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DOL- ETA Upcoming Forums
Register now for one of ETA’s timely and convenient Regional Recovery and Reemployment Forums, to be held between now and mid-June! You will:
- Learn the latest on the ARRA;
- Take away valuable ideas for enhancements to critical reemployment services;
- Hear about the latest in Green Jobs, services for youth, and more;
- Participate in state planning efforts focused on recovery and reemployment; and
- Continue the work of the Reemployment Works! Summit, held in Baltimore in January 2009, and the nationwide representatives of the Reemployment Architects and Designers.
Who should attend:
- Unemployment Insurance directors and staff
- State Workforce Agency directors and staff
- Rapid Response coordinators
- State and local Workforce Investment Board directors and staff
- One-Stop Career Center managers and staff
- Workforce Information directors and staff
- Community college workforce representatives
- Representatives of Community-Based and High-Growth Job Training grantees
- Registered Apprenticeship program representatives
- ES, Trade, and WIA operational and policy experts
For agenda, registration and housing information, please visit http://reemploymentworks.workforce3one.org/page/forums.
Continue the conversations before, during, and after the Forums with:
- Idea sharing and dialogue through ETA’s new, on-line Communities of Practice. Ongoing resource sharing, blogs, discussions focusing on seven reemployment topics are being launched.
- Access to materials from any of the forums, as well as other resources on reemployment, Green Jobs, and related topics.
For information on Communities of Practice, please visit Communities of Practice.
See below for the Recovery and Reemployment Forum schedule. For information and registration, go to http://reemploymentworks.workforce3one.org/page/forums.
Region 3
May 27-29, 2009
Atlanta, GA
Region 6
June 10-11, 2009
San Francisco, CA
New From Brookings
Transforming America’s Community Colleges: A Federal Policy Proposal To Expand Opportunity And Promote Economic Prosperity
By Sara Goldrick-Rab, Douglas N. Harris, Christopher Mazzeo and Gregory Kienzl
To renew America’s status as the world’s leader in college attainment, the federal government needs to transform America’s community colleges and equip them for the 21st century. This long-overdue investment should establish national goals and a related performance measurement system; provide resources to drive college performance toward those goals; stimulate greater innovation in community college policies and practices to enhance the quality of subbaccalaureate education; and support data systems to track student and institutional progress and performance.
Click here to view the full report.
Clusters and Competitiveness: A New Federal Role for Stimulating Regional Economies
By Karen G. Mills, Elisabeth B. Reynolds and Andrew Reamer
Regional industry clusters—geographic concentrations of interconnected firms and supporting organizations—represent a potent source of productivity at a moment of national vulnerability to global economic competition. For that reason, the federal government should establish an industry clusters program that stimulates the collaborative interactions of firms and supporting organizations in regional economies to produce more commercial innovation and higher wage employment.
Click here to view the full report.
Budget 2010: New Investments in Transforming America’s Schools and Workforce
By Alan Berube
The detailed FY 2010 federal budget reveals many elements of the administration’s strategy to achieve needed reforms in schooling and worker skills. Alan Berube analyzes the significant steps in the departments of Education and Labor budgets toward a national economic strategy that invests strategically in human capital to improve our collective prosperity.
Click here to view full article.
New From MRDC
How Can We Build Better Programs for Disconnected Youth?
Nearly one in seven 18- and 19-year-olds is disconnected from the worlds of school and work. In a labor market that values education and skills, these young people are at a serious disadvantage. How can we build on the early promise of several current youth programs?
Click here to view the full article:
http://www.mdrc.org/area_issue_36.html
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