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Questions Arise About Renewed Push for Erie County Community College

January 3, 2017 by Paul Crowe

Skills to build the future

You may be wondering why the idea of an Erie County Community College popped up recently, seemingly out of nowhere. You’re not alone. It’s the same proposal that was floated and rejected in 2010 because it was an unnecessary duplication of educational resources already available as well as running the risk of locking taxpayers into […]

Erie County Needs More Manufacturing Not More Housing, Hotels and Retail Space

November 1, 2016 by Paul Crowe

Metal milling tooling

Erie County does not have a housing shortage, we have enough houses, apartments and condominiums for everyone who wants one, in fact, tearing down abandoned and rundown housing is a focus of the new city plan. Every now and then, hotel rooms seem to fill up if there’s a special event, but you can usually […]

Could Small Scale Manufacturing be a Big Win for Erie County?

June 22, 2016 by Paul Crowe

Even a 5 axis CNC milling machine can fit on a desktop

Buying Made in America products whenever you shop is great, but how about Made in Erie County? With the dwindling number of manufacturing jobs in our area, is that even possible anymore? Can we rebuild Erie County employment and offer opportunities for high school and college graduates from local schools, or even attract some from […]

What Graduating Students Should Never Do

June 7, 2016 by Paul Crowe

Some advice for graduating students heading out into the world

Commencement speeches are often far too long and filled with platitudes you’ll quickly forget. Here are a few words from Mike Rowe, a really down to earth guy who you may have seen on a few commercials or his TV show Dirty Jobs. It’s fairly brief and quite likely better than the speech you heard […]

A Modest Proposal for Parents and Students in Erie Schools

May 23, 2016 by Paul Crowe

The Khan Academy

Now that everyone knows the Erie schools are in dire financial straits, it’s time for each parent and student to take matters into their own hands. The proposal to close all four high schools has everyone’s attention, but does fixing the budget, however it’s done, mean the schools are fixed, too? Convince someone else or […]

Options for Students in Troubled Erie Schools

February 15, 2016 by Paul Crowe

edX offers a huge collection of courses

With headlines like “Erie schools are approaching bankruptcy,” you might get the impression the district is in big trouble. Coupled with constant demands from the governor for more money for education, stories of Philadelphia schools needing $5 billion for repairs, the Erie schools finding they need more “English as a second language” teachers which will […]

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