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Center Releases Issue Briefing on Effective Education and Training for America’s Workers


President Obama has issued a challenge for all Americans and all those involved in education and training: He has called for all Americans to complete at least one year of education or training beyond high school. He has particularly urged that unemployed workers should be able to use their time not working to build skills to advance their careers when they return to employment. The Center has just released a short issue brief calling attention to the value of workplace training partnerships and apprenticeship.
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Orange Line extension is vital for Valley transit
July 1, 2009: California - CONNECTIVITY is key. The ability to make seamless connections from bus to train to subway makes public transit faster, more convenient and more appealing to potential riders.
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Metro inspecting all 3,000 of system’s circuits
July 1, 2009: Metro’s general manager said the transit system was manually checking all of the some 3,000 circuits in the rail system after a National Transportation Safety Board investigation pinpointed one as having “anomalies” along the tracks near where a train slammed into another Monday, killing nine and injuring more than 70.
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Programs

Transit Training Career Ladder Partnerships

Funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration and working with local transit agencies and their unions throughout…
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National Standards for Training

Working with labor and management representatives, the Center develops national standards for workforce training in five key areas of transit. Read More

National Framework for Apprenticeship

Faced with an industry-wide skills shortage, local leaders in public transportation increasingly turn to apprenticeship programs to address their training…
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Publications

Building Effective Education and Training for America’s Workers - Issue Briefing

President Obama has issued a challenge for all Americans and all those involved in education and training: He has called…
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International and Domestic Comparisons

“Building Capacity for Transit Training: International and Domestic Comparisons” outlines the Center’s initial findings on how other countries and industries…
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Project Empire:  Smart Investment Partnership

Project Empire is a transit training initiative developed through cooperative efforts on the part of labor and management. The Center’s…
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