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are accepting orders for the
2011/12 American Careers Magazine, parent edition.
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Resources
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Teachers:
Learn About Education Policy
The U.S. Department of Education is offering a summer series
beginning July 14 in Washington, DC, for teachers interested in
learning more about education policy at the federal, state, and district
levels.
National
Skills Coalition Podcast: Listen as NSC partners
from Massachusetts, Iowa, Indiana and Oregon discuss their efforts to
pass significant workforce policy legislation to help their state
prepare more workers for middle-skill jobs.
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Save the Date
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CTEEC
National Conference: Equity Works, September
15-16, 2011,Tulsa, OK
NGCP
Webcast: Making Programs More Inclusive and
Accessible for Youth with Disabilities
Wednesday, September 28, 2011, 10:00 AM Pacific
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findings, and conclusions, or recommendations expressed in the
material published in the NAPE Update are those of the author(s) and
do not necessarily reflect the views of NAPE.
Furthermore, inclusion of a product, program, or
practice in the NAPE Update does not imply its endorsement
by NAPE.
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Wal-Mart
Plaintiff Testifies Before Senate Committee AAUW
Betty Dukes, the lead plaintiff in the discrimination
case against Wal-Mart, appeared this week before the Senate Judiciary
Committee. The hearing, entitled "Barriers to Justice and
Accountability: How the Supreme Court's Recent Rulings Will Affect Corporate
Behavior," examined recent Supreme Court decisions in the
Wal-Mart v. Dukes and AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion cases. In both
cases, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of corporations over
individuals. Learn
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Green
Act Introduced in House ACTE
Legislative Update
On June 16, Rep. Jerry McNerney (D-CA) announced that he
would reintroduce the Grants for Renewable Energy Education for the
Nation (GREEN) Act as H.R. 2207. The purpose of the bill is to
provide federal funding through competitive grants for clean energy
CTE programs to postsecondary institutions, local education agencies,
career and technical schools, and community groups working in
partnership to administer these programs. Learn
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Data
from Civil Rights Data Collection Show Continuing Disparities in
Educational Opportunities and Resources
The data released includes information on: access to the
rigorous sequence of college and career-ready math and science
courses, the number of first and second-year teachers in schools, the
number of high school counselors in schools, availability of pre-K
and kindergarten programs, districts operating under desegregation
orders or plans, and whether districts have written policies
prohibiting harassment and bullying on the basis of race, color,
national origin, sex, or disability. Learn
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Fewer
Top Aides Are Minorities, Lobbyists George E.
Condon, Jr. National Journal
Capitol Hill is a little whiter, with more men and fewer
women, lawyers, and veterans since Republicans took over the House in
January. That is the portrait painted by an exhaustive examination of
319 congressional staffers who hold the key posts in the legislative
leadership offices and the committees. Learn
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Tough
Calculus as Technical Schools Face Deep Cuts Mokoto Rich,
New York Times
The Obama administration is seeking to reduce federal
funding for career and technical education in high schools and
community colleges by 20%--0rioritizing college completion over
career-training. Some educators say technical training helps at-risk
students learn the skills they need to find good jobs. However,
others say college completion should be the goal for all students. Read
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Men Are
Gaining More Jobs Than Women in Recovery Paul Davidson,
USA TODAY
Job growth in this recovery has widened the gender gap,
partly reversing gains women made in the recession. Since the end of
the recession in June 2009, men have gained 768,000 jobs while women
have lost 218,000, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of
Labor Department data. Learn
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Green
Jobs Are Scoring Greener Salaries Scott Martin,
USA Today
The green jobs movement is putting more greenbacks in
workers' pockets. Clean-tech jobs offered median wages 20% higher
across the United States in 2010, according to a report released
today from researchers Brookings and Battelle. Read
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Teaching
Tomorrow's Skills to Today's Students Heather
Wolpert-Gawron, Education Week
Students detect a deepening divide between "real
life" and "school life," and they have a point. As
teachers, we should commit ourselves to linking instruction directly
to the skills students will need in higher education and the
workplace. While writing a book, Gawron identified 13 skills that
stakeholders in higher education and business claim they need to see
in their future candidates. Read
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NSC,
SFA, NFWS, CVWF Announce Business Leaders United at Clinton Global
Initiative America Meeting
At a recent meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative
(CGI), National Skills Coalition, Skills for America's Future,
National Fund for Workforce Solutions, and Corporate Voices for
Working Families announced the creation of Business Leaders United
for Workforce Partnerships, an initiative to bring diverse business
leaders together to help shape a national skills strategy that can
address structural skill shortages that are putting the brakes on
economic recovery and job creation. Learn
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Lessons
for a Biz Community Ready to Step Up Rick Hess,
Education Week
For several years now, Hess has worked with the U.S.
Chamber of Commerce (USCC) to provide the training and support that
can help state and local business leaders become more effective partners
in promoting educational improvement. He has frequently given a
speech to the USCC's LEADs seminar for local and state business
leaders titled "Has Business Been Bold Enough?" The answer
has been straightforward: Nope. Read
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Expiration
of TANF Supplemental Grants a Further Sign of Weakening Federal
Support for Welfare Reform LaDonna
Pavetti et al. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
In a continued unraveling of the deal that Congress made
with the states in enacting the 1996 welfare reform law, federal
Supplemental Grants provided every year since 1996 to 17 states to
augment their TANF block grant will expire on July 1. These states include
some of the poorest in the nation, with child poverty rates averaging
22 percent and unemployment rates above the national average of 9.1
percent. Read
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