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Goodman, Christie L., Ed. – Intercultural Development Research Association, 2020
The "IDRA Newsletter" serves as a vehicle for communication with educators, school board members, decision-makers, parents, and the general public concerning the educational needs of all children across the United States. The focus of this issue is "College Readiness and Access." Contents include: (1) Highlights of IDRA's 35th…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Student Attrition, School Closing
Freedman, Eric B.; Roberts, Scott L. – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2013
Two articles are presented in this column. "Life in an Auto Factory: Simulating how Labor and Management Interact" by Eric B. Freedman describes a classroom simulation of management and labor relations in an auto factory. Classroom handouts are included. The next article, "Women of Action and County Names: Mary Musgrove County--Why…
Descriptors: Simulation, Classroom Techniques, Program Descriptions, Labor Relations
Thomas, Jeffrey – Humanities, 1993
Reports on a U.S. Department of Education study of the employment and salary status of 1989-90 bachelor's degree recipients. Finds that college graduates with humanities and history majors are not faring as well as their counterparts in other fields as they enter the labor force. Includes two figures and one table comparing humanities graduates…
Descriptors: Emerging Occupations, Higher Education, History, Humanities
Watts, Michael, Ed. – 1983
Designed to help students in grades 9-12 understand economic terms, fundamental economic principles of the free enterprise system, and economic forces that influence activities in everyone's life, this teacher's guide provides over 50 reproducible activity sheets on the following topics: (1) scarcity and planning, (2) cost, (3) demand, (4) supply,…
Descriptors: Costs, Economics Education, High Schools, Instructional Materials
Barrett, G. Jaia, Ed. – Association of Research Libraries, 2006
ARL is the bimonthly report on research library issues and actions from ARL (Association of Research Libraries), CNI (Coalition of Networked Information), and SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition). ARL reports on current issues of interest to academic and research library administrators, staff, and users; higher education…
Descriptors: Librarians, Research Libraries, Academic Libraries, Labor Force
Pennsylvania Department of Education, 2007
Cooperative education is a method of instruction that enables students to combine academic classroom instruction (school-based learning component) with occupational instruction through learning on the job (work-based learning component) in a career area of choice. Emphasis is placed on the students' education and employability skills. Co-op is a…
Descriptors: Laws, Guidelines, Cooperative Education, Experiential Learning
Zicht, Barbara, Ed.; And Others – Elementary Economist, 1981
Providing teacher background on the concepts of wages and profits, paying particular attention to how elementary children experience and learn these concepts, this document presents 3 teaching units. The grade K-2 unit, "A Job Well Done," provides activities which focus on different types of jobs and the intrinsic and extrinsic rewards…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Concept Teaching, Economics Education, Elementary Education
Center for the Child Care Workforce, Washington, DC. – 2000
The Center for the Child Care Workforce (formerly the Child Care Employee Project), has provided leadership for a nationwide grassroots effort called the Worthy Wage Campaign, an activist initiative to increase public awareness and to press for a public investment of child care funds directly targeted to improving child care jobs. This handbook…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Change Strategies, Child Caregivers, Compensation (Remuneration)

Chemical and Engineering News, 1989
Notes that the number of workers employed in the U.S. chemical industry rose again in 1988. Provides information for the years 1978-88 for the areas of industrial employment, scientist and engineer employment, corporation employment, wages, and industrial productivity. (MVL)
Descriptors: Chemical Industry, Chemical Technicians, Chemistry, Employment Level
Social Security Administration (DHHS), Washington, DC. – 1997
This set of materials for high school students explains the Social Security system. It consists of five lessons and an overview lesson that may be taught separately. To support the lessons, a videotape, fact sheets, student handouts, and quizzes are included. Handouts are in large print and are suitable for use as black line masters for…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Economics, Government Role, High Schools
Blumberg, Christine A. – 1988
Materials are provided for a unit to teach students to recognize the importance of labor in the growth of the economy. The 1- to 2-week unit is intended for a 12th-grade economics class. The lesson plan details concepts to be covered, rationale, instructional objectives, materials that will be used, teacher procedures, and student evaluation.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Economic Progress, Economics, Economics Education

Fields, T. Windsor; Hart, William R. – Journal of Economic Education, 1992
Suggests how the classic model of overlapping contracts can be incorporated into the contract wage model of aggregate supply. Illustrates dynamics of macroeconomic adjustment following a shock to aggregate demand. Concludes that overlapping contracts do not prolong the adjustment process; rather, the longest remaining contract determines the time…
Descriptors: Contract Salaries, Contracts, Economic Factors, Economics

Blake, Norv – Social Education, 1990
Discusses an innovative approach to introduce high school students to the subject of wage differentials between men and women. The lesson involves giving the boys in class 67 percent of their true grade on an examination. The discussion that follows is designed to create empathy and the knowledge that injustice is not easily solved. (GG)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Comparable Worth, Economics, Females

Jackson, P. M. – Economics, 1992
Contends that unemployment is an example of market failure. Argues that explaining unemployment from this supply-demand approach is preferable to the traditional explanation that high "real wages" are the cause. Reveals that many prominent economists entered the field because of their concern for the social problems caused by…
Descriptors: Dislocated Workers, Economic Change, Economic Factors, Economics
Howlett, C. F. – 1988
This curriculum/lesson plan outline for the labor section of an economics program consists of three units. The objective stated for this labor section is to understand the role of labor and wages in the economy. Unit 1 on labor as one of the four factors of production covers the role of labor, wages and their determination, the effects of outside…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Economics, Economics Education, Employer Employee Relationship