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The Common Core Standards: What Do They Mean for Out-of-School Time
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This issue brief, issued in July 2012 by The Forum for Youth Investment, discusses the impact of the Common Core Standards on the youth development and "out-of-school time" (OST) fields. More specifically, it offers an overview of the Common Core Standards as well as an update of standing in terms of implementation. Finally, this brief details how some OST systems are beginning to respond while outlining particualr challenges or opportunities facing the OST field. |
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Poverty in America: Why Can't We End It? (New York Times Article)
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This New York Times article from July 28,2012 discusses wages, social safety net provisions, and demographics. |
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FY 2013 Sequestration's Impact on Nondefense Jobs and Services
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Titled "Under Threat: Sequestration's Impact on Nondefense Jobs and Services" this report describes how nondefense discretionary spending has experienced significant funding reductions already depite only accounting for a small part of the U.S. gross domestic product. Subsequently, the report released on July 25, 2012 by Senator Tom Harkin (Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health & Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies) outlines the negative effects that sequestration in FY 2013 would have on nondefense discretionary programs. |
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Report on Federal Job Training Programs in Oklahoma
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Released by Senator Coburn (R-OK) in July 2012 and titled "What Works (andWhat Doesn't): The Good, Bad and Ugly of Federal Job Training in Oklahoma," this report emphasizes duplication of services and ineffectiveness within the workforce development system. |
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DREAM ACT Handout June 2012 - Youth Advocacy Guide
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This handout outlines the history as well as more current activities and proposals regarding establishing a degree of non-immigrant status for illegal immigrants. Also includes guiding questions to help youth and young adults critically think about immigration reform. |
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Pell Grant Handout June 2012 - Youth Advocacy Guide
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This handout provides answers to basic questions about the Pell Grant Program. Also includes a list of guiding questions to help youth and young adults critically think about financial aid for postsecondary education. |
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Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Handout June 2012 - Youth Advocacy Guide
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This handout focuses on the youth services component of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA). Also provides guiding questions to prompt youth and young adults to critically think about workforce development programming for the purpose of advocacy. |
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HR 4297 WIA Fact SheetFinal
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HR 4297 WIA Fact SheetFinal |
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Certificates: Gateway To Gainful Employment and College Degrees
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This report, released in June 2012 by Georgetown University's Center on Education and the Workforce, discusses: (1) demographic charactersitics of certificate earners; (2) labor marker outcomes for certificate holders; (3) the institutions where certificates are awarded along with the costs associated. |
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Senate Appropriations Committee Report on FY13 Funding for Labor, HHS, EDU, and Related Agencies
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This report describes the Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 funding for programs within the Departments of Labor, Health & Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies. It was released by the Senate Appropriations Committee on June 14, 2012. |
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