By Stan Litow
SOURCE:IBM
DESCRIPTION:
The U.S. House of Representatives' overwhelming bipartisan vote to reauthorize the Perkins Act (which funds Career and Technical Education) signals to the Senate that education reform must top the national agenda. One innovative education model that's already showing outstanding results within standard school district budgets is IBM P-TECH. Read how P-TECH is providing opportunity to low-income students while closing the skills gap, and why the P-TECH network has grown from one to 60 schools in the U.S. and abroad in just five short years.
Read the full story here.
To learn more about IBM's Corporate Citizenship Contributions around education, see the IBM 2015 Corporate Responsibility Report
Contact Info:
Kristina Kloberdanz
IBM Headquarters, Corporate Responsibility
kristina@us.ibm.com
KEYWORDS: Education, Media & Communications, IBM
