Employer Involvement
Briefs
- 09/21/2007
- Exemplary CTE Districts and Programs with Gary Hoachlander, Executive Director, ConnectEd: The California Center for College and Career, Michael Hanlon, Founder, Health Careers Academy at Palmdale High School, California, Michael Owens, Associate Secretary, Adult Education and Workforce Development, Delaware Department of Education, Patrick Savini, Superintendent, Sussex Technical School District, Delaware (Forum Brief)
- 07/20/2007
- The Role of Career and Technical Education in High School Reform: Linking Secondary and Postsecondary Education through CTE with Dr. Laurel Adler, Superintendent, East San Gabriel Regional Occupational Program, West Codiva, CA and Mark Whitlock, CEO, Central Education Center, Coweta County, GA (Forum Brief and webcast)
- 06/22/2007
- The Role of Career and Technical Education in High School Reform: State Efforts to Integrate CTE with Rigorous Standards with Patrick Ainsworth, Assistant Superintendent for Secondary, Postsecondary & Adult Education, California Department of Education, Kathy Oliver, Assistant State Superintendent, Maryland Department of Education, and Alex Harris, Senior Policy Analyst, National Governors Association (Forum Brief and webcast)
- 05/10/2007
- The Role of Career and Technical Education in High School Reform: Career and Technical Education Responding to Industry Needs with Phyllis Eisen, Vice President, The Manufacturing Institute and Executive Director, The Center for Workforce Success, Duane Crum, California State Director, Project Lead the Way (Forum Brief and webcast)
- 01/26/2007
- Results from A National Study of Mathematics in Career and Technical Education with Jim Stone, Prinicpal Researcher, University of Minnesota, Joe Fullerton, Program Development Specialist, Lenape Technical School, Ford City, PA, and Jeff Linko, Teacher, Lenape Technical School, Ford City, PA. (Forum)
- 10/27/2006
- New Century High Schools Initiative with Bob Hughes, President, New Visions for Public Schools, Ronald Chaluisan, Vice President of Programs, New Visions for Public Schools, and Elizabeth Reisner, Principal, Policy Studies Associates (Forum brief)
- 09/29/2006
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Secondary-Postsecondary Learning Options: Best Practices in the Field with Ron Kindell, Director, Miami Valley Tech Prep Consortium, Chery Wagonlander, Principal, Mott Middle College High School, and Jennifer Brown Lerner, Program Associate, American Youth Policy Forum (FORUM Brief)
- 05/19/2006
- Career and Technical Education's Role in High School Reform with the Association for Career and Technical Education (Forum brief)
- 01/13/2006
- Charter Schools Providing Academically-Based Workforce Development for Out-of-School Youth: with Ann Higdon, president and founder of Improved Solutions of Urban Systems ISUS and Phil Matero, Deputy Director of the Los Angeles Conservation Corps. (Forum brief)
- 7/22/2005
- Forum: Employer-School Partnerships: The Role of Education in Workforce and Economic Development: with Mark Whitlock and Don Moore, Chair and Vice-Chair of the Board, Central Education Center in Coweta County, GA, Jeff Dole, Administrator, Lansing Area Manufacturing Program, Lansing, MI, and Connie Thompson, UAW-GM Human Resources Center. (Forum Brief)
- 2/12/1999
- Employers Talk About Building a School to Work System: Voices from the Field, with Joan Wills, Director, Center for Workforce Development, Institute for Educational Leadership. (Forum Brief)
- 11/6/1998
- Making Academics Count: Encouraging Employers to Request School Records of Prospective Employees, with Elizabeth Pauly and Aime Rogstad Guidera, National Alliance of Business; Dana Egrescky, New Jersey Chamber of Commerce; Doug Hill, Delaware Business, Industry, Education Alliance; and Kathy Walsh, IBM. (Forum Brief)
- 6/19/1998
- Implementing School-to-Work: Creating Multiple Pathways to College and Work for All Youth — Emerging Lessons from Pioneering Reforms and a Longitudinal Evaluation, with James Kemple, Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation. (Forum Brief)
- 10/17/1997
- Restructuring and the American Labor Market: What are Firms Doing and What Does it Mean for American Youth? with Paul Osterman, Professor of Human Resources and Management, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. (Forum Brief)
- 4/21/1995
- Forum: "The Forgotten Half" of Employment Training Policy: The Demand Side, with Carolyn Green, Baltimore Office of the Center for Employment Training, San Jose, California; Marjorie Turner, Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; Basil Whiting, Director of Work-Plus, Public/Private Ventures; Tom Smith, Public/Private Ventures. (Forum Brief)
Trip Reports
- 4/8/1999 -
4/9/1999 - West Virginia — Jobs Through Education. An opportunity to meet with the Governor and State legislators, learn about the state's new Jobs Through Education legislation and to visit a "High School That Works" in Randolph County. (Trip Report)
- 3/18/1999 -
3/19/1999 - Dearborn and Detroit, Michigan — Non-Traditional Partnerships for Workforce Development. (Trip Report)
- 7/21/1997
- What Youth Do in the Summer: Workplace Experiences, Education and Leadership Development, with visits to the Alexandria, VA Summer Economics Institute and the Street Law summer camp in Washington, DC. (Trip Report)
- 3/19/1997 -
3/21/1997 - School-to-Careers and Workforce Development in Austin, TX, with visits to the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce, Advanced Micro Devices, American Institute for Learning, Bowie High School, and Austin Community College; and meetings with Mayor Bruce Todd and Superintendent James Fox. (Trip Report)
- 6/23/1996 -
6/25/1996 - Field Trip: Workforce Development System Building and Welfare Reform, Madison, Waukesha and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Trip Report)

