2024
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2025
Looking at the Issues Newsletter
The Impact of Job Shadowing – 3 Student Stories
Issues (April 25, 2025) – Stark Education Partnership’s (SEP) three Career Champions have the opportunity and honor to guide and build relationships with remarkable students in the eleven Stark County high schools they serve. The following is an introduction to three of these students and their experience...
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Student’s Worksite Experiences Equal Workforce Development – One Youth at a Time
Issues (March 21, 2025) – At Stark Education Partnership, our career-connected learning program relies upon the belief that real world experiences help young people to flourish personally, while gaining confidence and skills necessary to prepare them for the workforce...
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Preparing for a Future That Doesn't Yet Exist
Issues (February 21, 2025) – Most of today’s middle school students will enter the workforce in careers that have not yet been created. Recently, Justin Henry, Board of Education Vice President, and I were discussing this topic after he heard at a business meeting that 65% of current 7th grade students will have jobs...
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Career Connected Learning’s Essential Relationship with Business/Community Partners
Issues (January 24, 2025) – Now in our third year of the Stark Career Pathways Initiative, SEP relies upon local business, community, and university partners to engage students. The effort each contributes realizes our vision “to build generations of successful individuals who fulfill their potential and grow roots...
In the News
Career paths: Marathon Petroleum hosts field day for area students
The Repository (May 7, 2025) – Students gathered around an engineering booth filled with clear jars of elements, such as sulfur, at Marathon Petroleum Corporation's career field day on Wednesday. They heard how the sulfur byproduct from oil refining is then used in products like fertilizer and even...
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Career Connected Learning program ‘connects’ students to businesses
The Repository (January 6, 2025) – More than ever, Stark County students are actively engaging with professionals from various sectors this school year through exciting speaker sessions, tours of local colleges and companies, shadowing experiences and mini-internships — all as part of Stark Education Partnership’s...
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2024
Looking at the Issues Newsletter
In the News
(December 20, 2024) – Big Accomplishments by SEP’s School Partners​​​
(November 22, 2024) – Your Investment Impacts Local Students
​​(October 25, 2024) – Building A Workforce Through Partnerships​​
(September 20, 2024) – SEP Kicks Off the New School Year​
(June 14, 2024) – Making an Impact: SEP's FY24 Year in Review​
(May 31, 2024) – Five Stark Student Success Stories​
(May 17, 2024) – Stark Tank Continues Engaging College Students In Entrepreneurship​
(May 3, 2024) – Celebrating Stark’s CCL Successes
​(April 23, 2024) – East Canton High School “Experienceships”
(April 5, 2024) – The Champions Of Career Connected Learning​
(March 22, 2024) – Making Career Connections With Vulnerable Student Populations
​(March 8, 2024) – How Videos Are Promoting Local Companies to the Workforce...​
(February 23, 2024) – Marathon’s Growing Connections With Local Stark Students
(February 9, 2024) – Alliance City Schools Renew Focus On Preparing Students...​
(January 26, 2024) – Revisiting Recent Issues from 2023
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Heart of Stark: $25,000 given out to college students in Stark Tank competition
The Repository (May 27, 2024)
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Innis Maggiore supports career-learning opportunities through the Stark Education Partnership
innismaggiore.com (May 14, 2024)
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Opportunities at Home:
​Stark Education Partnership works to keep young adults from leaving local area
The Repository (February 25, 2024)
2023
Looking at the Issues Newsletter
In the News
(December 22, 2023) – Seasons Greetings!
(December 15, 2023) – Looking at Stark's Newest Report Card Data
(December 1, 2023) – Students Explore Their Career Interests & Aptitudes
(November 10, 2023) – Your Financial Support Will Impact Stark Students
(October 27, 2023) – Stark Employers and Schools Create a Winning Game Plan..
(October 13, 2023) – Stark Colleges & Universities Expanding Connections to...
(September 29, 2023) – YouScience – the What and the Why
(September 15, 2023) – Updating SEP's Impact – New Partners and New Team..
(June 16, 2023) – Making an Impact: Stark Education Partnership’s Year in Review
(June 2, 2023) – Stark Tank leaves a lasting impact on Sharks, Teachers, and...
(May 19, 2023) – College, Work, or the Military - Where Do Students Go After...
(May 5, 2023) – In-Demand Jobs: Statewide & Locally
(April 21, 2023) – Engaging Youth in Entrepreneurship
(April 7, 2023) – Stark’s High Demand Job Sectors Abound in Opportunity
(March 24, 2023) – Empowering Stark's Students: The Impact of AmeriCorps...
(March 10, 2023) – Videos Show Students Real-World Connections to Local...
(February 24, 2023) – Planning for Our Student's Future
(February 10, 2023) – Looking for Key Data on Stark Students?
(January 27, 2023) – Teens, Cellphones, and Social Media
(January 6, 2023) – Local Businesses Partner with Schools to Offer Career...
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Heart of Stark: Stark County’s new career guided learning initiative
The Repository (January 16, 2023)
2022
Looking at the Issues Newsletter
(December 16, 2022) –Bringing Relevance to Students through Career Connected...
(December 2, 2022) – Actions Impact "Louder" Than Words
(November 11, 2022) – What You Don't Know About the FAFSA®
(October 28, 2022) – Bridging the Relevance Gap for Students and Stark County...
(October 14, 2022) – Are Students Aware of Careers at YOUR Organizanization?
(September 30, 2022) – SEP Welcomes New Board Members
(June 10, 2022) – SEP Embraces New Strategic Plan
(May 27, 2022) – Stark Tank Continues to Empower Local Student Entrepreneurs
​(April 29, 2022) – Staying Connected to Greater Stark's 2022 High School Graduates
(April 15, 2022) –Lessons of High Poverty, High Success Schools: Nonfiction Writing
(April 1, 2022) – Lessons of High Poverty, High Success Schools: Collaborative...
(March 18, 2022) – United States Student Entrepreneur of the Year is from Stark...
(March 4, 2022) – Focus on Student Achievement
(February 18, 2022) –Lessons of High Poverty, High Success Schools: PLCs..
(February 4, 2022) – Grant Helps Increase FAFSA Completions in Stark County
(January 21, 2022) – Lessons from High Poverty, High Success Schools
(January 7, 2022) – A Nation of High School Graduates
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In the News
Manufacturing Day: High schoolers get
first-hand glimpse of workforce jobs
The Repository (October 7, 2022)
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Educators, business groups launch program to show students Stark County's opportunities
The Repository (August 8, 2022)