Jobs and Skills Publications

Co-published along with Demos, the report shows that Wisconsinites are facing a lack of good jobs, declining access to benefits, higher costs to raise children and decreasing access to post-secondary credentials, among other challenges. According to the briefing paper, these trends — combined with 2011-13 cuts to education, public worker pensions, and corporate taxes — are squeezing Wisconsin’s workers out of the middle class and moving economic opportunity and security further out of reach.

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Governor Scott Walker promised in his campaign to “create” 250,000 jobs during his first term, and his press office and the media regularly measure progress towards this goal. However, this report shows that Governor Scott Walker should not get credit (or blame) for overall jobs numbers in Wisconsin. These numbers are almost entirely driven by the national economy.

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The Wisconsin Values Budget is a balanced approach to our fiscal challenges that demonstrates Governor Scott Walker’s choices are not necessary choices. Through sacrifice that is fairly shared, and by building on Wisconsin’s history of progressive innovation, we can maintain and further improve public structures that work for everyone. The Wisconsin Values Budget, unlike the governor’s “cuts only” approach, begins again to truly share the burden of creating a dynamic and prosperous economy that promotes opportunity, security, and freedom for all Wisconsinites.

Lead Sponsors: Wisconsin Council on Children and Families, Citizen Action of Wisconsin, Institute for Wisconsin’s Future, COWS.

Documents include long version (4 page) or short version (1 page) describing this alternative budget plan.

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COWS offers data on public-sector workers — their pay relative to the private-sector workforce, the size of Wisconsin’s public workforce over time, and analysis of what the wage reductions in the 2011-13 budget will cost different public workers — and data on the most most important cause of the state’s budget deficit: declining revenue due to the Great Recession.

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A look at why the Wisconsin Retirement System is one of the healthiest in the country.

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A research summary of findings by an EPI study comparing worker-compensation in the public-sector and the private-sector.

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Bridges are innovative approaches to skill delivery that help adults in need of basic skills or English Language Learning succeed in post-secondary training. Leading to career-path employment or further learning in a specific industry or occupational sector, bridges at Wisconsin’s technical colleges typically link basic skills development with occupational skills training and accelerate the transition from pre-college to college level work.

Wisconsin Bridges Case Studies profiles various bridge programs that are being piloted throughout the state. This case study discusses the CNC Skills Institute at Western Technical College.

The case study was excerpted from full report. 

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Bridges are innovative approaches to skill delivery that help adults in need of basic skills or English Language Learning succeed in post-secondary training. Leading to career-path employment or further learning in a specific industry or occupational sector, bridges at Wisconsin’s technical colleges typically link basic skills development with occupational skills training and accelerate the transition from pre-college to college level work.

Wisconsin Bridges Case Studies profiles various bridge programs that are being piloted throughout the state. This case study discusses the English Language Learning/Certified Nursing Assistant (ELL/CNA) Bridge at Northcentral Technical College.

The case study was excerpted from full report. 

 

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Bridges are innovative approaches to skill delivery that help adults in need of basic skills or English Language Learning succeed in post-secondary training. Leading to career-path employment or further learning in a specific industry or occupational sector, bridges at Wisconsin’s technical colleges typically link basic skills development with occupational skills training and accelerate the transition from pre-college to college level work.

Wisconsin Bridges Case Studies profiles various bridge programs that are being piloted throughout the state. This case study discusses the Artisan Baking/Culinary Bridge at Moraine Park Technical College.

This case study was excerpted from the full report.

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Bridges are innovative approaches to skill delivery that help adults in need of basic skills or English Language Learning succeed in post-secondary training. Leading to career-path employment or further learning in a specific industry or occupational sector, bridges at Wisconsin’s technical colleges typically link basic skills development with occupational skills training and accelerate the transition from pre-college to college level work.

Wisconsin Bridges Case Studies profiles various bridge programs that are being piloted throughout the state. This case study discusses the Production MIG Welding Bridge at Chippewa Valley Technical College.

The case study was excerpted from full report. 

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