Publications
RELEASED BY THE CALIFORNIA EDGE COALITION
A Workforce Agenda for 2016
Workforce Brief The Mission EDGE priorities for 2016 focus on creating a funding stream for CTE programs, greater financial support for Cal Grant C students, implementing high impact practices in adult education and basic skills, and more. Report Author: The...
Restoring and Restructuring Adult Education
Workforce Brief AB 86 With the passage of AB 86, the Legislature and Governor took an important step toward restructuring California’s Adult Education program. Report Author: The California EDGE Coalition Date: August 2014 Website: www.californiaedgecoalition.org...
Moving Forward – Workforce Development in California
Workforce Brief The Moment Is Here This is a moment of tremendous opportunity for California’s workforce programs and institution, which have suffered from neglect and underfunding for numbers of years. Each of the initiatives described builds on innovative efforts...
Response to LAO Report on Adult Education
Workforce Brief The Adult Education Mission Adult education has historically funded numbers of activities but two are most central to its mission: basic skills education (basic English, math, and English as a Second language training, including supporting individuals...
Heading in the Wrong Direction – Workforce Cuts
Workforce Brief The Need for Funding Even as the demand for higher levels of education and training rise, California is experiencing a dismaying set of state and federal budget cuts, redirections, and policy changes that make it more difficult for the state to provide...
Sector Focused Career Pathways
Workforce Brief The Goal of Sector Strategies The goal is to connect a patchwork of workforce programs around sector-focused career pathways to make more efficient use of limited public resources; provide access to a full range of skill attainment course work for...
WORKFORCE BRIEF SERIES: Apprenticeship
Workforce Brief The Apprenticeship Mission Apprenticeship programs provide Californians the opportunity to earn while they are trained for a wide variety of occupations, particularly in the skilled trades. Report Author: The California EDGE Coalition Date: August 2011...
WORKFORCE BRIEF SERIES: Economic and Workforce Development
Workforce Brief The Economic and Workforce Development Mission The mission of the Economic and Workforce Development (EWD) program is to advance California's growth and global competitiveness through high quality education and services focusing on continuous workforce...
WORKFORCE BRIEF SERIES: WIA – Workforce Investment Act
Workforce Brief The WIA Mission !In 1998, Congress passed the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) to create a system of One>Stop Career Center locations that would provide universal access to employment and training services for a wide range of workers, including...
WORKFORCE BRIEF SERIES: California Community Colleges – Basic Skills
Workforce Brief The Community Colleges' Basic Skills Mission The mission of the community colleges around basic skills is to offer both for-credit “developmental education” programs that have the goal of addressing basic skills weaknesses of students seeking to enter...