[Workplace] Fwd: JFF Newswire--Stonesifer, Donaldson, and MoreDonna Brian djgbrian at utk.eduFri Nov 4 12:49:24 EST 2005
Hi Workplace Readers, This is a rather long newsletter to be forwarding to you, but I had trouble finding anything in it to delete that I thought wouldn't interest anyone on the list. So just look through, and use what you'd like. Donna Donna JG Brian Moderator, NIFL Workplace Literacy Discussion List, and Coordinator/Developer LINCS Workforce Education Special Collection at http://worklink.coe.utk.edu/ Center for Literacy Studies at The University of Tennessee 600 Henley Street, Suite 312 Knoxville, TN 37996-4135 865-974-3420 (desk phone) FAX 865-974-3857 djgbrian at utk.edu >~~~~~~~~~~ >JOBS FOR THE FUTURE >Creating Strategies for Educational and Economic Opportunity > >NEWSWIRE #37, NOVEMBER 4, 2005 >http://www.jff.org/jff/newsroom/newswire/2005/NW_11_2005.html > >WELCOME TO NEWSWIRE, an electronic newsletter for >policymakers, practitioners, the media, and the public about JFF >and its efforts to: > ~ Create successful transitions for youth; and > ~ Build economic opportunity for adults. > >~~~~~ >IN THIS ISSUE > >1. Fate of the American Dream: > Strengthening Our Education and Skills Pipeline >~~ Opening Address by William H. Donaldson >~~ Keynote Address by Patty Stonesifer > >2. Breaking Through: > Funding to 16 Community Colleges > >3. News of Early College High Schools >~~ "It's Kind of Different": Student Experiences in > Two Early College High Schools >~~ Early College High School: By the Numbers > >4. Connected by 25: > Improving Outcomes for Struggling Students > >5. News from Achieving the Dream: > Community Colleges Count > >6. News from SkillWorks: > Partners for a Productive Workforce > >7. From Our Friends >~~ New Start New Orleans: Good Jobs for a Better Gulf > >~~ To Ensure America's Future: > Building a National Opportunity System for Adults > >~~ Student Success in State Colleges and Universities: > A Matter of Culture and Leadership > >~~ Advancing High School Reform in the States: Policies and > Programs that Restructure the Comprehensive High School > >~~ The Governance Divide: A Report on a Four-State Study on > Improving College Readiness and Success > >~~ Pathways to College Access and Success > >~~ Screening Tools to Help Families Access Public Benefits > >~~ Tool Kit for Communications and Advocacy > >~~~~~~~~~~ > >~~~~~~~~~~ >1. Fate of the American Dream: > Strengthening Our Education and Skills Pipeline >~~~~~~~~~~ >In September 2005, top corporate, education, and workforce >policymakers came together to address the failure to prepare the >nation for the demands of the knowledge-based global economy >of the 21st century. The two-day event, called THE FATE OF THE >AMERICAN DREAM: A NATIONAL FORUM ON STRENGTHENING OUR >EDUCATION AND SKILLS PIPELINE, was hosted by JFF and sponsored >by a number of corporations also committed to improving the >education and skills pipeline. > >JUST POSTED on the JFF Web site are two new items related to >THE FATE OF THE AMERICAN DREAM: > >OPENING ADDRESS BY WILLIAM H. DONALDSON >27th Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission >Drawing on 40 years at the highest levels of business, >government, and academia, Donaldson opened the forum by >declaring that "the skills pipeline is leaking badly, and at great and >growing cost to individuals in our labor force and, of course, to the >business and government institutions of our economy. It is >ultimately, in my view, an unacceptable cost for our entire society." > >KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY PATTY STONESIFER >President and CEO, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation >Stonesifer, who leads the foundation's mission to improve access >to advances in global health and learning for all people, addressed >its reliance on "partnerships to prepare every child in America for >college work and citizenship. . . . In our efforts together to create >an education system that prepares every child in America for >college and work, we have to make the most of all of our >strengths." > >Previously released and also available on the JFF Web site are: > >~~ Education and Skills for the 21st Century: > An Agenda for Action > >~~ Making a Difference Awards > >~~ The Right Jobs: Opportunities for Low-Skilled Workers > >~~ From the Entry Level to Licensed Practical Nurse > >All FORUM RESOURCES are available at: >http://www.jff.org/jff/approaches/econopp/showcase/AmDreamForum.html >~~~~~~~~~~ > >~~~~~~~~~~ >2. Breaking Through: > Funding to 16 Community Colleges >~~~~~~~~~~ >At "Creating Pathways for Success," the fall 2005 conference of >the National Council for Workforce Education, NCWE, JFF, and >the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation announced the selection of >16 community colleges to participate in BREAKING THROUGH: >HELPING LOW-SKILLED ADULTS ENTER AND SUCCEED IN >COLLEGE AND CAREERS. With generous support from the C.S. >Mott Foundation, this multi-year national initiative seeks to >increase the number low-skilled adults who enter and complete >occupational and technical degree programs in community and >technical colleges. > >BREAKING THROUGH is managed by NCWE and JFF. The C.S. >Mott Foundation made a $751,000 grant to JFF this year in >support of the initiative, which is designed to use community >colleges as a vehicle to help low-income people advance in the >labor market and to enhance their income. > >One goal of BREAKING THROUGH is to provide a forum for peer >learning and a source of innovative ideas for colleges interested in >reaching out to and helping to advance adults whose skills fall well >below college level. Four conference sessions addressed that >goal: Making College Work for Low-Wage Workers, Time Is the >Enemy, Pathways to Economic Opportunities for Second- >Language Learners in Community Colleges, and Creating Labor >Market Connections for Adult Students. > >To read about BREAKING THROUGH and the 16 community >colleges selected to participate in it, go to: >http://www.jff.org/jff/approaches/econopp/showcase/build_effective_pathways.html >~~~~~~~~~~ > >~~~~~~~~~~ >3. News of Early College High Schools >~~~~~~~~~~ >~~ "IT'S KIND OF DIFFERENT": STUDENT EXPERIENCES > IN TWO EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOLS >The early college high school movement promises to make higher >education more accessible and more affordable for >underrepresented students. Drawing on the preliminary results of >a long-term study, IT'S KIND OF DIFFERENT focuses on Wallis >Annenberg High School in Los Angeles, CA, and Dayton Early >College Academy in Dayton, OH. This booklet captures student, >teacher, administrator, and parent perspectives on early college >high school. > >To download "IT'S KIND OF DIFFERENT," go to: >http://www.jff.org/jff/kc/library/0264 > >~~ EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL: BY THE NUMBERS >Twenty new early college high schools opened their doors this >school year, including the Academy of the Redwoods in Eureka, >CA; Early College High School for the New Schools at Carver in >Dalton, GA; Hollis F. Price Early College High School in Memphis, >TN; Utah County Academy of Science in Orem, UT; and Queens >School of Inquiry in New York City. > >For a complete list of early college high schools and data about >each school, see EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL INITIATIVE: >BY THE NUMBERS. >http://www.earlycolleges.org/Library.html#ECHSIByNumbers >~~~~~~~~~~ > >~~~~~~~~~~ >4. Connected by 25: > Improving Outcomes for Struggling Students >~~~~~~~~~~ >For as many as 30 percent of our young people, the road to a >productive adulthood is interrupted well before they secure the >postsecondary skills and credentials that are essential for >citizenship, economic security, and productivity. Among African- >American and Hispanic students, the numbers hover around 50 >percent, and in hundreds of large city high schools around the >country more than half of the young people are not on track to >graduation. JFF's CONNECTED BY 25 initiative is directed at >improving the options and outcomes for this large group of young >people. > >Addressing the growing drop-out crisis stands as a major >component of JFF's work to improve youth transitions to higher >education and careers and to seal the "leaks" in the educational >pipeline. CONNECTED BY 25 focuses on creating the systemic >and policy changes necessary to develop and support effective >models that prepare students who are not on track to graduation >to complete high school and advance along pathways to >postsecondary credentials. > >To read about CONNECTED BY 25 and to download related >resources, go to: >http://www.jff.org/jff/approaches/youthtrans/showcase/ConnectedBy25.html > >EXPANDING THE HIGH SCHOOL REFORM AGENDA: As part of >CONNECTED BY 25, JFF and Achieve are collaborating in this >policy initiative. Selected from Achieve's American Diploma >Project and the National Governors Association Honors States >competition, three states will enhance their capacity to collect >leading indicators of dropping out and to use those indicators to >assess the value of their investments. The work will result in >frameworks and tools for other states and districts to use in >engaging with this agenda and enacting a policy development >process that is rooted in the practice. > >To read about EXPANDING THE HIGH SCHOOL REFORM >AGENDA, go to: >http://www.jff.org/jff/approaches/youthtrans/showcase/ExpandingHSAgenda.html >~~~~~~~~~~ >~~~~~~~~~~ >5. News from Achieving the Dream: > Community Colleges Count >~~~~~~~~~~ >JFF produces a quarterly newsletter designed to help colleges, >partners, state-level stakeholders, and other interested individuals >stay abreast of developments in ACHIEVING THE DREAM: >COMMUNITY COLLEGES COUNT. Issue #2, published in >August, features a framework for identifying and setting state >policy priorities, an update on a state data system project, >resources on developmental education policy, and more. > >To download the STATE POLICY NEWSLETTER, go to: >http://www.jff.org/jff/kc/library/0257 > >To receive the Achieving the Dream STATE POLICY >NEWSLETTER by email, contact Debora Sutherland, >dsutherland at jff.org > >ACHIEVING THE DREAM is a national initiative that promotes >change to improve student success at community colleges. The >initiative works on multiple fronts-including efforts at community >colleges and in research, public engagement, and public policy- >and emphasizes the use of data to drive change. ACHIEVING >THE DREAM is funded by Lumina Foundation for Education. JFF, >one of ten national partners, coordinates the initiative's effort to >improve state policies in Connecticut, Florida, New Mexico, North >Carolina, Ohio, Texas, and Virginia. > >To read about JFF's role in ACHIEVING THE DREAM, go to: >http://www.jff.org/jff/approaches/econopp/showcase/Achieving_the_Dream.html >~~~~~~~~~~ > >~~~~~~~~~~ >6. News from SkillWorks: > Partners for a Productive Workforce >~~~~~~~~~~ >SkillWorks has announced its second round of Workforce >Partnership Grants. SkillWorks, the single largest public/private >investment in workforce development in Boston's history, seeks to >change the way employers hire and promote entry-level workers >from the city's neighborhoods. Workforce Partnerships, the >operational approach to achieving this dual goal, are industry- >sector or occupationally based workforce intermediaries. JFF is >consultant and technical advisor to the initiative. > >To read about SkillWorks grantees and to download a new >brochure on the initiative, go to: http://www.skill-works.org/ >~~~~~~~~~~ > >~~~~~~~~~~ >7. From Our Friends >~~~~~~~~~~ >~~ NEW START NEW ORLEANS: > GOOD JOBS FOR A BETTER GULF >Hilary Pennington, JFF's co-founder, senior advisor on education, >and vice chair, is also a senior fellow at the Center for American >Progress. For the center, she has written about the aftermath of >hurricanes Katrina and Rita and "the importance of rebuilding in a >way that addresses the chronic poverty of the people in affected >areas of the Gulf Coast." According to Pennington, "The most >effective approach will recognize that both government and the >private sector are needed, in new public/private partnerships that >will help hundreds of thousands of people rebuild their lives and >communities with dignity and enter jobs that will pay enough to >support them and their families." >http://www.americanprogress.org/site/pp.asp?c=biJRJ8OVF&b=1103705 > >~~ TO ENSURE AMERICA'S FUTURE: > BUILDING A NATIONAL OPPORTUNITY SYSTEM FOR ADULTS >This report from the Council for the Advancement of Adult Literacy >is an in-depth study of adult education and community colleges- >and the need to strengthen links between the two. It urges >education leaders and government policymakers to accept the >challenge "as a chance for strategic, forward-looking statecraft." >http://www.caalusa.org/commcollproject.html#anchor681610 > >~~ STUDENT SUCCESS IN STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES: > A MATTER OF CULTURE AND LEADERSHIP >Educators and policymakers are paying increasing attention not >only to student "access" but to student "success" in obtaining a >degree. This report from the American Association of State >Colleges and Universities identifies 12 institutions that have >maintained high graduation rates for a long period or shown >significant improvement in their rates. >http://www.aascu.org/GRO/docs.htm > >~~ ADVANCING HIGH SCHOOL REFORM IN THE STATES: > POLICIES AND PROGRAMS THAT RESTRUCTURE > THE COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL >An assortment of working programs and promising practices are >building the capacity of high schools in a significant number of >states. This report produced by the National Association of >Secondary School Principals and KnowledgeWorks Foundation >highlights high school reform policies and programs in various >states. >http://www.principals.org/s_nassp/sec.asp?CID=29&DID;=29 > >~~ THE GOVERNANCE DIVIDE: A REPORT ON A FOUR-STATE > STUDY ON IMPROVING COLLEGE READINESS AND SUCCESS > From the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, >this report identifies and examines four policy levers available to >states that are interested in creating sustained K-16 reform: >finance, assessments and curricula, accountability, and data >systems. In addition, the report examines the importance of other >factors-such as leadership and state history and culture-in >initiating and sustaining K-16 reform. >http://www.highereducation.org/reports/governance_divide/index.shtml > >~~ PATHWAYS TO COLLEGE ACCESS AND SUCCESS >The final report from the Accelerating Student Success project >provides summary findings across the case study sites. The >findings are highlighted around four key features: student >recruitment and selection processes, curriculum, support services, >and data collection. The report concludes with recommendations >for policymakers, practitioners, and researchers. >http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ovae/ > >~~ SCREENING TOOLS TO HELP FAMILIES ACCESS PUBLIC BENEFITS >This tool from the National League of Cities provides municipal >officials with approaches, considerations, and specific technology >options for using screening tools to connect eligible residents to >key state and federal benefits. It highlights several local, state, >and nationally franchised electronic screening tools utilized by city >governments. >http://www.nlc.org/IYEF/program_areas/family_economic_success/4972.cfm > >~~ TOOL KIT FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND ADVOCACY >This Web site offers information and resources designed to help >people who care about building an economy that works for all >Americans-one that provides profit to business owners and >stable jobs with adequate pay and benefits to employees. Among >the resources are a two-part tool kit for low-wage communicators >and advocates. >http://www.economythatworks.org/ >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >How can NEWSWIRE serve you? We welcome your thoughts. > >Contact: Carmon Cunningham, V.P. for Technology and >Communications, ccunningham at jff.org. > >For more information, consult our Web site: >http://www.jff.org > >Please forward NEWSWIRE to your colleagues. To add your >name to the subscription list, send a message to newswire at jff.org >with subject "subscribe". > >Jobs for the Future believes that all young people should have a >quality high school and postsecondary education and that all >adults should have the skills needed to hold jobs that pay enough >to support a family. As a non-profit research, consulting, and >advocacy organization, JFF works to strengthen our society by >creating educational and economic opportunity for those who >need it most. > >---------------------------------------- > >Our postal address is >88 Broad St >8th Floor >Boston, Massachusetts 02110 >United States
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