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For Eau Claire Startup, Success Takes a Village
7 Dec 2021
News, Eau Claire
Noah Plewa knows better than many the lifelong value that out-of-school activities – from summer camps to sports teams – have on young learners.
The Eau Claire native followed a relatively unconventional educational path: Part of his youth was spent being homeschooled, and he attended seventh through 12th grades at Wildlands School, a project-based learning public charter school at Beaver Creek Reserve. With the help of opportunities offered throughout the community, he was always learning – even if he wasn’t always (or even usually) in a classroom.
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Generations Academy is a non-profit charter school in Eau Claire, WI that specializes in individual development and project-based learning. Recently, the Generations Academy students had a business unit; every child from five to eighteen years old was instructed to come up with a business idea.
In addition to the...
Talent-Based Location Strategies
Dec 7 2021As the U.S. economy continues its recovery from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, employers are encountering an increasingly difficult talent landscape fraught with challenges related to the attraction and retention of the talent upon which their business relies. This is particularly true for the most advanced technical job roles...
Maria Gabriela Mouzawak shows up at Rise Baking Company with a smile, ready to work. She quickly packs cookies into a box for distribution.
She likes what she does, and she’s good at it. But there was one aspect of her life she wanted to improve.
Mouzawak, an...