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Thursday Notes
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A Weekly Fact Sheet on Adult Education Issues
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From the Desk of Ronald S. Pugsley
Director, Division of Adult Education and Literacy
Office of Vocational and Adult Education
U.S. Department of Education
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Editor: Sarah Newcomb
Production: Rose Tilghman
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April 8, 1999
DOL's WIA Regs Expected
The Department of Labor is expected to publish its Interim Final
Regulations on April 9. Visit www.usworkforce.org to review the new
regulations when published that include Sec. 662 concerning one
stops. The Department anticipates issuing further nonregulatory
guidance to help adult and vocational education programs apply the
DOL regulations.
ED/DOL Walk Talk On Cooperation
ED is encouraging state-level cooperation in implementing the
Workforce Investment Act (WIA). We're walking the talk. Here are a
few areas of ED/DOL cooperation in implementing WIA:
* cooperating in development of DOL's draft regulations on Title I
(see below);
* working together to create WIA's national incentive award
program based on States' performance under Title I (employment
and training), Title II (adult education) and Title IV
(vocational rehabilitation);
* aligning performance accountability and reporting systems, using
common definitions where possible, to help local, state and
federal levels share information;
* creating joint policy on unified plans for future joint
guidance;
* planning joint cross-training and technical assistance
activities involving the Rehabilitation Service and DOL;
* working together on issues related to One Stop centers; and
* planning joint reviews of unified state plans. Contact
mike_dean@ed.gov
New Jobs Require Education
Just-released reports from the Vice President's Summit on 21st
Century Skills for 21st Century Jobs show that of the ten job
categories fastest growing through 2006 only two--home health aides
and home care aides--require skills that can be acquired through
short-term training. Three positions expected to increase at the
highest rates--data base administrators, computer engineers, and
systems analysts--all require college degrees. Another report
indicates that businesses with higher than average educational
attainment among employees have higher than average productivity.
Firms that provide formal training at the work site on average raise
productivity by 15-20%. For more about basic skills jobs, get 21st
Century Skills for 21st Century Jobs from our Clearinghouse at
rickie_gallmon@ed.gov or online at http://vpskillsummit.gov
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OVAE Homepage http://www.ed.gov/offices/OVAE/
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Barbara Van Horn
NIFL-WORKPLACE List Moderator
Assistant Director
Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy
College of Education
The Pennsylvania State University
102 Rackley Building
University Park, PA 16802-3202
Phone: 814-863-3777
Fax: 814-863-6108
E-mail: BLV1@PSU.EDU
You can't teach an old dog.... new math.
Proverbs from the mouths of 3rd graders.
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