Please direct all media inquiries to:
Ingrid Gonçalves
igoncalves@clcr.org
(773) 278-5418 ext. 16
Media coverage for High Road Network programs:
2009
- Government Technology – November 2, 2009 – “Chicago Academy of Advanced Technology Opens”
- Chicago Sun-Times – October 13, 2009 – “City to create ‘Tech Corps’ for laid-off professionals”
- The Austin Weekly News – October 7, 2009 – “Forget Rio – Austin students headed to Spain”
- The Illinois Manufacturer – Summer 2009 – “Bringing businesses to the table: The City of Chicago’s David Hanson speaks up for manufacturers”
- Government Technology – July 9, 2009 – “Chicago Opens Technology High School”
- Global Corporate Xpansion (GCX) – Summer 2009 – “Green Economy Success Requires Trained Talent”
- Chicago Public Schools – June 1, 2009 – “Getting the picture: Photo gallery opening at Austin Polytech commemorates school’s founders”
- Great Lakes Manufacturing Council Focus – April 2009 – “Chicago’s Green Manufacturing Network”
- Ed Leaf – Spring 2009 – “A New Direction in Education”
- Catalyst Chicago – February 2009 – “Workers in short supply”
- Catalyst Chicago – February 2009 – “Chicago’s newest high schools are looking to reinvent career education”
- Northwest Indiana Times - January 29, 2009 – “Chicago school offers pointers”
- The Illinois Manufacturer – Winter 2009 – “A Renaissance for Chicago’s West Side: Austin Polytechnical Academy builds community support for manufacturing”
2008
- Progress Illinois – December 19, 2008 – “A Fork in the Road: The Promise of Advanced Manufacturing”
- Progress Illinois – December 3, 2008 – “Swinney’s Got a Plan”
- Beyond the Beltway with Bruce Dumont – November 30, 2008 – Guest: Dan Swinney, Executive Director, Chicago Manufacturing Renaissance Council
- ChicagoTalks.org – October 27, 2008 – “Corporate Sponsored Tech School to Open in Loop”
- President Obama on Austin Polytech – September 9, 2008 – “Austin Polytech is bringing hope back to the community”
- Welding Journal – August 2008 – “Chicago Aims to Bring Manufacturing Jobs Back to the City”
- Entrepreneur - August 2008 – “Old myths, new realities: as retirements near, firms scramble to fill skilled worker positions”
- Washington Business Journal - July 4, 2008 – “Boomers or bust? Not if we can help it”
- Progress Illinois – July 2, 2008 – “One Year In: A Look at Austin Polytechnical Academy”
- Plant Engineering – June 20, 2008 – “Education will be the way out of U.S. manufacturing’s decline”
- The Wall Street Journal – June 5, 2008 – “Transforming Inner-City Schools to Train Tomorrow’s Work Force”
- Medill Reports Chicago – May 27, 2008 – “Manufacturers confront a human-capital crisis”
2007
- Providence Business News – December 31, 2007 – “Tomorrow’s dream job? Think about manufacturing”
- Economic Development America – Winter 2007 – “Chicago’s New Direction: Leading the Way in the Race to the Top in Global High-Performance Manufacturing”
- The Illinois Manufacturer – Fall 2007 – “Chicago’s first manufacturing-focused high school opens its doors”
- The American Prospect – July 12, 2007 – “Inner-City Futurism: A new kind of high school in Chicago’s inner city will train its students for high-tech, high-pay manufacturing”
- Austin Weekly News – June 6, 2007 – “New Austin Ren 2010 HS: 145 students recruited for manufacturing school”
- CNNMoney.com – June 1, 2007 – “Creating the next manufacturing elite: A Chicago school teaches students to run high-tech plants”
- Chi-Town Daily News – May 31, 2007 – “New high school to focus on high-tech manufacturing”
- Medill Reports Chicago – May 30, 2007 – “Austin high school to train for manufacturing jobs”
- Gear Technology – January/February 2007 – “Where manufacturing and education mesh (but associations and grassroots organizations lack public awareness)”
2006
- City of Chicago – December 27, 2006 – “Employer Needs Drive Workforce Development Successes in 2006″
