“In a slave state, vocational training may be education enough. For the education of free men, much more is required.” ~ William Pearson Tolley, Chancellor of Syracuse University; 1943
U.S. education is being transformed in purpose and content — propelled by federal laws such as the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (a reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act), Goals 2000: Educate America Act of 1994, and Carl D.Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Act Amendments. This massive undertaking is commonly called School-to-Work (STW) or School to Careers (aka workforce training or human resource development).
{NOTE: The above was later revised and much of it enveloped into what is now known as Common Core. The 44 page read is well worth your while in order to have a better understanding of “what went wrong“! Once again – it’s long past time to get the Federal Government out of our public school system. The following will give the reader an intense understanding of what ‘THEY” have in mind for our children. The PDF for the author’s complete document will be found on the next page. ~ Ed.}
While the School-to-Work Opportunities Act (STWOA) sunset on October 1, 2001 and the “seed money” vanished, the goals remain. As stated in the law, STWOA funds would serve “as venture capital, to underwrite the initial costs of planning and establishing statewide School-to-Work Opportunities systems that will be maintained with other Federal, State, and local resources.“ ~ Debbie Niwa, March 28, 2004