Students from Baldwin Preparatory Academy in Loxley earned Skill Point Certificates at the 2026 SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference, where a record 7,000 students competed.
Tag: workforce development
Coverage of workforce development from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
Mobile
Education Leaders Held Up Mobile as a National Model for Boosting Graduation Rates and Workforce Readiness
At an October 2014 Grad Nation summit in Mobile, education and business leaders praised the city’s college- and career-ready efforts as a model for improving graduation rates and workforce readiness.
Baldwin County
Byrne Brings His Jobs Plan to Brookley as the Governor’s Race Comes to Mobile
Bradley Byrne chose Brookley Field to unveil his economic plan on the first working day of 2010, while rival Bill Johnson addressed the Mobile County Republican Executive Committee the same evening.
Local News
Mobile County DHR Director Tells Rotarians Poverty and Illiteracy Travel Together
Rose Johnson, director of the Mobile County Department of Human Resources, addressed the Sunrise Rotary Club on poverty and what she called its co-conspirator, illiteracy.
Local News
Adult Literacy Tutor Tells Mobile Rotarians How Grown Students Doubled Their Reading Skills
Lydia Gaudet of Goodwill Easter Seals told the Sunrise Rotary Club of Mobile about an adult literacy program whose students, most reading below a third-grade level, doubled their skills in a year.
Local News
Mobile’s Four-Term Mayor Ruled Out the School Board, and Left the Door Open on Governor
Former Mayor Mike Dow said his wife would tolerate only one more campaign, and it would not be for the school board. In a long reply, he laid out his views on candidate recruitment and Mobile’s ‘new politics.’
Calvert
Workforce Alliance Finished Its Plan and Went Looking for Someone to Run It
With a strategic plan complete and major industrial projects arriving in Mobile County, the South Alabama Regional Workforce Development Alliance opened a search for a director to carry the plan out.