News of interest.

Read the latest articles, comments, and announcements about the activities of the Philadelphia Workforce Investment Board and related efforts around workforce development in the city and the region.

News Clips

» July 10, 2008 Metro "Finally going back to school"

» July 4, 2008 Philadelphia Business Journal "Pa. seeks to pair up workers with jobs"

» April 4, 2008 Philadelphia Business Journal "Girls tech skills need nurturing"

» March 27, 2008 Philadelphia Daily News "Better by Degrees"

» February 14, 2008 The Bulletin "The $1 Million Proposition -- 10,000 Times Over"

» February 6, 2008 The Bulletin "Program Looks to Get Adults Back to College"

» February 6, 2008 Weekly Press "Graduate! Philadelphia launches first-of-its-kind College Access Center for adults"

» February 5, 2008 Metro "Time to go back to school"

» February 5, 2008 Philadelphia Business Journal "Center aiding people who want to finish college"

» February 3, 2008 Philly.com "New Philly program encourages college dropouts to get degrees"

» February 3, 2008 Philadelphia Inquirer "A matter of (college) degrees"

» January 15, 2008 Philadelphia Inquirer "Capitalize on the people of this region"

» December 18, 2007 Philadelphia Daily News "A center to boost education"

» December 14, 2007 Philadelphia Inquirer "$785,000 granted for promoting college studies"

» December 14, 2007 Philadelphia Business Journal "State, local funds for worker training add up to $6.8M"

» August 10, 2007 Philadelphia Business Journal "Dealing with a Workforce Spending Cut"

» August 10, 2007 Philadelphia Business Journal "Pa. Corrections Dept. gets more Education Funding"

» August 3, 2007 Philadelphia Tribune Editorial "Train Workforce for Area Growth"

» July 27, 2007 Philadelphia Business Journal "Pa. Cuts Job Training Money"

» July 25, 2007 KYW News Radio 1060 Regional Business Commentary "Learning Accounts"

» July 12, 2007 Philadelphia Daily News Editorial "The Workforce is With Us: Senate Shows Sense in Keeping Training $$$"

» July 11, 2007 Philadelphia Daily News "Who Gets What?  Harrisburg's dust-up produced a deal with some appeal for Philly"  

» July 10, 2007 Philadelphia Daily News "State Funds in Peril"

» July 10, 2007 Philadelphia Daily News "Helping More Adults Get More Educated: Philly Low in College Grads"

» July 5, 2007 Philadelphia Inquirer Editorial "Modifying No Child Left Behind: Help high schools, too"

» July 3, 2007 Philadelphia Daily News "No jobs, no peace!" for Philadelphia youth

» June 29, 2007 Philadelphia Business Journal "Interns Are a Shared Responsibility"

» June 29, 2007 Philadelphia Business Journal "Chamber Hits 1,000-intern Mark"

» June 27, 2007 Philadelphia Business Journal "Chamber Surpasses Teen Intern Goals"

» June 23-30, 2007 Al Dia "Al Dia 6th Annual Job Fair 2007, Sallie Glickman, Honorary Chairwoman"

» June, 2007 KYW News Radio 1060 "Earnings and Education Gap: Tale of Two Cities announcement"

» May 21, 2007 Inclusion: independent progressive new "Inclusion--Philadelphia Style"

» May 18, 2007 Philadelphia Business Journal Sallie Glickman CEO File "Life Needs to be Lived" 

» April 27, 2007 The Triangle Online The Student Newspaper at Drexel University "City Workforce Ranks Low in Education, Skills"

» April 9, 2007 Philadelphia Inquirer "Phila. Workforce Found Lacking on Many Levels"

» April 6, 2007 Philadelphia Business Journal "City Work Force Needs Attention"

» April 6, 2007 Philadelphia Daily News "Evans Pledges 820G to Youth Summer Jobs Program"

» April 3, 2007 Philadelphia Daily News "City's Woes Not the Church's Cross to Bear"

» March 30, 2007 Philadelphia Daily News "We Need More Lindas: City has a Formal Education Deficit, Study Finds"

» March 30, 2007 Philadelphia Business Journal "Benefits of Education Revealed: Closing the Schooling Chasm Would Greatly Aid City, Study Shows"

» March 2007 KYW 1060 Business Report "A Tale of Two Cities"

» March 5, 2007 Philadelphia Metro "Talent Pool Tough to Tap"

» February 28, 2007 Philadelphia Daily News "Why Work Matters and the Barriers to It"

» February 25, 2007 Philadelphia Tribune "Joblessness Gives City a Split Personality: Two Philadelphias"