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Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development

Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development. YOUTH & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. Five Reports Dealing with Youth & Workforce Development. 1983 A Nation at Risk 1987 Workforce 2000 1988 The Forgotten Half 1990 America’s Choice: High Skills or Low Wages!

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Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development

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  1. Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development YOUTH & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

  2. Five Reports Dealing withYouth & Workforce Development 1983 A Nation at Risk 1987 Workforce 2000 1988 The Forgotten Half 1990 America’s Choice: High Skills or Low Wages! 1991 Report of the Secretary’s Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS)

  3. Three Categories Defined by the Five Major Reports • Skills and the Measurement of Skills • Enhancing the Connection between School and Work • Enhancing the Transition to Postsecondary and Work

  4. Skills and the Measurement of Skills • Improved academic skills for production workers • Strengthened SCANS skills • A greater emphasis on standards

  5. Enhancing the Connection between School and Work • Innovative teaching, including the integration of academic and vocational instruction and work-based learning • Participation of many institutions, including employers, in education

  6. Enhancing the Transition to Postsecondary and Work • Making pathways into particular occupations more transparent (relevant to the entire labor force) • Facilitation of the transition of the students not traditionally headed for college to postsecondary education • Continued emphasis on second-chance efforts to help young people continue their education or find employment.

  7. Workforce Development Strategies Incorporated into Federal Legislation • Carl Perkins Act 1990 • School to Work Opportunities Act 1994 • Goals 2000, Educate America Act 1994 • Workforce Investment Act 1998

  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Workforce Development Strategies Incorporated into Federal Legislation Perkins * * * * STWOA * * * * * * * GOALS * * * * * * WIA * * * * *

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