Resources

 

The Center on Education and the Workforce affiliated with Georgetown University set out to provide a detailed forecast of jobs and their education requirements for two reasons:  1-The ability of individuals to connect education, training, and careers has become key to employability and to attaining and maintaining middle class status. 2-In spite of its growing importance, our ability to match education alternatives with career options is woefully underdeveloped.  Help Wanted: Projections of Jobs and Education Requirements Through 2018 is comprised of an executive summary, a national report and a state-level analysis.  It provides comprehensive industrial and occupational forecasts of where jobs will be and what kinds of preparation they will demand of their workers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
The United States has long held its leading economic status in the world.  Propelled by innovation, the competitive character of capitalism, and the spirit of entrepreneurship, our nation thrived as a power house setting both the standards and the pace for the world economy.  On the heels of a national fiscal crises, a flattening globe, and the challenges and opportunities brought on by technology, Reflect, Transform, Lead:  A New Vision for Career and Technical Education is a national commitment to take a hard look at how our workforce is prepared if the United States is to retain leadership position in the dynamic global economy.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Next Generation of School Accountability: A Blueprint for Raising High School Graduation Rates and Achievement in SREB States outlines how states can make the improvement of high school graduation rates a central focus of school accountability laws. The report comes as many states are beginning to revise their existing laws, even before the federal No Child Left Behind Act is reauthorized or changed by Congress.
 
 
 
 
 
 

The US Chamber of Commerce's Institute for a Competitive Workforce has published The Skills Imperative: How Career and Technical Education Can Solve the U.S. Talent Shortage. This report outlines the economic context for CTE, outlines opportunities for business invilvement, provides case studies, and more. (December 2008)
 
 
 
 
 

 



ACT has published The Forgotten Middle: Ensuring that All Students Are on Target for College and Career Readiness before High School. The report presents evidence indicating that middle, not high, school is the optimal time to begin college and career awareness and readiness efforts. (December 2008)
 
 
 
 
 
In collaboration, The Conference Board, Corporate Voices for Working Families, The Partnership for 21st Century Skills, and The Society for Human Resource Management conducted an in-depth study of the corporate perspective on the readiness of new entrants into the U.S. workforce by level of educational attainment. The study entitled, Are They Really Ready to Work? includes results from both an in-depth survey conducted during April and May 2006 and interviews with a sampling of a dozen HR and other senior executives.
 
 
 
 
 

Critical Mission:  Making Adolescent Reading an Immediate Priority in SREB States urges states to improve reading in middle and high schools.  This new major study urges states to make the improvement of students' reading skills in the middle grades and high school  the top immediate priority in public education.  Governor Tim Kaine of Virginia, the former SREB chair, led a special committee of state leaders that recommended a set of actions states can follow.
 
 
 
 
 
 
"Seal of the Executive Office of the President of the United States"
 
 
In this report, Preparing the Workers of Today for the Jobs of Tomorrow,  the President's Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) presents a projection of potential developments in the U.S. labor market over the next five to ten years and discusses the preparations necessary to develop the 21st century workforce.
 
 
  
Other helpful articles and websites:
 
Retooling CTE Issue Brief
 
Not Your Fathers Voc Ed:  High School Classes Reinvented
 
The Workforce Readiness Crisis
 
Career Education in the Digital Age:  What "vocational education" has to teach mainstream programs about 21st century learning
 
Learn to Work, Work to Learn:  Districts are redefining career connections through today's career and technical education programs
 
The Council for Corporate & School Partnerships serves as a forum for the exchange of information, expertise and ideas to ensure that partnerships between businesses and schools achieve their full potential for meeting key educational objectives.
 
 
Educator Resources and Documentation:
 
Crisis of Relevance (PowerPoint-as presented by Tom Haffner and John Metcalf at Summer Conference 2010)
Crisis of Relevance (PowerPoint)