Work-based learning is more than one of the latest watchwords in education, according to WBL students from area school systems doing it and representatives of businesses where those students work.
The Kingsport Chamber has partnered with the Association of Chamber Commerce Executives to offer a skills-based hiring program.
Excited chatter filled the halls at MeadowView Conference Resort & Convention Center on Friday as middle school students pitched their business ideas at the sixth annual Kids Business Expo.
Students at Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School were gifted tablets on Tuesday thanks to the Kingsport Chamber of Commerce and donors.
The new box, installed outside the Kingsport Chamber (400 Clinchfield Street), is the 26th location throughout Kingsport.