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               SCHOOL-TO-WORK ACT ON THE INTERNET
                   U.S DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
                          May 12, 1994
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Looking for a copy of the School-to-Work Opportunities Act?  The
full text is now available in the U.S. Department of Education's
online library.

The Act, which President Clinton signed into law on May 4, 1994,
offers support for states and communities to develop and
implement "school to work" programs.  These programs are designed
to help students make the transition from school into the
workforce -- and reach high standards of academic performance.

This Act, the President said, represents a "whole new approach to
work and learning."  It aims to "bring together workers and
businesses, parents and students, the experts and the doers, the
designers and the implementers to create programs that work for
every American in every community in this country."

The President also said, when signing the Act, that "Creating
this national network of school-to-work programs is our common
attempt to address perhaps the greatest challenge of our times
for Americans -- how to make the dramatic economic changes
occurring all over the world work for our own people."

The full text of the President's speech is available in the
Department's online library, as are remarks at the signing
ceremony by Secretary Riley and Secretary Reich.  Also available
in the online library is additional school-to-work information,
including "An Owner's Guide" (brochure); fact sheets on grants,
tech prep, career academies, youth apprenticeship, and cooperative
learning as they relate to school-to-work; state school-to-work
contacts; and a list of other available resources.

The library also offers a range of information on other education
issues, including the full text of the GOALS 2000: Educate
America Act, various Department publications, research reports,
compilations of statistics, and "pointers" to other education
resources on the Internet.

The Department's online library is maintained by the Office of
Educational Research and Improvement on its Institutional
Communications Network (INet).

To access the library, you must have certain software -- either
Gopher client software or World Wide Web client software (such as
NCSA Mosaic or Lynx).  Or you must be able to "telnet" to a
public access client elsewhere.

If you are using a Gopher client, point it to:

                         gopher.ed.gov

     or select "North America-->USA-->General-->U.S. Department
     of Education" from "All/Other Gophers in the World."

     School-to-Work information is located under "School-to-Work,
     Vocational, and Adult Education (OVAE)."

If you are using World Wide Web (WWW), point your WWW client to
our uniform resource locator (URL):

                       http://www.ed.gov/

Another way to access the library is by using file transfer
protocol (FTP).  To do this, FTP to:

                  ftp.ed.gov (logon anonymous)

The Department's online library also includes:

     o    announcements of new publications and data sets;
     o    news releases;
     o    funding opportunities;
     o    event calendars;
     o    general information about the department;
     o    searchable ED staff directory;
     o    descriptions of ED programs;
     o    directories of effective programs;
     o    directory of education-related information centers;
     o    research findings and syntheses;
     o    full-text publications for teachers, parents, and
          researchers;
     o    statistical tables, charts, and data sets;
     o    pointers to public Internet resources at R&D
          centers, regional laboratories, ERIC Clearinghouses,
          and other ED-funded institutions.

For additional information on the School-to-Work Opportunities
Act or other aspects of the initiative, call the School-to-Work
Opportunities Information Center, (202) 260-7278.

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Keith M. Stubbs                                      (voice) 202-219-1803
Director, Education Info. Resources Div.               (fax) 202-219-1817
US Dept of Education/OERI                  Internet:  kstubbs@inet.ed.gov
555 New Jersey Avenue, NW  Rm 214c
Washington, DC  20208-5725

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College of Education                                 Glass@ASU.EDU
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