One of the key components to the Greater Topeka Partnership’s Momentum 2022 idea is developing homegrown talent. Doing this requires two key elements: One is creating an educated workforce, the second is keeping educated workers in Topeka.
“Cities continue to prosper on the ideas and work of the next generation,” Washburn University president Jerry Farley said. “Topeka’s graduates today are the interns and new hires of tomorrow that businesses need to continue operating and to keep generating new ideas. Topeka’s school districts constantly strive to enhance educational opportunities for all students to not only provide a holistic, quality education but because those administrators and educators, who live and work in Topeka, know those children are the future of our community.”
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