Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development

YOUTH & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

1983 A Nation at Risk1987 Workforce 20001988 The Forgotten Half1990 America’s Choice:

High Skills or Low Wages!1991 Report of the

Secretary’s Commission on Achieving

Necessary Skills (SCANS)

Five Reports Dealing withYouth & Workforce Development

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

Improved academic skills for production workers

Strengthened SCANS skills

A greater emphasis on standards

Skills and the Measurement of Skills

Innovative teaching, including the integration of academic and vocational instruction and work-based learning

Participation of many institutions, including employers, in education

Enhancing the Connection between School 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.

Enhancing the Transition to Postsecondary and Work

Carl Perkins Act 1990

School to Work Opportunities Act 1994

Goals 2000, Educate America Act 1994

Workforce Investment Act 1998

Workforce Development Strategies Incorporated into

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Workforce Development Strategies Incorporated into

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