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information may be out of date.
For more information contact: (202) 219-8211
U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich and U.S. Secretary of
Education Richard Riley today announced that the National Advisory Council on
School to Work Opportunities will convene for the first time in Washington,
D.C. on Thursday, March 28, and Friday, March 29 at the Madison Hotel.
Reich and Riley will address the conference at 8:30 a.m.
Thursday. The secretaries will then participate in a roundtable discussion with
School to Work students. Also taking part in the roundtable will be John
McKernan, former Governor of Maine and chairman of McKernan Enterprises;
Jacqueline Belcher, president of Dekalb Community College in Decatur, Georgia;
John F. Kennedy, Jr., publisher of George Magazine, and Shawntel Smith,
Miss America 1996 and national School to Work ambassador. There will be a media
availability afterwards.
Among the 44 members attending the two-day conference are
Kurt Schmoke, mayor of Baltimore; Joan Dykstra, president of the National PTA;
David Demarest, senior V.P. for Bank of America; and Paul Cole,
secretary/treasurer of the N.Y. State AFL-CIO. Several students involved in
School to Work will also take part in the conference.
The conference is the first time all of the council's
members will meet to produce a single strategic plan. The advisory council is
comprised of leaders from business, education and government who are committed
to the philosophy and goals of School to Work -- to better prepare students for
both work and college. The council is charged with assessing the progress of
the School to Work initiative and making recommendations to the departments of
education and labor on how to best promote and implement School to Work
partnerships.
Since President Clinton signed the School to Work
Opportunities Act into law in May of 1994, more than 42,000 employers have
formed School to Work partnerships with educators, parents, students, organized
labor and community organizations. Those partnerships prepare students for both
college and careers by giving them opportunities to apply what they learn in
school to real-life, real-work situations.
Miss America will address the advisory council at noon
Thursday.
Archived News Release--Caution:
information may be out of date.
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