School as Workforce Development

By johncowan

  • National Commission on Excellence in Education (NCEE)

    Secretary of Education, T.H. Bell, approved the establishment of the National Commission on Excellence in Education (NCEE). http://www.ed.gov/pubs/NatAtRisk/

  • A Nation at Risk

    This report portrayed schools as producing citizens unprepared for the 21st century workforce and as falling behind other countries in achievement. "If an unfriendly foreign power had attempted to impose on America the mediocre educational performance that exists today, we might well have viewed it as an act of war. As it stands, we have allowed this to happen to ourselves." http://www.ed.gov/pubs/NatAtRisk/

  • The National Center on Education and the Economy

    In 1989, the National Center on Education and the Economy was formed. It consisted of members representing business and industry, education, and government. Their views echoed the sentiments of the Nation at Risk (N.C.E.E, 1983) report. Their political push was for an education system competitive with education in other countries whose educational systems were perceived to be more effective than public education in the United States.

  • The Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce

    In 1990, a commission, which had been convened by the National Center on Education and the Economy, the Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce, published the report: America's Choice: High Skills or Low Wages. Chaired by to former secretaries of labor.

  • The Secretary%u2019s Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (S.C.A.N.S.)

    United States Secretary of Labor Lynn Martin convened the Secretary of Labor%u2019s Commission Achieving Necessary Skills (S.C.A.N.S.). The commission was asked to examine the demands of the workplace and whether young people were capable of meeting those demands upon becoming of age to enter the workforce. The commission was created to advise the secretary on the level of skills required to enter employment. http://www.ed.gov/pubs/NatAtRisk/

  • The School-to-Work Opportunities Act

    The recommendations of the Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce and the Secretary%u2019s Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills becomes law with the signing of P.L. 103-239 %u2013 The School-to-Work Opportunities Act.

    This act defined a structure for the reformation of schools into a school-to-work orientation through programs that represented specific interventions for dilemmas originally presented in the America%u2019s Choice (1990) report.

  • The Goals 2000 %u2013 Educate America Act

    P.L. 103-227 %u2013 The Goals 2000: Educate America Act was signed. Like the School-to-Work Opportunities Act (1994), this legislation put federal law behind the reformation of schools into programs that resolved the problems portrayed in the America%u2019s Choice (Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce, 1990) report. This law provided federal support to states and communities to ensure that students reached their full potential based in high standards.

  • The Workforce Investment Act

    Public Law 105-220, the Workforce Investment Act. Signed into law on August 7, 1998, the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 provided resources to establish a national workforce preparation and employment system designed to meet both the needs of the nation%u2019s businesses and the needs of job seekers.

  • The No Child Left Behind Act

    The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) -- the main federal law affecting education from kindergarten through high school. NCLB is built on four principles: accountability for results, more choices for parents, greater local control and flexibility, and an emphasis on doing what works based on scientific research. http://www.ed.gov/nclb/landing.jhtml