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- National Center for Research in Vocational Education
- U.S. Office of Vocational and Adult Education (Department of Education)
"Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE) administers, coordinates programs that are related to adult education and literacy, career and technical education, and community colleges." 10-09
- Vocational Education Lesson Plans (ERIC - AskERIC)
Provides over a dozen lessons in Agriculture, Technology and Business. Includes grade level. 1-04
- Vocational Education - Curriculum and Assessment (University of Central Florida)
Provides curriculum and assessment sources of information. 5-00
- Vocational Education (University of Central Florida)
Provides resources by topic under the Resources section to the left. 5-00
- Vocational Classes Dropped (Fox News)
"In high schools across the country vocational classes (search) — auto shop, wood shop, metal shop — are being phased out."
"The problem, say critics, is that 38 percent of kids don’t go to college — and a high percentage of them may end up being mechanics, carpenters and machinists." 9-04
- Vocational Education - National Center for Research in Vocational Education Search
- Vocational and Technical
- -10-11-06 Vocational Training on the Rise (Christian Science Monitor)
" 'American career technical education is being redefined because the needs of the evolving US and world economies are changing,' says Darrell Luzzo, incoming president of the National Career Development Association. 'Educators at all levels are recognizing that the world's employers increasingly need skill sets that the conventional four-year college degree doesn't give.' "
"The once-standard offerings of technical education - wood shop, metal shop, machining - don't cut it in today's economy either." 10-06
- Vocational Training
- Vocational Training (WorldWideLearn.com)
"Hospitality, travel & tourism, interior decorating, fashion design, paralegal, firefighting, construction, medical transcription. Online and distance learning vocational training courses and certificate programs let you train for a new career or job on your own time." 10-06
- School to Work
- Counselor's Office
- FastWeb Financial Aid Searcher
Searches for scholarships from a database of over 400,00 scholarships, according to the site.
- Funds for College
- Tech Update of the Day
- Car and Driver Magazine
- Occupational Education Standards by State (EdStandards.org)
Provides standards by state.
- Job Titles and Descriptions (O-Net)
Provides a comprehensive directory of occupations. Describes the skills, abilities, and experience needed for each position, as well as providing examples. (Please Note - These are descriptions of occupations, not listings of jobs available from specific employers.) The primary purpose of the directory is to help a person determine a field to enter as an occupation. 6-03
- Job Analysis and Classification
Provides short articles and research reports related to matching workers with jobs. 10-09
- Center on Education and Work
"The Center on Education and Work (CEW) is a research, technical assistance, and resource provider within the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Established in 1964, the Center has a rich tradition of assisting educators and career development practitioners with program evaluation, qualitative and quantitative research, professional development training, and career resources." 10-09
- Autoshop Online
- AutoWeek Online
- Autos - Popular Mechanics
- Autos Under Household Hints
- Automotive Repair (Infoseek)
Provides the results of a keyword search.
- Automotive Repair Tips (Automotive Information Center)
Provides tips for car owners by type of symptom.
- Automotive Repair Tips (Hewitt)
Provides tips to diagnosing automotive problems, by type of problem.
- Automotive Repair Shops Search (American Automotive Association)
Searches for locations of shops that are members of the ASA.
- Woodworking Resources (The Oak Factory)
Provides woodworking resources, including suppliers for woodworking.
- Woodworking Plans (The Oak Factory)
Provides woodworking plans.
- Woodworking Calculators (Woodbin)
Provides calculators wood shrinkage, moisture content, wood screener (according to 10 criteria), and board foot calculator.
- Building a Woodworking Shop (learnFREE)
Provides suggestions on tools.
- Plywood (learnFREE)
Provides suggestions on working with plywood sheets.
- Woodworking Resources (Brown)
Provides an annotated list of dozens of woodworking resources.
- Woodturning and Woodcarving Resources (Brown)
Provides a list dozens resources.
- Woodworking Tools, Supplies, and Manufacturers (Brown)
Provides an annotated list of resources.
- Woodworking Tools - Antique (The Electronic Neanderthal)
"A repository of information on the use and preservation of old and antique woodworking tools."
- How Common Things Work (How Stuff Works - Brain)
Choose from categories like Engines, Electronics, Computers, Food, Science and Technology, Automotive, Music and Entertainment, the Internet, Health and Nutrition, Sports, Home Improvement, In Public, Travel, or Money.
- Bush 2006 Budget Cuts Education and Programs for the Poor (CNN News)
"About one-third of the programs subject to elimination are in the Education Department, including federal grant programs for local schools in such areas as vocational education, anti-drug efforts and Even Start, a $225 million literacy program."
"In all, the president proposed $137 billion less over the next 10 years than previously forecast for mandatory programs with much of that occurring in reductions in Medicaid, the big federal-state program that provides health care for the poor, and in payments the Veterans Administration makes for health care."
"Many of the spending cuts in the plan are repeats of efforts the administration has proposed and Congress has rejected previously."
"Democrats complained that Bush was resorting to draconian cuts that would hurt the needy in order to protect his first term tax cuts that primarily benefited the wealthy." 1-05
- -Public Schools Locator (NCES)
Locates public elementary and high schools in the United States. Also includes vocational schools, special education schools and classes, charter schools, alternative schools, and magnet schools. The locator can also find schools by grade levels offered, school district, city, county, state, or miles from a particular zip code. 9-04
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