There are 6 article(s) tagged Amity Schuyler:

• May 2024

  • Memphis Chamber VP says we must ‘stop exporting talent’

    Future businesses like BlueOval and accompanying industry will provide opportunities for the local workforce, according to an executive with the Greater Memphis Chamber.

    By Michael Waddell May 08, 2024

• June 2023

  • Memphis Chamber’s teacher externship program fuses business and education

    Through the program, teachers will be immersed in two weeks of job shadowing, facility tours and hands-on activities at a Memphis business related to their field of teaching.

    By Alicia Davidson June 08, 2023

• June 2021

  • Where have all the workers gone?

    As the economy has started to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses have been having a hard time finding enough workers to meet the demand. Unfortunately, for a variety of reasons, the labor shortage might not be ending any time soon.

    By Blake Fontenay June 20, 2021

• May 2021

  • Memphis chamber taps new workforce development chief

    The Greater Memphis Chamber is hiring Amity Schuyler, a seasoned veteran of nonprofit and government work, to oversee its efforts to promote workforce development in the community.

    By Blake Fontenay May 26, 2021

• April 2020

  • SCS hires state official overseeing voucher launch

    Amity Schuyler will work for a school system that opposes the Education Savings Account program she hustled to launch.

    By Marta W. Aldrich April 23, 2020

• November 2019

  • Education voucher rules cruise through Tennessee board

    The program is on track to launch in the fall of 2020, a year earlier than required under a new state law. Lee ordered the accelerated timeline this summer.

    By Marta W. Aldrich November 19, 2019