Education for Employment. The Wisconsin Initiative. Bulletin No. 8092. Revised.

Overview & Synopsis

This paper describes the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction's (DPI's) efforts in the area of education for employment. The efforts grew out of the Parker Project's attempt to determine the needs of business and industry in the state. This report contains the following components of the Education for Employment program, under the following headings: (1) Overview of the Parker Project; (2) Wisconsin Business and Education Survey; (3) Education for Employment: A Policy Paper; (4) Education for Employment: A School District Standard; (5) Education for Employment: Draft Administrative Rule; (6) Other Related School District Standards; (7) Education for Employment: Demonstration Grants; (8) 1985 Wisconsin Act 75; (9) DPI Information Release: Education for Employment Grants Announced; (10) Education for Employment: Demonstration Grant Sites by Cooperative Educational Service Agency Location; (11) Governor's Council on Business and Education Partnerships; (12) Preparation for Post-High School Employment and/or Further Education and Training; (13) Education for Employment: Teacher Preparation Standards; and (14) Education for Employment: Questions and Answers. (KC)