(1)	immigrant workers

(26)	2008 Presidential race

(6)	adult education

(12)	adult literacy

(2)	aerospace industry

(1)	African-American workers

(1)

Al Gore

(4)

Alabama

(1)	Albuquerque

(12)	apprenticeships

(6)

Arizona

(1)	at-risk youth

(1)

Atlanta

(6)	auto industry

(1)	auto workers

(1)	aviation industry

(1)	baby boomers

(2)

Baltimore

(6)	Barack Obama

(5)

Bay Area

(1)	biomanufacturing

(1)	blue collar jobs

(4)

Boston

(1)

Brazil

(1)

Britain

(6)	building trades

(18)	California

(9)

Canada

(3)	career academies

(1)	career exploration

(1)	career guides

(1)	career ladder

(2)	career ladders

(1)

Charlotte

(2)

Chicago

(1)	child care

(1)	child support

(1)	Cincinnati

(1)

Cleveland

(2)	college access

(3)	college completion

(1)	college credit

(5)	college for all

(1)	college graduates

(2)	college prep

(3)

Colorado

(67)	community colleges

(1)	computer skills

(4)	Connecticut

(1)	conservation corps

(1)	construction industry

(42)

CTE

(1)	culinary skills

(1)	customized job training

(1)

CVS

(4)	day laborers

(1)	depression

(1)	digital literacy

(1)	Diploma Plus

(1)	disconnected youth

(47)	dislocated workers

(2)	Dress for Success

(3)	dual enrollment

(7)	earned income tax credit

(1)	economic crisis

(43)	economic downturn

(48)	economic stimulus

(1)	educational attainment

(1)	electric utilities

(2)	Employee Free Choice Act

(1)	employment outlook

(2)	energy jobs

(1)	engineering jobs

(1)

engineers

(1)	English language skills

(1)	entrepreneurship training

(1)

ESL

(1)

Europe

(1)	European Union

(1)	executive interns

(2)	Experience Works

(1)	film industry

(1)	film industry jobs

(2)

Florida

(1)	Ford Motor Company

(1)	foster kids

(1)	furniture industry

(6)

GED

(1)

Georgia

(5)

GI Bill

(1)	girl power

(1)

GM

(1)

Goodwill

(2)	Goodwill Industries

(178)

green collar jobs

(1)	Green for All

(1)	green jobs

(5)	H-1B visas

(1)	H-2B visas

(1)

Hawaii

(1)	health care industry

(1)	health care jobs

(1)	health care workers

(1)	healthcare jobs

(1)	high school dropout rate

(2)	high school dropouts

(1)	high school reform

(2)	Higher Education Act

(2)	homelessness

(1)	hospitality industry

(1)

Houston

(5)	idle youth

(3)

Illinois

(27)	immigrant workers

(1)	immigration

(2)

India

(4)

Indiana

(1)	industry certifications

(1)	infrastructure

(1)	infrastructure jobs

(2)

Iowa

(1)	IT Industry

(1)	Jewish Vocational Service

(1)	job access

(2)	job creation

(4)	job outlook

(1)	job placement agencies

(2)	job search

(1)	job sprawl

(1)	job training

(1)

Kansas

(1)	Kansas City

(1)

Kentucky

(6)	Labor Secretary

(5)	Labor Secretary Solis

(11)	labor shortage

(2)	labor shortages

(1)	life sciences

(1)	lifelong learning account

(1)	line workers

(1)

literacy

(3)	living wage

(3)	Los Angeles

(1)

Louisiana

(1)	low-income adults

(4)	low-income workers

(4)	low-skilled adults

(3)	low-skilled workers

(1)	low-wage jobs

(2)	low-wage workers

(1)	machinists

(1)

Maine

(24)	manufacturing jobs

(9)	Massachusetts

(1)	mentorship program

(24)

Michigan

(1)

Microsoft

(4)	mid-skill jobs

(1)

Midwest

(6)	minimum wage

(8)

Minnesota

(1)

Missouri

(2)	multiple pathways

(1)	Native Americans

(1)

Nevada

(2)	New Hampshire

(1)

New Haven

(3)	New Jersey

(3)	New Mexico

(2)	New Orleans

(1)

New York

(6)	New York City

(1)	New York State

(3)

Newark

(8)	No Worker Left Behind

(1)	noncustodial fathers

(2)	North Carolina

(1)	North Dakota

(1)	nursing jobs

(7)	nursing shortage

(3)

Oakland

(1)	offshoring

(4)

Ohio

(1)	oil industry

(16)	older workers

(1)	on-the-job training

(1)	One-Stop Centers

(1)	online courses

(1)	online job training

(1)	Opportunity Cars

(4)

Oregon

(9)	organized labor

(1)	part-time workers

(1)	Pennsylvania

(2)	people with disabilities

(1)	petrochemical industry

(4)	Philadelphia

(4)	Pittsburgh

(3)	post-secondary education

(1)	postsecondary attainment

(2)	postsecondary education

(1)	pre-employment programs

(4)	President Obama

(41)	prisoner re-entry

(1)	Project Lead the Way

(2)	Providence, RI

(1)

recession

(1)	resume screening software

(1)	retail jobs

(2)	retraining

(1)	reverse commuting

(4)	Rhode Island

(1)	Rockefeller Foundation

(3)

Rust Belt

(1)	safety net

(3)

San Diego

(1)	San Francisco

(1)	seasonal jobs

(3)	seasonal workers

(1)

Seattle

(4)	Second Chance Act

(1)	Secretary Solis

(1)	sector initiatives

(1)	sector strategies

(1)	sectoral initiatives

(1)	sectoral strategies

(1)	self-sufficiency

(1)	Senator Jim Webb

(1)	sheltered workshop

(1)	Silicon Valley

(20)	skilled trades

(22)	skilled workers

(1)	solar energy jobs

(1)	solar installation

(1)	solar job training

(3)	South Carolina

(2)	South Dakota

(2)

St. Louis

(2)

STEM

(1)

STEP

(1)	student internships

(14)	summer jobs

(1)	Talent Solutions Network

(6)

TANF

(1)	Task Force on the Middle Class

(1)	technical education

(1)	technical fields

(3)	technical schools

(2)	teen employment

(1)	temp agencies

(2)

Tennessee

(3)

Texas

(1)	trade schools

(1)	transportation

(1)

U.S. DOL

(1)	U.S. Steel

(3)

UK

(1)	unemployment

(1)	unemployment benefits

(1)	unemployment compensation

(23)	unemployment rate

(1)	United Kingdom

(1)	United Steelworkers Union

(1)

Utah

(1)	utility workers

(12)

Van Jones

(1)	Vehicles for Change

(7)	veteran workers

(3)

veterans

(1)

Virginia

(11)	vocational education

(1)	wage supports

(1)

Wal-Mart

(1)	Wall Street West

(7)	Washington state

(5)	Washington, D.C.

(1)	Washington, DC

(2)

welding

(5)	welding jobs

(1)

welfare

(1)	welfare to work

(1)

WIA

(1)

Wichita

(1)	wind industry jobs

(2)

wind tech

(1)

WIRED

(6)

Wisconsin

(1)	work ethic

(1)	work mandates

(1)	work supports

(1)	work-first

(1)	worker shortage

(1)	workforce intermediary

(4)	workforce investment act

(19)	working poor

(3)	working women

(1)	workplace education

(1)

Year Up

(2)	youth employment

(1)	YouthBuild

 

 

Chicago Sun-Times•May 17, 2009

U.S. Education Department Report: 1 in 7 Adults is Low-Literate

Issues: Economic News • Channel: News and Features

Tags: adult literacy

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U.S. News and World Report•January 19, 2009

Little Progress Seen on Adult Literacy

Issues: Economic News • Channel: News and Features

Tags: adult literacy

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Detroit Free Press (opinion)•January 16, 2009

Editorial: Fight Poverty with an Investment in Ending Illiteracy

Issues: Public Policy • Channel: News and Features

Tags: adult literacy

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Vancouver Sun•September 26, 2008

$100 Million Benefit to Raising Adult Literacy, Economist Says

Issues: Job/Skills Training • Channel: News and Features

Tags: adult literacy

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Shreveport Times•September 16, 2008

Focusing on Adult Literacy in Louisiana

Issues: Education • Channel: News and Features

Tags: adult literacy

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The Boston Globe•September 13, 2008

Massachusetts Calls for Workplace Access to Literacy Programs

Issues: Education • Channel: News and Features

Tags: adult literacy

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Rome News-Tribune•September 8, 2008

Literacy Program Provides Second Chance to Learn

Issues: Education • Channel: News and Features

Tags: adult literacy

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Library Journal•July 16, 2008

The Role of Libraries in Supporting Disconnected Youth

Issues: Youth Workforce • Channel: News and Features

Tags: idle youth •  adult literacy

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The Toledo Times•July 15, 2008

A Call for a Marshall Plan for Literacy

Issues: Education • Channel: News and Features

Tags: adult literacy

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National Commission on Adult Literacy•July 1, 2008

New Research: Overcoming the Crisis in the U.S. Workforce

Issues: Economic News • Channel: Books and Research

Tags: adult literacy

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