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Leadership & Results Part 4: Making It Easier for Students to Pursue Higher Education

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Under the leadership of Chairman John Kline (R-MN), the House Committee on Education and the Workforce has been working hard on behalf of students, small business owners, teachers, and working families. And by improving education, retirement, job training, and more, the committee has delivered impressive results. This is the fourth in a series of releases that will look back at some important refo... Read more »

Leadership & Results Part 3: Protecting the Nation’s Most Vulnerable

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Under the leadership of Chairman John Kline (R-MN), the House Committee on Education and the Workforce has been working hard on behalf of students, small business owners, teachers, and working families. And by improving education, retirement, job training, and more, the committee has delivered impressive results. This is the third in a series of releases that will look back at some important refor... Read more »

Leadership & Results Part 2: Helping Every Child Receive an Excellent Education

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Under the leadership of Chairman John Kline (R-MN), the House Committee on Education and the Workforce has been working hard on behalf of students, small business owners, teachers, and working families. And by improving education, retirement, job training, and more, the committee has delivered impressive results. This is the second in a series of releases that will look back at some important refo... Read more »

Leadership & Results Part 1: Empowering Americans to Compete in the Workforce

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Under the leadership of Chairman John Kline (R-MN), the House Committee on Education and the Workforce has been working hard on behalf of students, small business owners, teachers, and working families. And by improving education, retirement, job training, and more, the committee has delivered impressive results. This is the first in a series of releases that will look back at some important refor... Read more »

Not So Fast …

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For the past eight years, the Obama administration has shown it prefers executive overreach and regulatory schemes to bipartisanship and compromise. Time and again, they have proven their rulemaking is anything but responsible through measures including: An extreme and partisan overtime rule that will hurt those who need help the most; K-12 regulations that completely ignore the letter and intent ... Read more »

"CTE Benefits Everyone"

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Technological advances. A persistent “skills gap.” Jobs that are available yet unfilled. These are some of the unique challenges that workers and communities across the country can face. Fortunately, career and technical education (CTE) can offer a positive solution. As the editorial board of the Daily Mining Gazette in Michigan writes: New workers know how to work a computer but lack the educatio... Read more »

An Opportunity to Succeed

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After an altercation with a schoolmate, 16-year-old Jhanae Burnett was arrested and sentenced to probation. Living in the south suburbs of Minneapolis, her options for fulfilling the requirements of her probation were limited. Fortunately for Jhanae, her case was transferred to a county that allowed her to participate in a diversion program offered by YMCA Twin Cities. Through the YMCA Twin Cities... Read more »

Harnessing the Power of CTE

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Career and technical education (CTE) plays an important role in helping students explore a variety of career opportunities and acquire the knowledge and skills they need to succeed in the workforce. That’s why, across the country, education leaders are looking for new ways to harness the power of CTE to help put more students on a pathway to success. A school in Fresno, California, expanded its CT... Read more »

Back on Track

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Standing in a juvenile court and being charged with grand larceny, Aeryn Van Eck’s life was in disarray. Growing up with a dysfunctional family and little guidance or support, Aeryn became a runaway teen, dropping out of school and getting into trouble with the law. “Lost, naïve, and in search for comfort and friendships in the wrong places—this was me,” she said. “I was living a struggle every da... Read more »

#TBT: Changing for the Better

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Sloane Baxter was on the wrong path—one that led him to enter the juvenile justice system at the age of 14. A year ago this month, Sloane appeared before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce to share his journey through the juvenile justice system. He was initially sent to a detention center, a compound with barbed wire, and described this as a place where “no one felt safe.” After t... Read more »

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