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Created
by the nation's governors and business leaders, Achieve, Inc., is
a bipartisan, non-profit organization that helps states raise academic
standards, improve assessments and strengthen accountability to prepare
all young people for postsecondary education, work and citizenship. http://www.achieve.org/dstore.nsf/Lookup/pollreport/$file/pollreport.pdf |
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Family Economic
Success is an initiative of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, focusing
on workforce development, family economic support and community investment. www.aecf.org |
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Business Coalition
for Education Reform is a business coalition focused on increasing
student achievement by promoting business involvement in education. www.bcer.org |
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The Business
Roundtable is a public policy organization made up of various task
forces, including education and the workforce. The Business Roundtable’s
task force focusing on Education and the Workforce has excellent resources,
including the No Child Left Behind Business Leaders Toolkit. http://www.businessroundtable.org/ |
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COMMUNITY
PARTNERS PUT THE "PUBLIC" BACK INTO PUBLIC EDUCATION Regardless of the preferred brand of curriculum or school improvement model, school leaders everywhere increasingly depend on partners outside the walls of the building and beyond the ranks of professional educators for resources vital to the performance of their schools. http://hosting.bronto.com/4852-2962faf5/20050201/article03.htm |
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Communities In
Schools is a nationwide organization that champions the connection
of needed community resources with schools to help young people successfully
learn, stay in school, and prepare for life. www.cisnet.org/ |
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AFTER SCHOOL FOR ALL: A CALL TO ACTION FROM THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY A new framework has been unveiled for building quality after school systems in the United States that all young people have access to. A group of business leaders is calling on local, state and federal government entities, as well as private and non-profit sectors, to assess existing after school programs, consider philanthropic priorities, review policy proposals on 21st Century Community Learning Centers, and other programs, and formulate policy positions that provide more after school care to working families. http://www.cvworkingfamilies.org/downloads/After%20School%20Press%20Release%20FINAL%208-23-04.doc |
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BUSINESS
COALITION LEADERS SPEAK OUT ON EDUCATION Business coalitions were identified as the most desired community partners of schools and districts in a recent national survey of administrators. But what do coalitions look for in a partnership? And how can school and district leaders successfully develop relationships with the coalitions in their areas? To help administrators determine when and how to pursue such partnerships, DeHavilland Associates polled coalition leaders on their activities, interests, and experiences in working with schools and districts. Key findings from this survey of coalition leaders include: (1) Workforce preparedness ranks as coalitions' top educational priority, followed by graduation rates and mastery of basic skills; (2) While coalitions work more in urban areas than in suburban or rural ones, accessibility to location is the least important factor when selecting partners. More important are their willingness to collaborate, their commitment to the project, and their interest in obtaining measurable outcomes; (3) Coalitions spend more than twice as much time working at the high school level than at the elementary, middle, or postsecondary levels; (4) When asked about the support they offer to education partners, coalitions cited expertise most frequently. Other popular areas include providing volunteers and mentors, goods and services, and political support. Direct financial giving ranked last; (5) While coalitions manage some structured programs, most of their projects are designed collaboratively with their partners, and they follow through on those projects by tracking activity and outcomes; and (6) Coalition leaders are predominantly satisfied with both the partnership process and outcomes; however, they offered several suggestions on how schools and districts can increase their attractiveness as partners and build more effective partnerships. http://www.dehavillandassociates.com/resources.html |
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"School-Business
Partnerships Target STEM Subjects" School-business partnerships centered on the so-called STEM disciplines -- science, technology, engineering and math -- are attracting more attention as corporate concern grows over what some perceive as a looming workforce crisis. In a bid to extend such efforts to more small and medium-size companies, Achieve, Inc. launched a Web site that offers a collection of resources to help businesses plan their partnership efforts with schools. The new site -- Toolkit for Effective Business Involvement in Education Reform -- focuses on partnerships that promote college and work readiness, competency in STEM disciplines and data-driven education. |
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Simple Thngs
Employers Can Do. This publication is archived information for the
US Department of Education. It is from the Read "Write"
Now!: Simple Things You Can Do Series from December 1997. http://www.ed.gov/pubs/SimpleThings/employer.html |
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The
following is a list of Archived publications from the US Department
of Education. A Business Guide to Support Employee and Family Involvement in Education 1997 http://www.ed.gov/pubs/BusinessGuide/index.html Be Family-Friendly: It's Good Business! How Your Business Can Support Family Involvement In Education -- and Benefit http://www.ed.gov/pubs/PFIE/business.html Better Education Is Everybody's Business! July 2000 http://www.ed.gov/pubs/bettered/index.html Employers, Families and Education http://www.ed.gov/pubs/EmpFamEd/index.html |
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The Education
Trust website that has a wealth of information about education, policy
and related issues. www.edtrust.org |
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EDUCATION
AS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOL As state and local governments face tight budgets, a new Economic Policy Institute report shows adequate and effective funding of education is the best way to achieve faster growth, more jobs, greater productivity, and more widely shared prosperity. http://www.epinet.org/content.cfm/book_smart_money |
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AMERICA'S
PERFECT STORM: |
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REPORTER'S
GUIDE TO PRIVATIZATION Education Writers Association is pleased to release its newest publication, "Public Schools, Private Markets: A Reporter's Guide to Privatization," to its membership and the public. This 20-page book by Scott Elliott of the Dayton Daily News tackles key elements of the privatization movement: Charter schools; Vouchers; For-profit education companies; and State-sponsored tutoring. Read more... http://www.ewa.org/desktopdefault.aspx?page_id=120&news_id=1735 |
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Families and
Work Institute is a great site for data and information on the changing
workplace, family and the community. www.familiesandwork.org |
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Success
by Ten is a proposed program designed to help every
child achieve success in school by age ten. It calls for a major
expansion and intensification of Head Start and Early Head Start,
so that every disadvantaged child has the opportunity to enroll
in a high-quality program of education and care during the first
five years of his or her life. |
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Institute for
Educational Leadership www.iel.org |
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Recognizing
the importance of a parent's relationship with a new infant, especially
the first few months of an infant's life, the Kansas Corporation Commission
has established an Infant-At-Work program. www.kcc.state.ks.us/pi/press/03-10.htm |
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Kids and the
Power of Work (KAPOW) is a program for elementary age students, that
through business and education partnerships, introduces students to
career awareness. www.kapow.org |
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The
Labor Project for Working Families is a national, nonprofit advocacy
and policy organization providing technical assistance, resources,
and education to unions and union members on family issues in the
workplace including: Childcare, Elder care, Family leave, Work hours,
Quality of life. http://www.laborproject.org/ |
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"Report
Cites Big Cost Benefits of Preschool" Children enrolled in quality preschool programs are more likely to graduate from high school, hold down jobs and less likely to be on welfare or end up in jail, a new report concludes. The report by the advocacy group Legal Momentum and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Workplace Center, analyzed recent studies on the economic and other impact of good early education. http://www.familyinitiative.org/FamilyInitiativeReport.pdf |
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National Alliance
of Business website has information and resources for business to
help you expand your company’s involvement in education reform.
Click on the “Resources” page for useful data and reports. www.nab.com |
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National Employer
Leadership Council website provides information about how business
can help participate in school-to-careers through various strategies
and provides a model for businesses. www.nelc.org/schooltocareers |
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The
National Partnership for Women & Families is a nonprofit, nonpartisan
organization that uses public education and advocacy to promote fairness
in the workplace, quality health care, and policies that help women
and men meet the dual demands of work and family.Working with business,
government, unions, nonprofit organizations, and the media, the National
Partnership is a voice for fairness, a source for solutions, and a
force for change. http://www.nationalpartnership.org/ |
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The National
Center for Education Statistics provides information about assessment
scores, by state, and provides other informative statistical information. www.nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/ |
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Eight
Things Employers Can Do to Encourage Involvement Strong Family, Community and Business Support for Education www.ncpublicschools.org/involvement/8thingsemployer.html |
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This article
from the Topeka Capitol-Journal highlights businesses throughout the
nation with family-friendly policies--policies that allow their employees
to maintain commitments to their families and their lives outside
of work, in order to build stronger community partnerships. www.cjonline.com/stories/092803/bus_family.shtml |
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National Association
of Partners in Education is now closed, but state affiliate organizations
are still in operation and this site has some wonderful resources
and links to other sites. www.napehq.org |
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