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America's choice: high skills or low wages!
Author: America's Choice
Author: Publisher: National Center on Education & Economy
ISBN: 9780962706301
Category : Business and education
Languages : en
Pages : 147
Book Description
Work force growth will slow dramatically in the 1990s. To ensure a more prosperous future, productivity and competitive position must be improved. New high performance forms of work organization operate very differently from the system of mass manufacturing. These work organizations require large investments in training. The approach to work and education must fundamentally change. Recommendations include the following: (1) a new educational performance standard should be set for all students, to be met by age 16, with the standard established nationally and benchmarked to the highest in the world; (2) states should take the responsibility for assuring that virtually all students achieve the Certificate of Initial Mastery (CIM), with new local Employment and Training Boards creating and funding alternative learning environments for those who cannot attain the CIM in regular schools; (3) a comprehensive system of Technical and Professional Certificates and associate's degrees should be created for the majority of students and adult workers who do not pursue a baccalaureate degree; (4) all employers should be given incentives and assistance to invest in the further education and training of their workers and to pursue high productivity forms of work organization; and (5) a system of Employment and Training Boards should be established by federal and state governments, together with local leadership, to organize and oversee the new school-to-work transition programs and training systems. (CML)
America's Choice
Author: National Center on Education and the Economy. Commission on the Skills of the American WorkforcePublisher:
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Languages : en
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America's Choice
Author: National Center on Education and the Economy. Commission on the Skills of the American WorkforcePublisher:
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Category : Business and education
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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America's choice
Author: National Center on Education and the Economy (U.S.). Commission on the Skills of the American WorkforcePublisher:
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Category : Business and education
Languages : en
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America's Choice
Author: National Center on Education and the Economy. Commission on the Skills of the American WorkforcePublisher:
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Category : Business and education
Languages : en
Pages : 13
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America's Choice
Author: National Center on Education and the Economy (U.S.). Commission on the Skills of the American WorkforcePublisher:
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Category : Business and education
Languages : en
Pages : 13
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Industry research
Author: National Center on Education and the Economy (U.S.) Commission on the Skills of the American WorkforcePublisher:
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Languages : en
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Tough Choices or Tough Times
Author: National Center on Education and the EconomyPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119177839
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Tough Choices or Tough Times, the report of the New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce, shows how the dynamics of the global economy will lead to a steady decline in the American standard of living if this country does not undertake the first thorough overhaul of its education system in a century. This new revised and expanded version of Tough Choices or Tough Times includes: An updated Introduction A summary of the Commission's proposals Commentaries on the proposals by Denis Doyle, Lawrence Mishel, Michael Petrilli, Diane Ravitch, and Richard Rothstein, with responses from members of the Commission. Tough Choices or Tough Times provides a well-researched analysis of the issues and a compelling set of proposals for changing our system of education.
Tough Choices Or Tough Times
Author: National Center on Education and the Economy (U.S.). New Commission on the Skills of the American WorkforcePublisher: Jossey-Bass
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 212
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Tough Choices or Tough Times calls for first redesign of the American education system in a century. This report of the New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce shows how the dynamics of the global economy will lead to a steady decline in the American standard of living if this country does not undertake the first thorough overhaul of its education system in a century. It shows how our country can graduate 95% of our students (not two-thirds, as it does now) after 12 years and the majority after only 10 years of grade school. It reveals how billions of dollars can be saved by changing the way students progress through the grades and how the money saved could be used to build high quality early childhood education systems, attract the best and brightest teachers, and provide the resources for even the most disadvantaged students to reach world class standards. This hard-hitting analysis describes the kind of economy needed to sustain our current standard of living and kinds of skills and knowledge that American workers need to make that economy work. It also details the dramatic changes in governance, finance, organization, and management of the American education and training systems that are needed. Tough Choices or Tough Times was written for anyone concerned with the future of this country and the state of our schools and our job training systems. It provides a well-researched analysis of the issues and a compelling set of proposals for changing our system of education. A CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title, 2007 National Center in Education and the Economy (NCEE) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing young people with the world-class skills that will allow them to succeed in a global economy. The 26-member commission includes former Cabinet secretaries of labor and education, Senators, Members of Congress, school superintendents, CEOs of major firms, union leaders, and governors.