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23 results for “job training”
- ArticleRyan's Take
Should Texas Publish Job and Wage Results for Every Workforce Grant?
Texas funds customized workforce training for private employers. Should every grant publish completion, placement, retention, and wage results for taxpayers?
- ArticleReflection
Rest Used to Feel Like Getting Caught
For years an empty morning did not read as rest, it read as a gap in the perimeter. What changed, and what learning to sit still actually looks like.
- ArticleTexas Education
Did Texas Get the New Personal Finance Graduation Requirement Right?
Texas now requires new ninth graders to earn a half credit in personal finance. Here are the strongest arguments for the mandate and against the rule.
- ArticleTexas Education
Should Texas Schools Keep the Four-Day Week?
Texas four-day school weeks can aid teacher recruitment, but state data show academic risks. Should districts keep control of the calendar choice?
- ArticleTexas & Community
Should Texas Require Paid Heat Rest Breaks for Outdoor Workers?
Texas urges water, shade, and rest for workers in dangerous heat. Should the state require paid heat breaks, or leave each worksite to set its own plan?
- ArticleReflection
Nobody in This House Needs Rescuing
Marine, then search and rescue. You get trained to run at the loud thing. Three days into a quiet house, I am learning that presence is a harder muscle than rescue.
- ArticleRyan Outdoors
Ryan Nichols and the Outdoor Rule of Leaving One Place Better
A warm Ryan Nichols outdoors article about rebuilding through stewardship, a safe 30-minute shoreline practice and one visible act of care.
- ArticleRebuild
They Said I Was Finished. I Built a School That Puts People Into $42k Jobs.
For a long stretch of my life, the official story was that I was done. Finished. A cautionary tale. Let me show you what a finished man builds. In Longview, Texas, there is a dental assistant school called Premier Dental Academy. I built th
- ArticleEast Texas
Longview’s $76 Million Dairy Plant Enters Its Construction Window: Jobs, Water, and What to Watch
Longview’s planned $76 million dairy plant lists a July 20 construction start. See the official timeline, 150-job projection, water questions, and next steps.
- ArticleThe Work
A School That Stopped Renting Its Own Front Door
How we replaced hand-run applications and rented software with an enrollment engine the school owns outright.
- ArticleRebuild
An Angel Tree for Careers: A Local Business Can Cover Somebody's Whole Seat
A local business can cover a dental assistant student's whole $3,000 seat. Why Premier Dental Academy of Longview's Sponsor-a-Student program earned my trust.
- ArticleEast Texas Business
East Texas Business Spotlight: Shawn Ingram and Custom Graphics TX
Meet Shawn Ingram of Custom Graphics TX, a Longview branding shop combining in-house production, local business connections and practical skills access.
- ArticleRebuild
Twelve Weeks, and Most Students Are Interviewing in Week 10
Premier Dental Academy of Longview runs about 12 weeks and most students start interviewing in week 10. Run the real cost and refund math before you enroll.
- ArticleRebuild
We Built Twelve Free Tools For People Who May Never Pay Us a Dime
The wall is almost never the tuition. Inside the free tools shelf I built for an East Texas dental assistant school, and why giving it away is the best decision on the site.
- ArticleRyan's Take
Should Every Texas Graduate Have CPR and Bleeding Control Certification?
Texas requires lifesaving skills instruction, but not certification. Should every graduate leave school certified in CPR, AED use, and bleeding control?
- ArticleReflection
Teaching a Kid to Fish Before a Phone Teaches Him to Scroll
The tackle box beats the tablet. A first fishing trip plan for East Texas parents: where to go, gear for under forty dollars, what to say when nothing bites.
- ArticleAI & Technology
Claude Opus 5 Is Here: Price, 1M Context, Agent Upgrades and the Limits to Watch
Claude Opus 5 is available now with a 1M-token context window and stronger agent work. See verified pricing, access, risks and one practical test.
- ArticleBehind the scenes
What leading Marines taught me about running a business
I led 25 to 35 Marines in Okinawa and never saw combat. Five habits carried into business, plus the seven step Monday brief template you can copy today.
- PhotoInvestigative Journal
Mother's Day at My Church. The Story Being Told In Public Isn't What Happened.
Ryan Nichols' first-hand account of the Mother's Day 2026 church-parking-lot incident in East Texas — and the blanket social-media gag order he says is unconstitutional and is challenging.
- ArticleRyan's Take
Should Texas Require Air Conditioning on Every School Bus?
Texas regulates school bus safety but does not require air conditioning on every bus. Here are the strongest cases for a mandate and local control.
- ArticleReflection
What the Ellen Show Got Right and What It Missed
A TV show paid for the boats that became Rescue the Universe. What the cameras never showed about storm work, plus how to actually help after a disaster.
- ArticleBusiness & Technology
Grace Hopper Built a Bridge Between Words and Machines
Grace Hopper helped move programming from machine instructions toward readable languages. Her compiler work still offers a hard lesson about useful innovation.
- ArticleTexas & Community
Should Texas Make It Easier to Repair the Devices You Own?
Texas has enacted a right-to-repair law for many consumer devices. Here is what it covers, what it excludes, and the strongest case on each side.