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Clean Energy Corps: Jobs, Service, and Equal Opportunity in America's Clean Energy Economy - Dec. 2008
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Clean Energy Corps: Jobs, Service, and Equal Opportunity in America's Clean Energy Economy. This report details a proposal for a national Clean Energy Corps (CEC). The CEC will be a combined service, training, and job creation effort to combat global warming, grow local nd regional economies and demonstrate the equity and employment promise of the clean energy economy. December 2008 |
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The Historically Low Summer and Year Round 2008 Teen Employment Rate - September 2008
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"The Historically Low Summer and Year Round 2008 Teen Employment Rate: The Case for An Immediate National Public Policy Response to Create Jobs for the Nation's Youth." The weakening job market has continued to take a severe toll on employment opportunities of teens and young adults across the country. Earlier this spring, the Center for Labor Market Studies testified before the U.S. Congress that the summer job market for teens would be extremely weak and forecast a seasonally adjusted teen summer employment rate of only 34.2%, which would have marked a 60 year historical low teen employment rate. - September 15, 2008
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Toward a Brighter Future: An Essential Agenda for America's Young People - September 2008
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These policy recommendations for the 111th Congress and the incoming President will begin to help lift children out of poverty and poor health, keep them safe, elevate our educational system to equip children for the 21st century, and engage youth in the nation's communities. Making the changes proposed in this document can save money, improve health, strengthen families, produce a more educated workforce for coming decades, and lay a base for an America that will thrive into the next century. - September 11, 2008 |
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The Collapse of the 2008 Summer Teen Job Market: A Record 60 Year Employment Low for the Nation's Teens by Andy Sum, August 2008
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The Collapse of the 2008 Summer Teen Job Market: A Record 60 Year Employment Low for the Nation's Teens by Andy Sum, et. al., Center for Labor Market Studies, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, August 1, 2008 |
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Improving Transition to Higher Education for Out-of-School Youth: A Forum co-sponsored by NYEC - March 14, 2008
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This forum, co-sponsored by the American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF) and the National Youth Employment Coalition (NYEC), highlighted factors influencing the success of youth programs that provide support for formerly out-of-school youth as they complete their high school studies and transition to postsecondary education and employment. |
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Lost in Transition: Building a Better Path from School to College and Careers - 2008
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The nation's work force will be in jeopardy unless all high school students are better prepared for college study and today's highly skilled workplace, a new SREB report says. Many high schools in SREB states focus primarily on students who plan to enroll in four-year colleges, overlooking the students who will enter community colleges, technical schools or the job market. As a result, many students are dropping out of high school and are on a lifetime path to low-wage jobs or unemployment, notes Lost in Transition: Building a Better Path from School to College and Careers. The report recommends actions SREB states can take to encourage all students to prepare for the challenges ahead. It is based on discussions by nearly 500 state leaders at forums sponsored by SREB and the League for Innovation in the Community College. |
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Disconnected Youth: Federal Action Could Address Some of the Challenges Faced by Local Programs That Reconnect Youth to Education and Employment (Feb 2008)
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While most young people successfully transition to adulthood, a significant number of youth are disconnected from school and employment. These youth are more likely than others to engage in crime, become incarcerated, and rely on public systems of support. Several federal agencies oversee a number of programs and grants that assist local programs in serving this population at the local level. GAO reviewed the following: (1) characteristics of locally operated programs that serve disconnected youth, (2) the key elements of locally operated programs to which directors attribute their success in reconnecting youth to education and employment, and (3) challenges involved in operating these programs and how federal agencies are helping to address these challenges. GAO interviewed officials from four federal agencies, experts, and directors of 39 local programs identified by agencies and experts as helping youth meet educational and employment goals.
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Full Report: 58 pages |
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Sectoral Strategies for Low-Income Workers: Lessons from the Field - Feb. 2008
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This publication provides a fresh examination of what has grown into the sizeable field of sectoral employment development, and, through a range of examples, offers insights into the key elements of "sector" practice. To produce this publication, AspenWSI researchers spoke with more than 60 leaders of workforce programs, all of whom use a sectoral approach for at least part of their work, and visited 13 sector initiatives. 2/22/2008 |
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Out With the Young and In With the Old: U.S. Labor Markets 2000-2008 and the Case for An Immediate Jobs Creation Program for Teens and Young Adults - Dec. 2008
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The onset of the national economic recession in December 2007 and rapidly deteriorating labor market conditions over the past four months have led to renewed calls for a major federal stimulus package to put America�¢??s jobless back to work, including investments in public infrastructure and green technologies, federal assistance to state and local governments, and possible income tax reductions. Missing from the entire debate, thus far has been any mention of a case for a public sector jobs creation program for the nation�¢??s teens and young adults (20-24), especially those out-of-school youth lacking college degrees, low income youth, and minority males.1 The nation�¢??s teens and young adults failed to secure any net gain in employment over the 2000-2007 period and were the largest net losers of jobs from the labor market downturn over the past 12 months.2 Yet, past evidence on public sector job creation programs for youth has shown that such programs create more net jobs per slot than for any other age group, that jobs can be created more cost effectively for youth, and that the value of the goods and services created by young adults often was large enough to offset the costs. - Prepared by Andrew Sum et. al. Center for Labor Market Studies, Northeastern University, Dec. 2008
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Career and Technical Education's Role in Dropout Prevention and Recovery (2007)
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This issue brief will explore the critical role that career and technical education (CTE) plays in dropout prevention and recovery. High quality career and technical education can help more students persist in and complete high school by preparing them for the postsecondary education and training that will be critical to future economic successes; by increasing student engagement; by building positive relationships; and by providing innovative delivery methods. Includes vignettes of programs or schools in Midwest City, Oklahoma; Miami, Florida; and Cincinnati, Ohio. --Retrieved Nov. 2007 |
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