Wilsonville, Lake Oswego tech jobs wow education leaders, prompt talk of more engineering lessons in schools

The tour of local employers was intended to help area school superintendents, curriculum directors and community college deans see and hear first-hand what those great jobs look like and what the managers who hire for them look for in potential employees.

Leaders from a dozen school districts, colleges and community colleges in Portland’s southern suburbs got a first-hand look Friday at the abundant, super-cool, high-paying jobs their students can get if they emerge well educated in math, science and engineering.

Local graduates could help engineer the continent’s best dental chairs, design the world’s most sophisticated fighter jet navigation devices, write code that leads to all of Hollywood’s best special effects or help build million-dollar-plus infrared sensors.

By Betsy Hammond, The Oregonian

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