SCHOOL-TO-WORK INTERNET RESOURCES
ASSOCIATIONS
- The American Education Finance Association
- Provides educators and researchers a place to locate information about The Association, legislative, education, research, and government servers.
Business-HigherEducation Forum
- A membership organization of academic and corporate chief executives that bridges the gap between the corporation and the campus.
The Business Roundtable
- An association of CEOs who examine public issues that affect the economy and develop positions that seek to reflect sound economic and social principles.
National Association of Partners in Education
- Provides leadership in the growth and formation of educational partnerships between businesses, schools and the community that ensures success for all students.
The National Employer Leadership Council Home Page (NELC)
- A coalition of CEOs from private-sector companies with a vision to enhance the quality of the nation's workforce through work-based learning opportunities for all students.
Organizations in K-12 Education
- A comprehensive list of links for organizations dealing with education from K-12.
BUSINESS/ECONOMIC RESOURCES
- America's Job Bank
- Occupational employment trends.
- Ben Franklin
- One of four regional centers sponsored by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania linking public, private, and educational resources to help small businesses develop and commercialize new technology.
- BEST Network
- A new service delivery partnership that enables the small, technology-based, manufacturing firms of western Pennsylvania to access the region's support services and financial resources for the promotion of their R&D efforts and company growth.
- BigBook
- Provides directory information on millions of businesses by name or category of business.
- Bureau of Labor Statistics
- An independent national statistical agency that collects, processes, analyzes, and disseminates essential statistical data to the American public, the U.S. Congress, other Federal agencies, State and local governments, business, and labor.
- Business Climate in Southwestern Pennsylvania
- Provides information on the nine-county region of southwestern Pennsylvania, including regional and corporate highlights, transportation, HR, education, and quality of life.
- Business Sources on the Internet
- Lists selected popular business and financial information Internet sites.
CorpTech Demographic Analysis Reports
- Provides a demographic profile of Pennsylvania's technology industry based on profiles of 2,127 companies.
CorpTech Internet Resources
- The CorpTech editorial department has created a database by combing the Internet for links to useful high-tech-related sites.
- Export Assistant - (Duquesne University SBDC)
- Offers one-to-one consulting services small and growing businesses at no charge, and training seminars to assist with export planning and strategies.
Federal Reserve Board
- Economic information for the Federal Reserve Fourth District-Cleveland
- Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce Regional Information
- Lists a number of southwestern Pennsylvania economic development and business-related organizations.
- Information on 11,000-plus of the largest public and private companies in the U.S. and around the world.
- Industry.net
- A directory of thousands of national and regional manufacturers, wholesalers, suppliers, and resellers with hyperlinks to home pages for more detailed product information.
- Pennsylvania's civilian labor force categorized by labor market area, county rank, county, city/borough/township, and labor market area rank.
- PHTC Business Directory
- An online listing of more than 1,300 member companies of the Pittsburgh High Technology Council, and classified under three main categories: Technology, Industry, and Support.
- PNC Bank Corporation Economics Division
- Offers publications on County Risk Analysis, Market Expectations Survey, National Economic Outook Text & Outlook Table, Regional Economic Update, and other useful links to Economic Resources.
- Professional Organizations in Business and Economy
- A comprehensive list of links for organizations in economy and business.
- Regional Economic Information System, 1969-1994
- Provides local area economic data for states, counties, and metropolitan areas for years 1969-1994.
Shortcut To All Resources
- Provides links with numerous economic and labor market information resources.
Societies and Associations
- Provides links to numerous societies and associations related to the manufacturing sector.
Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Codes
- Provides information about the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) coding system.
- Technology Center-Pittsburgh
- Information on southwestern Pennsylvania's rise as a world-class center for software, environmental services, and biomedical technology.
- Technology Spotlight on Future Employment Trends
- Provides access to national, state and regional employment trend reports. It also provides access to reports by industry sector.
- TRFN - Economic Development
- A listing of Pittsburgh and southwestern Pennsylvania economic development organizations.
CAREERS/EMPLOYMENT
- About Work
- A source for jobs, career planning, working from home, and other-career related topics.
Business Coalition for Education Reform
- Twelve organizations that have joined together to help strenghten America's schools.
Career Mosaic
- A source for jobs, resume building, job fairs, and other-career related topics.
Dictionary of Occupational Titles
- Selected full-text job descriptions from the U.S. Department of Labor.
- A clearinghouse for successful practice and research information related to school improvement for K-12 school restructuring.
Job Web
- National Association of Colleges and Employers linking jobs, job seekers, and job-serach information.
National Center for Workforce Preparation
Society for Human Resource Management
SHRM provides it memebers with education and informative conferences and seminars, government and medial representation, and publications that equip human resource professionals for their roles as leaders and decision makers within their organization.
CENSUS DATA
- 1990 Census in Pennsylvania
- The 1990 census and estimated 1994 total population for all of Pennsylvania's counties.
PA County-Level Data/Information
- Allegheny County, PA
- Armstrong County, PA
- Beaver County, PA
- Bedford County, PA
- Butler County, PA
- Cambria County, PA
- Fayette County, PA
- Greene County, PA
- Indiana County, PA
- Lawrence County, PA
- Somerset County, PA
- Washington County, PA
- Westmoreland County, PA
- Tiger Mapping Service
- Provides a public resource for generating high-quality, detailed maps of anywhere in the U.S., using public geographic data.
U.S. Census Bureau, the Official Statistics
- The 1990 Census Data Lookup server.
Voter Registration in Pennsylvania
- Voter registration for 1993 and 1994 in Pennsylvania, listed by counties.
Yahoo: Top: Government: Statistics
- Government statistics from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Census Bureau, and others.
EDUCATION
- AskERIC
- ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center), provides a variety of services and products on a broad range of education-related issues.
Center for Occupational Reserach and Development
- Nonprofit public-service organization, dedicated to providing educational leadership in developing a more productive, competitive workforce.
Economics America: PA Partnerhsip for Economic Education
- Independent, not-for-profit organization dedicated to economic literacy, and believes economic principles should be taught as an integral part of all students' education.
Tech Corps
- The mission is to recruit, place, and support volunteers from the technology community who advise and assist schools in the introduction and integration of new technologies into the educational system.
US Department of Education
- Mission is to strengthen the Federal commitment to assuring access to equal educational opportunity for every individual.
GOVERNMENT
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania's World Wide Web site providing individuals with on-line access to a wealth of information related to Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania Workforce Development
- Workforce development refers to the training, education, and development activities that prepare people for employment opportunities.
State Workforce Partners
- Includes information from Pennsylvania's Department of Education, Department of Community and Economic Development, Department of Labor and Industry, Department of Aging and Department of Public Welfare.
Training Technology Resource Center: Department of Labor
- Part of an effort to create a world-class system that delivers high-quality, easily accessible employment and training services at a lower cost to taxpayers.
PA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
- Education Links for Pennsylvania
- Links to school district, intermediate unit, vocational-technical school, and nonpublic school home pages in Pennsylvania.
Intermediate Units
- A listing of the 29 intermediate units within Pennsylvania and the school districts contained within each.
Link to Learn
- A Governor Ridge initiative that provides Pennsylvania schools, libraries, and communities with virtually unlimited access to the information available on global networks
ThePennsylvania Department of Education
- The home page of the Pennsylvania Department of Education
Pennsylvania Educational Policy Studies
Pennsylvania School-to-Work Program
The home page of the School-to-Work program in Pennsylvania
- Public school statistics, including enrollment, college-bound rates, secondary vocational-technical education enrollments, and many others.
- School District List by County
- A list of all the school districts in each county of Pennsylvania.
SCHOOL-TO-WORK
- National School-to-Work Net
National School-to-Work Gateway
- National School To Work home page/site.
School to Career Resources: The University of Texas at Austin
School to Careers Web Guide
- Facilitates the distribution of School-To-Careers (a.k.a. School-To-Work) information to educators, students, and businesses.
School to Work Teams: Arizona
- School-to-Work Division Teams in Arizona.
The Southwestern Pennsylvania Connection
- A School-To-Work initiative, involving business, education, and community partners in southwestern Pennsylvania, charged with assisting youth in preparing for the future.
- Youth and Work Program: Cornell
- Fosters the transition of youth to adulthood through research and development on school-to-work opportunities.
- STANDARDS
- Building Linkages for Academic and Skill Standards in Manufacturing Occupations
- Initiative that integrates career pathways, academic and skill standards and a certificate that verifies what a student knows and is able to do in the context of the real-time work world environment in manufacturing.
National Center on Education and the Economy
- Policies, tools, technical assistance, and professional development that can be used to design and implement effective standards-based education and training systems.
National Skill Standards Board
- An independent group of business, labor, education, and civic leaders whose purpose is to help America's workforce and those entering the workforce better prepare for the jobs of tomorrow.
SkillsNET
- SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS
Alabama Transition Initiative
- A clearinghouse for a wealth of transition and related information resources.
- VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
The American Vocational Association
- A professional organization of 38,000 teachers, counselors, school administrators, teacher educators, and business/industry partners, which carries out a diverse array of programs that advance vocational-technical and school-to-careers education.
- National Center for Reserach in Vocation Education: University of CA at Berkley
- Nation's largest center for R&D in work-related education fulfilling its mission to strengthen education to prepare all individuals for rewarding employment and lifelong learning.
OTHER
- The Three Rivers Free-Net
- A subject guide that provides information about education and other pertinant topics in southwestern Pennsylvania.