K-12 Education - TalentFirst

Announcing the first winners of the Talent First Literacy Leader Awards

NEWS RELEASE: TalentFirst today named five West Michigan elementary schools as the first recipients of its Literacy Leader Award, recognizing excellence in early literacy instruction...

Some Promising Attention to Michigan’s Early Literacy Crisis

The alarm bell is still ringing, but we are seeing signs that communities are waking up to the early literacy crisis that has been building...

Industry Highlight: ABC/WMC Addresses Construction’s Labor Shortage (Part 2)

In our most recent blog post, the Associated Builders and Contractors Western Michigan Chapter’s (ABC/WMC) explained how the labor shortage is impacting the construction sector....

New Dashboard Provides Tools to Tackle Michigan’s Early Literacy Crisis

With tests showing a continuing decline in early literacy in Michigan, TalentFirst has published an interactive dashboard documenting third-grade reading scores for nearly every elementary...

Employers go all-in on student success as investment in our future

In our efforts to make to make Michigan a leader for talent, we know exactly where to find the group with the greatest potential to...

Moving Forward: An Impact Report for 2021

Talent 2025 has always been a forward-looking organization, determined to catalyze a talent system that meets the needs of the region’s employers and supports the...

West Michigan Career Readiness Conference – Virtual Series

Recognizing, developing, and nurturing the talent that each and every one of our students naturally have has never been more important. With the changing nature...

2020 Year in Review

Reflecting on a year fraught with historic challenges, it can be easy to overlook progress. Talent 2025’s CEO leaders and partners in education and workforce...

The Other Pandemic: Students Isolated from Mental-Health Support of School

As school districts across Michigan evaluate whether to stay with or switch to remote, in-school, or a hybrid education model, one large factor continues to...

Confronting Systemic Racism Must Include K-12 Education

Institutional racism, also known as systemic racism, is getting some long-overdue attention as our nation confronts biases and inequities embedded into society. This examination must...