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Preparing Students for Future Careers with Soft Skills Training on Financial Decisions

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Hypothetical Small Businesses: From Idea to Execution Imagine a classroom buzzing with entrepreneurial energy where students develop and execute small business ideas. After they brainstorm business ideas, guide them to create business plans and simulate the launch of their small enterprises.

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Some Childcare Providers Lost All in the Eaton Fire. Why Can't They Get Relief Money?

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She said she hasn't been able to access a small business loan, or FEMA money beyond an initial emergency $770. Wright said she was rejected when applying for a small business loan because she didn't make enough money. When I go to apply for a small business loan, it will show that I have income coming in.

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As Apprenticeships Expand in Early Childhood, These States Are Training the Field’s Future Leaders

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Because while the primary responsibilities of a classroom teacher involve educating and caring for young children, that work often shifts dramatically at the next level the leadership level to managing staff and operating a small business.

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Idaho Moves to Deregulate Child Care in First-of-Its-Kind Legislation

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How often do you get small business owners up here asking you to regulate them more? Snyder is one of the people who testified before the House Health and Welfare committee last week. I dont want to break from licensing standards, he told committee members during the hearing. Today might be the first.

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Pell Grants for Short-Term Programs Would Help Students at My Community College

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House of Representatives Committee on Small Business Subcommittee on Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Workforce Development. At the end of March, I had the honor of representing the Community College of Aurora and providing testimony before the U.S.

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5 Surprising Ways Homeschoolers Use Canva for Learning and Fun

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Are you like me and always looking for creative ways to add technology to your lessons? …Or Or maybe technology to you is something super scary and should be avoided like the plague! Here’s the sign-up link if the image above doesn’t work: [link] Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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Why College Matters for a Successful Career in Tech

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Technology is one of the areas where self-education, or autodidacticism, can bring outstanding results and allow an individual to achieve professional success without holding official certifications to prove his knowledge and skills. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.