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President's Budget Proposal for Fiscal Year 2014
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Released by the President on April 10, 2013, this outlines the Administration's priorities in Fiscal Year 2014 (begins October 2013 and runs through September 2014). |
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DOL Notice on Calculating WIA Allotments in FY 2013
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This Training and Employment Notice, issued by the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration on March 20, 2013, is meant to assist states in annual budget planning because of the lack oFy 2013 full year appropriations. It provides advance notice of potnential impacts of applying current deemographic and employment data on WIA allotment formulas. |
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Announcement for Guide to Online Tools for High School Students
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This is an announcement of the release and availability of the "What's My Next Move?" guide to exploring careers online suing electronic tools from the U.S. Department of Labor. The guide was developed to support high school students in developing their education and career plans. |
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Reducing Youth Incarceration Data Snapshot
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This brief data snapshot (released in February 2013) on reducing youth incarceration in the United States is from the Kids Count publication, produced by the Anne E. Casey Foundation. |
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The Impact of the Sequester on Communities Across America - Report
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This report, released by the Center for American Progress on February 22, 2013, outlines the impact of the Sequester at the state level. |
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State Sector Strategies Coming of Age: Implications for State Workforce Policymakers
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The report describes current sector
strategies, discusses their difference from traditional workforce and economic
development programs, and describes actions that state administrators and
policymakers can take to create strategies and implement them effectively.
These strategies are among a small number of
workforce interventions with statistical evidence showing improvements for
workers in employment opportunities and in wage increases. |
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Strengthening High School Teaching and Learning in New Hampshire's Competency-Based System
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This report, released by the Alliance for Excellent
Education in January 2013, profiles how two high schools in New Hampshire made this shift and
examines the necessary changes at both the school and in state policy.
Competency-based advancement is an important part of New Hampshireâ??s strategy
for implementing the Common Core State Standards and meeting the state
department of educationâ??s goal that every student â??deserves a course of study
that allows him or her to learn in a deep, meaningful, and practical way.â?Ì |
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First-Year Undergraduate Remedial Coursetaking: 1990-2000, 2003-04, 2007-08
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This report, released by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) in January 2013, finds a decline in the percentage of first-year undergradaute students who reported enrolling in remedial courses. Moreover, remedial course-taking rates declined among stundets of color, but they continue to be higher than those of their white peers. |
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Keeping Kids on Track in the Middle School Years: Investing in Out-of-School Time Staff and Volunteer Competencies as a Dropout Prevention Strategy
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This report, released by the National Human Services Assembly in January 2013, discusses solutions to problems known as "dropping out" and "disconnected youth." The brief makes the case for a specific evidence-based strategy: ensruing that adults who serve middle schoolder have the competencies needed to deliver highly effective out-of-school time (OST) services. Three leading practices are highlighted: training and development specific with this age group and its development stages, aligning talent development with quality improvement, and investing in OST managers' competencies. |
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2013 NYEC DC PEPNet Announcement
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2013 NYEC DC PEPNet Announcement |
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