Grace Outreach Bronx Goes Manhattan
Grace Outreach Education Forum
November 19, 2010
Recently, GO hosted its first annual Education Forum at the Hearst Building, going downtown to bring together some of the brightest minds in education to discuss the sorts of issues that contribute to a broken system, as well as some pertinent solutions for getting us back on track.
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Creating a Homegrown Workforce for NYC
Literacy Update
by Speaker Christine C. Quinn, New York City Council
June 1, 2010
In the midst of the worst recession our country has faced in decades, the City Council has been looking for new ways to fight unemployment here in New York City.
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Generating Economic Dividends for New York City
From Basic Skills to Better Futures
by Lazar Treschan and David Jason Fischer
October 29, 2009
Through good times and bad, more than one million working-age New Yorkers without a high school degree or equivalent—nearly a quarter of the city’s working-age population —find themselves on the fringes of the labor market, stuck in low-wage jobs with little chance of advancement (at best) or out of work (at worst).
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How to Flunk Test-Giving
New York Times
October 12, 2009
Millions of Americans are trapped at the margins of the economy because they lack the basic skills that come with a high-school education. This year, more than 600,000 of these people will try to improve their prospects by studying for the rigorous, seven-hour examination known as the General Educational Development test, or G.E.D., which should end in a credential that employers and colleges recognize as the equivalent of a diploma.
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