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Download full textBergson-Shilcock, Amanda – National Skills Coalition, 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic has vividly illustrated the centrality of frontline workers to the everyday functioning of the American economy and daily life. But while some articles have mentioned the high proportion of immigrant workers in these roles, there has been much less attention paid to the high number of English learners in particular. The…
Descriptors: Pandemics, English Language Learners, Immigrants, English (Second Language)
Wagner, Stacey – Jobs For the Future, 2015
The National Fund's Young Adult Initiatives aim to test and implement new strategies for targeting America's young adults and share this information so that employers and workforce development can join forces in investing in the millions of young adults across the nation. This case study focuses on promising findings from automotive and…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Employment, Manufacturing Industry, Motor Vehicles
Parker, James T. – National Commission on Adult Literacy (NJ1), 2007
From 1989 until 1998 the U.S. Department of Education administered the National Workplace Literacy Demonstration Program. During that period, over $130 million supported some 300 projects where adult education programs partnered with thousands of businesses, agencies, and organizations to provide work-based skills to employees. While only seven…
Descriptors: Workplace Literacy, Adult Education, Labor Force Development, State Programs
Baldwin, Fred D. – Appalachia, 1998
The Northeastern Pennsylvania Industrial Resource Center and the Mount Rogers Regional Adult Education Program (Virginia) cross-train and upgrade workers' skills to adapt to changing workplaces and keep companies and communities competitive; customize curriculum to meet employers' needs; and provide GED and other adult education programs. (SAS)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Economic Factors, Education Work Relationship, High School Equivalency Programs
Virginia State Dept. of Economic Development, Richmond. – 1993
The Workforce Virginia 2000 Advocacy Council committee recommends that for Virginia to respond effectively to the growing global challenge, it must take positive action aimed at improving the productivity and skills of its work force and establishing high performance work organizations. Virginia must shift to a high performance work organization…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Business, Employer Employee Relationship, Futures (of Society)
Foucar-Szocki, Diane; Bolt, Les – 2001
A stratified random sample of Virginia's 4,000 employers with over 100 employees was surveyed about workplace-based foundational basic skills (oral and written communication, reading, math, thinking skills, teamwork, English proficiency, and basic computer literacy). A total of 446 surveys were sent with a usable response rate of 18 percent.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Computer Literacy, Differences
