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Katie Retka

Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce - 1 views

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    The Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce is an independent, nonprofit research and policy institute affiliated with the Georgetown McCourt School of Public Policy that studies the link between education, career qualifications, and workforce demands. Core Research: The Center conducts research in three core areas with the goal of better aligning education and training with workforce and labor market demand: jobs, skills, and people. ■ JOBS: Our first research focus is on the historic and future labor market supply and labor market demand for education, with secondary interest in occupation and industrial clusters at the national and sub-national levels. ■ SKILLS: Our second research focus is on connecting 21st Century competencies with education, training, and applied learning pathways. ■ PEOPLE: Our third research focus is on identifying the effect of changing job requirements and skill demand on students and the current workforce, with a focus on varying degrees of access and success by race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status. Public Policy The Center seeks to inform and educate federal, state, and local policymakers and stakeholders on ways to better align education and training with labor market demand and qualifications. It also seeks to create tools that enable decision makers to access and customize the data to allow for national, state, and sub-state analysis.
Katie Retka

US job-training review emphasizes data, employers - 1 views

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    Obama on Tuesday will also sign bipartisan legislation aimed at improving business engagement and accountability in federally-funded programs.
Katie Retka

US DOL Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act - 0 views

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    The WIOA replaces the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 and amends the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act, the Wagner-Peyser Act, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
Katie Retka

Biden Jobs Report Highlights Minnesota Training Model - 3 views

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    Minnesota's FastTRAC Adult Career Pathways Program, a collaborate effort under the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED), was included in Vice President Joe Biden's report today to President Barack Obama as an innovative model for meeting the needs of businesses in the state and serving individuals who are educationally underprepared for lifelong careers.
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