Making the First Chance a Real Chance: Bridging Education and Work for All Minnesota Youth and Adults: Findings and Recommendations

This report to the Minnesota Legislature provides seven recommendations from the Task Force on Education and Employment Transitions: 1) Minnesota should create a comprehensive lifework development system 2) Under state policy directive, education, business, and labor collaboratively should be responsible for integrating work-based learning into lifework preparation for all learners 3) Each learning center should develop clearly defined and understood learning outcomes through a collaborative process involving stakeholders 4) Each learning center should establish and maintain processes which invite, engage, and use learners, families, social networks, employers, and other community interests to ensure success for every learner 5) Minnesota should establish a system to encourage, provide, and reward lifelong learning and continuous improvement of all educators. 6) Under state policy directive, education, health and human services providers, and employers will collaborate with learners and their families to provide them with coordinated services for education and employment transitions. 7) Under state policy directive, education, business, and labor collaboratively will establish world class performance standards for the education and employment transitions system.