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Download full textAdvance CTE: State Leaders Connecting Learning to Work, 2019
Massachusetts was one of the 10 states selected to participate in New Skills for Youth (NSFY). NSFY, launched by JPMorgan Chase & Co. in 2016, is a $75 million, five-year initiative, aimed at strengthening and expanding high-quality career pathways for youth. As part of this initiative, the Council of Chief State School Officers, Advance CTE,…
Descriptors: Career Readiness, State Programs, Vocational Education, Sustainability
Division of Community Colleges and Workforce Preparation, Iowa Department of Education, 2018
Adult education and literacy has never been more valued in Iowa than it is now. Adult Education and Literacy (AEL) empowers individuals to become self-sufficient by providing the basic skills and knowledge necessary to complete a secondary education credential and helps them meet their education and career goals. Nationally, AEL programs serve 1.5…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Secondary Education, Adult Basic Education
Division of Community Colleges and Workforce Preparation, Iowa Department of Education, 2017
Adult Education and Literacy (AEL) empowers individuals to become self-sufficient by providing the basic skills and knowledge necessary to complete a secondary education credential and helps them meet their education and career goals. Nationally, AEL programs serve 1.5 million adults who are no longer in school and who lack basic literacy and math…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Secondary Education, Adult Basic Education
National Alliance of Business, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1987
The U.S. economy is undergoing a transition that may rival the changes produced by the Industrial Revolution. The general directions are clear: an ever smaller share of the nation's work force is employed in the manufacturing sector; service sector industries are the source of most new jobs; and some "high tech" industries have had explosive…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Economic Development, Education Work Relationship, Employment Qualifications
Hardin, Luther S. – American Vocational Journal, 1978
In Arkansas the five-percent allocation is known as VESA-CETA: Vocational Education Set-Aside Funds under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act. The article describes various state-administered projects for dropouts, potential dropouts, and adults who are unemployed or underemployed. (MF)
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Programs, Labor Force Development
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Div. of Vocational, Adult, and Community Education. – 1992
This booklet describes programs designed to offer a comprehensive system to improve Florida's work force. Through these programs, students and workers in Florida are prepared to enter the labor force, attend technical training programs, enroll in other postsecondary programs, or upgrade their skills on the job. The following are discussed: the…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Education Work Relationship, Educational Improvement, Educational Trends
Florida State Council on Vocational Education, Tallahassee. – 1990
To ensure that Florida's vocational education programs are relevant to the changing needs of the state's labor market: (1) activities on new and emerging occupations should be coordinated through the Labor Market Information Coordinating Committee (LMICC); (2) the Bureau of Labor Market Information (BLMI) should identify significant occupations…
Descriptors: Career Information Systems, Cooperative Programs, Education Work Relationship, Emerging Occupations
Perry, Pamela; And Others – 1996
This report contains materials from the TECHlinx Technical Education Clearinghouse project designed to promote the effective development of the Texas work force by linking individuals and institutions to information and resources focused on work force education. Part 1, an executive summary, reports how the project was successfully established and…
Descriptors: Clearinghouses, Information Services, Information Utilization, Internet
New Jersey State Employment and Training Commission, Trenton. – 1992
Global competition, coupled with the United States' loss of its competitive economic edge and its failure to sustain and develop a highly skilled work force, has created a new and serious challenge. To meet this challenge, the State Employment and Training Commission has developed a series of recommendations, called the Unified State Plan for New…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Cooperative Programs, Educational Needs, Employment Programs
National School-to-Work Opportunities Office, Washington, DC. – 1997
This bulletin focuses on the connection between student performance and standards that has led to reform efforts designed to set high standards and develop new ways to measure student performance. It provides an overview of national, state, and local efforts to develop standards. The bulletin then discusses these practitioner-identified approaches…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Career Education, Education Work Relationship, Employment Potential
Illinois State Council on Vocational Education, Springfield. – 1989
This report, presented in three parts, deals with the adequacy of the vocational education system in Illinois and the effectiveness of the state's initiatives. The first part of the report addresses the adequacy of the Illinois system in meeting the purpose of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act of 1984. The system's adequacy is reviewed…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Educational Improvement, Educational Quality, Educational Trends
Beaulieu, Lionel J. – 2000
The Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998 authorized a comprehensive workforce improvement program that will significantly impact rural areas. Local schools can help shape implementation of WIA because of its principles of local participation, increased skills for workers, and improved youth programs. This digest focuses on WIA's major elements,…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Education Work Relationship, Employment Services
Alabama State Dept. of Education, Montgomery. – 1999
Under the direction and leadership of the Alabama Department of Postsecondary Education and the Alabama Department of Education, Workforce 21 was created as a response to the lack of skilled workers necessary to fill high-skill, high-wage jobs of the 21st century. More than 600 Alabamians representing industry, labor, parents, students,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Job Training, Labor Force Development, Policy Formation
Texas State Dept. of Commerce, Austin. – 1993
This document examines the school-to-work transition issue from a state, national, and global perspective. Chapter 1 explores problems facing youths entering the job market, demands of the global marketplace and changing economy, critical skills needed by workers, and benefits of integrating academic and workplace skills in the classroom. Chapter…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Education Work Relationship, Federal Programs, Integrated Curriculum
California Employment and Training Advisory Council, Sacramento. – 1983
This report summarizes employment and employment training activities in California during 1981-82; provides a retrospective view of programs operated in California under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 (CETA); discusses the Job Training Partnership Act of 1982 (JTPA), the Federal Program that replaced CETA and is expected to…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Opportunities, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
