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Why We
Need Vocational Education by Mark Phillips, Guest
Blogger for Washington Post's Answer Sheet
Video: Women
Joining the Ranks of Ironworkers from East Bay
News
The purpose of
the Diversity
in ICT Community of Practice is to share and gain
knowledge on how to attract and improve the experience of ICT/CTE
students from under-represented groups.
The Urban
Institute's Net
Income Change Calculator calculates a family's
income at different earnings levels considering the effects of
payroll taxes, income taxes, tax credits, child care expenses, and cash
and in-kind benefits.
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Washington, DC, June 18-20, 2012
WEPAN,
Columbus, OH, June 26-28
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NAPE
Update
June 15, 2012
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Dear NAPE Members,
I am very pleased to announced that Mimi
Lufkin, NAPE CEO, has been named the winner of the 2012 Educator
Award presented by Women in Engineering ProActive Network
(WEPAN). Mimi will receive the 2012 Education Award when WEPAN holds
its 23rd Annual Conference, "Getting to the Heart of It
All," in Columbus, Ohio from June 25-27. Congratulations, Mimi!
NAPE Staff, Consultants, and Executive Committee/Board members are
scheduled to attend or present at many events this year. Please visit
our Google
calendar or events
webpage to find out where and look for us there!
For access, equity, and diversity,
Claudia
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NAPE
Public Policy Update for June 2012
Our June
Update provides the latest news about Title IX,
the Paycheck Fairness Act, WIA, DOE's Math Science and Partnership,
the Budget, and CTE; provides links to related publications; and
describes NAPE's recent public policy work.
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Title
IX at 40: Working to Ensure Gender Equity in Education NCWGE
This new report debunks myths about Title IX requirements for
athletics and offers specific recommendations on how the law can be
better used to end sexual harassment; close the achievement gap in
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM); tackle
occupational segregation; and help pregnant students and students
with children. Read
Report
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GAO
Releases Report on Student Bullying
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released an in-depth
study of bullying in schools across the United States, as well as
recommendations for federal agencies to develop better research and
respond as incidents of bullying continue to make headlines. Read
Report
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Common
Core State Standards and Career and Technical Education: Bridging the
Divide Between College and Career Readiness ACTE, NASDCTEc, and Achieve
This report outlines a set of strategies state and district leaders
can leverage to ensure the implementation of Common Core State
Standards engages, informs and benefits from the CTE community. Read
Report
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Certificates:
Gateway to Gainful Employment and College Degrees Georgetown University Center on
Education and the Workforce
Certificates are the fastest growing form of postsecondary
credentials in the nation, surpassing associate and master's degrees
as the second most common award in higher education after the B.A.,
according to this new report. Read
Report
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Men Enter Fields Dominated by Women Shaila
Dewan and Robert Gebeloff, New York Times
While women continue to make inroads into prestigious, high-wage
professions dominated by men, more men are reaching for the dream in
female-dominated occupations that their fathers might never have
considered. Learn
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As
Men Turn to 'Pink Collar' Jobs, Training Is a Hurdle Shaila Dewan and Robert Gebeloff, New
York Times
Since 2000, men have increasingly entered occupations dominated by
women, but with the onset of the recession they did so particularly
in jobs with lower training requirements. Learn
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Milwaukee
Public Schools' Thornton: Students Not Interested in Manufacturing Corrinne Hess, The Business Journal
Even with the promise of high-paying jobs, MPS students have no
interest in welding and little interest in manufacturing careers in
general, according to Superintendent Gregory Thornton. MPS has
created 10 career clusters for high school students to study if they
are interested, manufacturing being one of them. However, very few
students choose the manufacturing program, often opting for health
care or automotive. Learn
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Attica
Girl Wins Welding Competition--and a Job The
Daily News
Michelle Metz, a senior from Attica High School and a Batavia Career
and Tech Education Center Metal Trades student, was awarded first
place in welding at the NYS SkillsUSA Competition recently held in
Syracuse. Learn
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Nearly
2,000 Women File Walmart Sex Discrimination Claims Feminist Wire Newsbriefs
Nearly 2,000 current and former Walmart employees filed claims of
discrimination on the basis of gender with the Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Complaints were filed in all but two
states--Montana and Vermont--but at least one complaint was filed in
every U.S. Walmart retail region. Learn
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Stopped
Short: 2.1 Million Adults in Florida Went to College But Didn't
Finish Florida College Access Network
This new policy brief examines ways to re-engage adult learners who
left postsecondary education before completing a degree. Read
Brief
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Racial
and Gender Differences in the Relationship Between Children's
Television Use and Self-Esteem Nicole
Martins and Kristen Harrison
This study finds that watching TV can decrease self-esteem in black
boys, black girls and white girls but increase self-esteem in white
boys. Read
Report
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