WATCH: @mikeallen and @erica_pandey host conversations exploring skills-based hiring, featuring DOE @SecCardona, Maryland @GovWesMoore & @EdWorkforceCmte chair @virginiafoxx x.com/i/broadcasts/1…
@mikeallen @erica_pandey @SecCardona @GovWesMoore @EdWorkforceCmte @virginiafoxx .@SecCardona: "We have an opportunity here to put aside partisanship and to work together around providing students with opportunities...I've spoken to governors red and blue who say, this is what we're counting on for economic stability in our state."
@mikeallen @erica_pandey @SecCardona @GovWesMoore @EdWorkforceCmte @virginiafoxx .@virginiafoxx: "I think our emphasis today...seems to focus on high school students...but we really need to think about the millions and millions of people who are currently working whose jobs are going to change, who will need to change their skills, up-skill..."
@mikeallen @erica_pandey @SecCardona @GovWesMoore @EdWorkforceCmte @virginiafoxx .@GovWesMoore on bridging historic equity gaps in education: "I think the only way you make things more equitable is you have to be intentional, you don't accidentally get to equitable. Because we didn't accidentally get to inequitable, it was intentional."
@mikeallen @erica_pandey @SecCardona @GovWesMoore @EdWorkforceCmte @virginiafoxx Education Secretary @SecCardona on addressing the stigma surrounding vocational training and technical education:
@axios @mikeallen @erica_pandey @SecCardona @GovWesMoore @EdWorkforceCmte @virginiafoxx Make sure that education focuses on tech as well.