Training Drones For The Workplace

" The aim of polytechnical education in the USSR is to prepare youth for a life of productive labor in society and contribution to the construction of communism." 

Speech of Hon. Bob Schaffer, Sept 17, 1998 reading Tucker-Clinton letter into the Congressional Record:

Marc Tucker - Letter To Hillary Clinton 

"What is essential is that we create a seamless web of opportunities to develop one's skills that literally extends from cradle to grave and is the same system for everyone--young and old, poor and rich, worker and full-time student."

DARPA's Total Information Awareness system is being built in the schools.  The Education Commission for the States provides the guidance for development of the system.

National Center for Education Statistics, (Note: the editions are revised every few years but are rarely completely changed because that means changing the computer system). 

Data Element Guide for Student Information Systems 1997

NCES 2001 Revisions to 2000 Edition

"The STW program operates through a partnership between the Departments of Education and Labor... These systems integrate academic and vocational education, link secondary and postsecondary education, provide learning opportunities at the work site, and fully engage the private sector in the process.

Goals 2000 - School Readiness Plan

Idaho School-To-Work  

See Page 3 - also note that Idaho's Dept of Labor is not the Dept. Of Commerce and Labor

Idaho 'Learn and Serve'  Program

Since this is a Request For Proposal (RFP), this is no doubt part of the redesign of the high schools for the Decade of Sustainable Development.

Progress Report for 'Learn and Serve' Grants

Illinois School-To-Work Partnership

"Work-based learning extends academics into the workplace by providing career preparation and direct work experience, and bringing labor and employers into schools to help integrate workplace skills and competencies into the curriculum.

Connecting activities involve the private sector, civic leaders, learners and partners in the development and delivery of approaches and programs that respond to the specific workforce needs of their communities."

High School Redesign and the Global Economy