BY RICK PLUTA
Michigan Public Radio Network
Governor Rick Snyder is expected to call for more business involvement in public schools. The governor will speak Monday to a summit of education leaders.
Governor Snyder's been looking for ways to more closely align what schools are doing with what employers are looking for.
Bill Rustem is the governor's senior policy advisor. He said there are thousands of jobs in Michigan that go unfilled because employers can't find people with the education or training they need.
"So, the problem that we're trying to resolve, the problem we're trying to take a look at is, how do we let parents and young people know what the jobs of the future are going to be." Rustem said.
Rustem said some ways that businesses could interact more closely with schools could include pairing students with professional mentors, or the promise of a job or internship after graduation from high school or college.
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