Key thinking and practices in workforce development
and the issues.

Workforce Development

» America’s Perfect Storm: Three Forces Changing our Nation’s Future, Policy Information Center, Educational Testing Services, 2007

» A Plan for Action: The Creation of a World-Class Workforce Investment System in Philadelphia, Strategic Framework Developed by the Philadelphia Workforce Investment Board, December 2000

» Graduate!Philadelphia The Challenge to Complete, Economy League of Greater Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Workforce Investment Board, 2005

» Grow Faster Together. Or Grow Slowly Apart. How Will America Work in the 21st Century?, The Aspen Institute, Domestic Strategy Group, 1999

» A Tale of Two Cities, Philadelphia Workforce Investment Board, 2007

Schools and Education

» A Matter of Degrees: Improving Graduation Rates in Four-Year Colleges and Universities, Kevin Carey, The Education Trust, 2004

» Tough Choices or Tough Times: The Report of the New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce, National Center on Education and the Economy, 2007

» Turning it Around: A Collective Effort to Understand and Resolve Philadelphia's Drop-out Crisis, 2006

Economy and Employment

» Economic Development Blueprint for a Greater Philadelphia, Mayor John Street, Stephanie W. Naidoff, Director of Commerce, February 2005

» Job Sprawl and the Spatial Mismatch between Blacks and Jobs, Michael A. Stoll, The Brookings Institution, Metropolitan Policy Program, February 2005

Taxes and Living

» Comparing State and Local Taxes in Large U.S. Cities, IBO Fiscal Brief, New York City Independent Budget Office, February 2007

» No City Limits: The Story of Tax Reform in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Forward, Brett Mandel, September 2004

Communities and Safety

» Unemployment Correlates with Higher Crime, Justice Policy Institute, 2005

» Our Way Home: A Blueprint to End Homelessness in Philadelphia, Greater Philadelphia Urban Affairs Coalition, 1998

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