K-20 Subcommittee
The K-20 Subcommittee seeks to engage with organizations in the greater Milwaukee region that would like to be actively engaged in our collective efforts.
Coalition Mission: Inclusively expand tech talent in the Milwaukee region to drive regional economic success, foster new opportunities in tech, and meet Employers’ growing need for skilled tech talent that is representative of the community.
K-20 Objective: All students in the greater MKE region understand their potential to contribute to the #mketech ecosystem to increase retention of graduates with diverse backgrounds interested in working in tech related fields.
K-20 Values: Strategies increase the likelihood for the upward mobility of underrepresented populations and reinforce Coalition members as employers of choice.
Related Links
- Early Awareness:
- District Planning:
- District Supports:
- Preparation (connected experiences for students, educators, employers):
- Workforce Transitions:
- Early Talent Champions (coming soon!)
- GM-STEM Engagement, for example:
Committee Representation
Impact
One Milwaukee nonprofit is doing what it can to reduce the city’s digital divide
Bertha Nance, 60, has been in Milwaukee for almost 40 years. But the first time she used a computer was 15 years ago when she helped her grandson with homework and even then, she struggled to use it. “I was intimidated by computers,” she said. “I don’t really like...
Summerfest Expands Programming in Annual Tech Showcase
Organizers of the Summerfest music festival are adding new programming to its annual technology showcase, which preludes the weeks-long concert series.
Greater Milwaukee area’s standout moments in tech: Year in Review
Microsoft, Foxconn, Northwestern Mutual and Direct Supply were just some of the big-name companies to make headlines in Milwaukee in 2019.
Local students experience ‘10,300 hours of code’
Milwaukee-area students were taught 10,300 hours of code as a part of Milwaukee’s “Hour of Code,” a NEWaukee and Milwaukee Tech Hub Coalition initiative that promotes tech skills among the youth. The Hour Code runs during Computer Science Week, which is Dec. 9 to Dec....
Schools look to boost computer science courses
Matt Smith reports on how well Wisconsin is doing in getting kids trained in computer science.
These Are 2 of the First Products Foxconn Says It Will Assemble in WI
While many details around Foxconn’s plans for Wisconsin have remained fluid since the Taiwanese manufacturing giant’s contract was approved in 2017, we now know two of the specific products the company plans to assemble in Mount Pleasant.
Marquette University leading new $2 million computer science effort in public schools
Dr. Dennis Brylow, professor of computer science in Marquette University’s Klingler College of Arts and Sciences, has received nearly $2 million in a National Science Foundation collaborative research grant to promote computer science education among teachers in...
Tech firm leasing space at The 42, adding as many as 145 jobs to downtown Milwaukee
Maryland technology services provider TEKsystems is leasing space at The 42, creating as many as many as 145 jobs in downtown Milwaukee. The Hanover, Maryland-based company announced this week it is expanding into Milwaukee in leasing 15,300 square feet at The 42, a...
UWM research aims to contribute to the next 50 years of space exploration
Technology surged forward when the U.S. government invested heavily in science and engineering in the 1960s to get humans to the moon. Now, 50 years after Neil Armstrong set foot on the lunar surface in July 1969, some of the work in UWM labs has the potential to make...
Five Milwaukee-area companies earn Ideadvance grants
Five southeastern Wisconsin small businesses have been awarded grants from the Ideadvance Seed Fund. Established in 2014 by the UW System Center for Technology Commercialization and the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp., Ideadvance funds the entrepreneurial efforts...
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