, then it will create jobs. The challenge is to ensure that there is a pool of properly skilled labor in communities hard-hit by job losses to take those jobs. Having that pool of labor in itself will boost economic activity and job creation because businesses, both domestic and foreign, are likely to invest where there is a ready supply of labor with skills to match their needs.
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