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Download full textStrawn, Julie; Martinson, Karin – 2000
This guide focuses on these two key challenges that states and localities have identified as important for the long-term success of welfare reform and work force development efforts: helping low-income parents sustain employment (steady work) and advance in the work force (better jobs). The guide consists of five parts and is structured to…
Descriptors: Career Ladders, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Patterns, Employment Programs
Jennings, John F. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1987
Between 1980 and 1986 federal support for education fell by 11 percent and number of disadvantaged students grew to 20 percent. In 1986 federal support for children had fallen to its lowest level in 20 years. Evaluates congressional turnaround that began to increase federal support. U.S. business leaders expressed concern over U.S. educational…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Economically Disadvantaged, Education Work Relationship, Educational Finance
