workforce development
Thursday March 21, 2013
Re-energizing a Perkins Act Reauthorization: Law Should Better Reflect Innovations in Career and Technical Education
by Kathryn YoungFebruary was National Career and Technical Education (CTE) Month, so it seems appropriate to acknowledge and continue this celebration of college and career readiness by renewing our call for the reauthorization of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act, the federal grant that provides critical funding for these programs in public...
Tuesday March 12, 2013
Workforce Innovation Fund: Lessons Learned So Far
by Stephen J. LynchStephen Lynch, JFF program director and WIF grantees coach, shares some lessons learned on the Workforce Innovation Fund blog. You can also read it here:
Over the past several months, a group of five workforce development intermediaries have engaged with representatives of the twenty-six Workforce Innovation Fund grantees, in order to initiate a...
Wednesday November 14, 2012
Youth Weigh In On Solutions to Their Own Economic Challenges
by Mamadou NdiayeIn the contentious debate about how to fix America’s problems or even which problems to fix, the National Council of Young Leaders has offered a youth perspective. The Council is a diverse group of young people from all corners of the country who recently released their Recommendations to increase Opportunity and Decrease Poverty in America. This...
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