Obama Remarks on Higher Education. White House Diplomatic Reception Room, April 24, 2009
(transcript and video of remarks). |
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I-BEST: Moving Low-Skilled Citizens to Career and College Pathways. |
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Jobs for the Future, Preparing the Workers of Today for the Jobs of Tomorrow. Executive Office of the President Council of Economic Advisers,
July 2009. |
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Restoring American Leadership in Higher Education. Video segment
featuring Pierce College I-BEST (11:30 to 16:50). Includes interviews
with students, Michele Johnson, Amy Metcalfe, Tina Bloomer.
Video footage provided by Clover Park Technical College, Highline
Community College, Lake Washington Technical College. Main
interview about I-BEST with Tina Bloomer, SBCTC workforce education
policy associate (23:30). Education News Parents Can Use, ED.gov
television, May 2009 edition. |
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New Innovations and Best Practices under the Workforce Investment
Act: I-BEST. Testimony by Kathy Cooper, SBCTC Adult Basic Education
Policy Associate, about I-BEST under the Workforce Investment Act.
Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness Subcommittee, Washington DC, May 5, 2009 (YouTube Video). |
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New Innovations and Best Practices under the Workforce Investment
Act: I-BEST. Hearing of House Subcommittee on Higher Education,
Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness on May 5, 2009, examining
best practices for improving adult education and family literacy. Fourth
hearing of the committee as it works toward reauthorizing the
Workforce
Investment Act, which provides job training, education
programs, vocational rehabilitation and other services to Americans,
Committee on Education
and Labor, video testimonies from witnesses. |
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CALPROGRESS - California Adult Literacy Professional Development
Project, Integrating Workplace and Basic Skills for ABE and ESL Students
(page 6) by Tina Bloomer, Spring 2009. |
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Education+Work Skills=Jobs. Literacy Update, October 2008,
by Tina Bloomer. |
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Strengthening State Adult Education Policies for Low-Skilled Workers. Policy Brief, Summer 2007, The Working Poor Families Project, by
Amy Ellen Duke and Evelyn Ganzglass. |
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