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Thursday January 12, 2012
Don’t Waiver on Graduation Rate Accountability
by Kathryn YoungThe U.S. Department of Education is now considering applications from 11 states seeking flexibility through waivers from up to 10 provisions of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Regardless of one’s position on the waiver process itself, the Department is to be commended for its commitment to college and career readiness. However, as the...
Friday December 9, 2011
"It Broke Me Up into Pieces and Put Me Back Together"
by Mamadou Ndiaye"It broke me up into pieces and put me back together."
That’s how a young woman described her experience at Training Futures in Northern Virginia when I visited there in 2009. She was enrolled in an internship at a local company, handsomely dressed and beaming with confidence when I sat across the table from her during a visit one afternoon in...
Topics: Dropout Recovery
Friday December 9, 2011
Colleges Want More Real-time Labor Info
by John DorrerSince our recent announcement of the Credentials that Work (CTW) project along with the release of our report, Aligning Community Colleges to Their Local Labor Market: The Emerging Role of Online Job Ads for Providing Real Time Intelligence about Occupations and Skills in Demand, we have received a large volume of inquiries from community colleges...
Topics: Labor Market Info, Workforce Development