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Ehrlich, Elizabeth – Business Week, 1988
The author states that economic problems are the impetus behind a new call for school reform. Various proposed solutions are discussed, such as new governance structures, teacher improvement, and educational vouchers. (CH)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Competence, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change
Bernstein, Aaron – Business Week, 1988
Three forces are combining to mandate a more highly skilled work force: (1) technological advancement, (2) job growth centered on high-skill occupations, and (3) new work organizational strategies. As many as 50 million workers, many of them minorities and immigrants, may have to be trained or retrained in the next 12 years. (CH)
Descriptors: Adults, Basic Skills, Communication Skills, Employment Qualifications