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Category Archives: Education
Ask Amber: Continuing education
By Amber Alarid, JVA Consulting If continuing education of some sort is on your radar (and I personally feel it should be on everyone’s!) you may be faced with the decision of what program is right for you and how … Continue reading
Ask Amber: Best investments to make as a young professional
By Amber Alarid, JVA Consulting As a young professional, it is sometimes difficult to prioritize what to do with the limited surplus of money you have on hand after the bills are paid. With a sometimes-overwhelming number of possibilities, I … Continue reading
What’s in a number? JVA and DPS receive perfect score on GEAR UP grant
By Robert Jakubowski, JVA Consulting 106. A perfect score. A testament to what can happen when a passionate and focused team is leveraged toward a common goal. So what does it all mean? JVA and Denver Public Schools (DPS) recently … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Youth development
Tagged Denver Public Schools, DPS, GEAR UP, JVA, JVA Consulting, Robert Jakubowski
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Ask Amber: Don’t panic (Part 2)—opportunities are out there for young professionals
By Amber Alarid, JVA Consulting Last week, my coworker Katie McCune was a member of a public service sector career panel at CU Boulder, put on by Career Services. Though the panel was targeted at current college students, there was a … Continue reading
Posted in College graduates and nonprofits, Community, Economy, Education, Gen Xers, Jobs/economic development, Millenials, Youth development
Tagged Amber Alarid, ask amber, Ben Baldwin, Burgess Consulting, Christine Berg, Colorado Judicial Branch, CU Boulder, CU Boulder Career Services, JVA Consulting, Katie McCune, Lafayette City Council, Melanie Burgess, National Park Service, Veronica Marceny
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Don’t panic (Part 1)—opportunities are out there for the nonprofit sector
By Katie McCune, JVA Consulting Last Wednesday, I had the privilege of speaking at University of Colorado at Boulder (CU) Career Services’ Public Service Career Panel. The purpose of the panel was to provide students and alumni insights into the … Continue reading
Posted in Boomers, College graduates and nonprofits, Community, Economy, Education, Gen Xers, Generations, Human resources, Millenials, Social media, Trends
Tagged ask amber, Ben Baldwin, Burgess Consulting, Career Services, Christine Berg, CO-Jobs, Colorado Judicial Branch, Colorado Nonprofit Association, CU Boulder, CU Boulder Career Services, DC Central Kitchen, JVA Consulting, Katie McCune, Lafayette City Council, Lisa Lovett, LLC., Melanie Burgess, National Park Service, Office of Congressman Jared Polis, Public Interest Internship Experience, Rocky Mountain National Park, Silver Tsunami, Veronica Marceny, young professionals
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Platte County School District and Anti-Defamation League clash over equality
Last week, the Board of Education for Wyoming’s Platte County School District decided that two district schools could not display banners earned through participation in the Anti-Defamation League’s No Place for Hate program because the banners contained the name of … Continue reading
Education gap costs U.S. up to $2.3 trillion
A persistent gap in academic achievement between children in the United States and their counterparts in other countries deprived the U.S. economy of as much as $2.3 trillion in economic output in 2008, McKinsey research finds. Each of the longstanding … Continue reading
46 states commit to common standards education push
According to Education Week, Progress toward developing national education standards may be close. Forty-six states—representing 80 percent of the nation’s K-12 student population—have formally agreed to join forces to create common academic standards in math and English language arts through … Continue reading
President Obama comes to Sloan’s Lake
By Collin Lessing, JVA Consulting How often is it that the President of the United States is in your own front yard? For me that’s never happened—until today. President Barack Obama has spent much of his week in Colorado—debating Mitt … Continue reading →