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Download full textRedovich, Dennis W. – 1998
The report asserts that U.S. and Wisconsin schools and workers are being used as scapegoats for the nation's and the state's social and economic problems. The propositions that U.S. students are not globally competitive and U.S. schools failures are "complete hoaxes." The report further asserts that a third big hoax being perpetrated on…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs, Employment Patterns, Employment Projections
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. – 1991
This report responds to a Wisconsin Legislature request by describing how special education program aides are used in Wisconsin schools and examining recent employment trends. An introductory section summarizes current rules and policies on eligibility for approval of aide positions, state funding, and qualifications for licenses. It defines…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Patterns
Wisconsin State Council on Vocational Education, Madison. – 1989
Presenters at a public hearing testified about strategies that were working and those that were considered not to be working in the Wisconsin vocational education system. The strategies that were cited as "working" were: education provided to businesses by VTAE (Vocational-Technical Adult Education district) colleges; interaction between…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Articulation (Education), Cooperative Programs, Disabilities
Redovich, Dennis W. – 1999
Observations of schools and the economies of various countries and regions (including the Eastern and Western Europe, Scandinavia, and the United States) suggest that the following generally accepted principles may be called hoaxes: (1) great numbers of new emerging jobs of the future will require much higher skill levels for workers; (2)…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Attitudes, Educational Benefits, Educational Change
Oinonen, Charlotte M., Ed. – 1983
Four essays are designed to provide perspective and dimension to the Stout Data Analysis and to the Business and Education Survey. The essayists who interpret the Stout and survey data represent the viewpoints of (1) business (David Horn), (2) a researcher in vocational education (Orville Nelson), (3) a vocational educator (Albert Pitts), and (4)…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Quality
Brill, Donald M. – 1985
In order to respond effectively to the profound impact that high technology has had on the labor market in Wisconsin, members of the Wisconsin Board of Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education (VTAE) must address a number of key human, curriculum, policy, and technological concerns. State VTAE agencies must close ranks, maintain close…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Change Strategies, Curriculum Development, Delivery Systems
Wisconsin Council on Children and Families Inc., Madison. – 2000
Wisconsin's welfare reform program, which is called Wisconsin Works or W-2, emphasizes work over education. Wisconsin's welfare reform policy caused the numbers of Wisconsin welfare recipients attending college to shrink by thousands in the mid-1990s. In contrast, increasing numbers of states are coming to realize how much flexibility they really…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Comparative Analysis, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs
