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Nicholas W. Affrunti – National Association of School Psychologists, 2023
The current brief provides an overview of the 2021-2022 school year student-to-school psychologist ratio for every United States territory, using the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) counts of school psychologists. In addition to this, data are presented on the percentage change in student-to-school psychologist ratio from the…
Descriptors: School Psychologists, Counselor Client Ratio, Public Schools, Elementary Schools
Crowe, Meagan – Southern Education Foundation, 2022
This report, the first in the Economic Vitality and Education in the South (EVES) series, provides state-by-state information on more than 20 critical data points associated with the education-to-workforce pipeline. The report looks specifically at the 17 states in the Southern Education Foundation (SEF) region: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware,…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Labor Force Development, Achievement Gap, Social Justice
Pompelia, Sarah; Macdonald, Heidi – Education Commission of the States, 2019
Change swept throughout the country with the 2018 elections, bringing 20 new governors into office. Whether returning or starting their first term, governors are taking the opportunity in their State of the State addresses to highlight achievements and outline plans for the future. Every governor who has given an address has mentioned an…
Descriptors: State Officials, Educational Finance, Labor Force Development, Teacher Effectiveness
Advance CTE: State Leaders Connecting Learning to Work, 2020
The Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (Perkins V) places a strong emphasis on the alignment of Career Technical Education (CTE) programs of study with state, regional and local economies. Specifically, the legislation requires Perkins-funded programs to prepare students for "high-skill, high-wage, or…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Alignment (Education), Labor Market, Skilled Occupations
Gagne, Jeff; Lord, Joan; Corrente, Michaela – Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2014
America and the South seem to have turned a corner on the deep and prolonged recession that started in 2008. The stranglehold it has had on jobs and job prospects caught many by surprise, and it has caused education leaders to refocus state policy on the relationship between career preparation and education. This report provides updates on the…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Community Colleges, Technical Institutes, Career Education
Kotamraju, Pradeep; Mettille, John L., III – National Research Center for Career and Technical Education, 2012
Career and technical education (CTE) is increasingly seen as a major potential contributor to the recovery of the U.S. economy. However, the effectiveness and impact of the current Carl D. Perkins Act (otherwise known as Perkins IV) that governs CTE are unclear. Is the federal investment in CTE paying off? To answer this, we need to establish the…
Descriptors: Career Education, Technical Education, Vocational Education, Cost Effectiveness
Groves, Garrett – NGA Center for Best Practices, 2014
Governors are increasingly aware that the emerging economy will provide few well-paying jobs for workers who have not earned a postsecondary degree or a relevant workforce certificate. Fifty years ago, nearly 80 percent of all jobs required only a high school diploma or less and most paid a good wage. Fast-forward to data from 2013 and that number…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Job Training, Labor Force Development, Postsecondary Education
Butler, Tara A. – National Governors Association, 2009
The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) leads a Mission Growth Working Group, which consists of states that are significantly impacted by the growth of military bases. The group includes state representatives appointed by the governors of Alabama, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana,…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Facilities, Educational Demand, Population Growth
Lindahl, Nicole – Prisoner Reentry Institute (NJ1), 2007
The rising number of individuals returning to communities from prison and jail represents one of the defining issues of time. Individuals reentering society face myriad challenges, not the least of which is securing viable employment; in addition, each individual has a unique set of experiences, needs and resources. This project stems from the…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Rehabilitation, Transitional Programs
American Association of Community Colleges (NJ1), 2006
This publication includes 13 articles: (1) ATE [Advanced Technological Education] Attuned to Global Competition; (2) Materials Science Center Supplies Information on Often-Overlooked Field; (3) CSEC [Cyber Security Education Consortium] Builds Corps of Cyber Technicians; (4) KCTCS [Kentucky Community and Technical College System] Is U.S. Partner…
Descriptors: Technology Education, Technical Education, Community Colleges, Faculty Development
Wilson, JoAnn – 1981
The organizational and working relationships between postsecondary education and economic development in selected states were investigated, with emphasis on identifying state-level coordinated programs in 12 geographically diverse states known to be active in linking education to economic development (Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Louisiana,…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Economic Development, Education Work Relationship
Gray, Kenney E., Ed.; Petrie, William J., Ed. – 1975
The report of the seminar on inservice vocational education personnel development contains the transcripts of 14 speeches and the reports of six discussion groups. The papers are organized under four main headings: the context of inservice education, which contains three papers on inservice education philosophy, requirements, and responsibility;…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Competency Based Teacher Education, Educational Change, Educational Needs