Transition from School to Work: States Are Developing New Strategies to Prepare Students for JobsProvides an overview of the comprehensive school-to-work transition strategies at the state level, & identifies possible federal policy options for assisting such strategies. Includes reports from schools in Florida, Oregon, Tennessee, Wisconsin & New York state. |
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Page 5 - Opportunities Act of 1993." As currently drafted, the bills include provisions that would authorize development grants to support state efforts In designing school-to-work transition strategies, implementation grants for states ready to begin operation of their strategies, and waivers of certain statutory and regulatory provisions in federal Job training and education programs that may impede school-to-work transition efforts. In addition, the bill would authorize support for some grants to local...
Page 20 - Strategy Processes to Provide and Demonstrate Good Academic and Occupational Competencies To improve the academic skills of Florida high school graduates, in 1992 the Florida Board of Education approved student performance standards and statements of outcomes. The exit-level skills, knowledge, and values identified In the report by the US Department of Labor Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS)' are to provide a framework for the standards that Florida will require of all...
Page 5 - We also consulted with numerous experts in the field. To determine how many states have adopted the components of comprehensive strategies, we conducted a telephone survey of all 50 states and the District of Columbia, contacting in each state the offices of the governor and the chief school officer. Based on that survey, we identified four states that had formally adopted the components of a comprehensive strategy — Florida, Oregon, Tennessee, and Wisconsin. We visited these...
Page 56 - Vocational Education: Status in School Year 1990-91 and Early Signs of Change at Secondary Level (Report, 7/13/93, GAO/HRD-93-71). Skill Standards: Experience in Certification Systems Shows Industry Involvement to Be Key (Report, 5/18/93, GAO/HRD-93-90).
Page 17 - To determine how many states have adopted at least the components of comprehensive strategies, we conducted a telephone survey of all 50 states and the District of Columbia, contacting in each state the offices of the governor and the chief school officer. Based upon the responses we received, follow-up material sent to us, and subsequent inquiries where appropriate, we identified four states that had formally adopted the components of a comprehensive strategy — Florida, Oregon, Tennessee, and...
Page 9 - ... district. For example, the Rochester Business Education Alliance works with the National Center on Education and the Economy to raise local businesses' understanding and awareness of education's growing and changing needs . The Industrial Management Council, an association of about 300 companies...
Page 1 - B-251427 September 7, 1993 The Honorable David R. Obey Chairman, Joint Economic Committee The Honorable Jeff Bingaman Chairman, Subcommittee on Technology and National Security Joint Economic Committee United States Congress Many youth are ill prepared for work when they leave high school, often with long-term negative consequences. For example, about 30 percent of youth aged 16 to 24 lack the skills for entry-level employment,1 and 50 percent of adults in their late twenties have not found a steady...
Page 1 - Report on same topic (9/7/93, GAO/HRD-93-139). Although American high schools direct most of their resources toward preparing students for college, only about 15 percent of the incoming college freshmen go on to graduate.
Page 9 - Two of its elements are the development of self- and career awareness for students in kindergarten through fifth grade and the development of career goals by eighth grade. Although all districts have traditional employer input into vocational curriculum, implementation of business links in other areas (third component) is, by-and-large, unsystematic.
Page 16 - Work Requires of Schools: A SCANS Report for America 2000. US Department of Labor, the Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (Washington, DC: 1991) ; America's Choice: High Skills or Low Wages!