Labor Panel Report on Job Skills Designed To Aid Educators
WASHINGTON A Labor Department panel making final revisions to its two-year report on changing skill demands for workers is preparing to release a 500-page supplementary report meant to grab the attention of teachers, curriculum officials, and counselors.
The Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills will not publish its final report until late next month. But its message to educators will be spelled out earlier with the expected release this month of a companion volume, "Skills and Tasks for Jobs," which not only explains the new skills the commission has defined but also details how they are related to specific jobs and can be conveyed in classrooms.
"These skills can be taught in a range of courses, from art and music to science and...
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