Nation Served: Turning The Folks Into Indentured Servants (Video) – The Washington Normal
Dear Tim,
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The official rules, prizes, etc (aka: agenda):
https://drive.google.com/file/
(Bonus: the excerpt from the US Dept of Education’s January 2026 newsletter:
https://drive.google.com/file/
(Bonus: the excerpt from the US Dept of Education’s January 2026 newsletter:
Building the Golden Age Workforce: Connecting Talent to Opportunity Challenge
On January 13th, the Department launched the Connecting Talent to Opportunity Challenge. This Challenge is a national call to action designed to strengthen the connections between learners and earners by accelerating the development of integrated, state-wide Talent Marketplaces.
The Department invites state Governors, in collaboration with their Perkins, adult education, and workforce partners, to build or scale Talent Marketplaces that include a Credential Registry, Learning and Employment Records, and Skills-Based Job Description Generators to better match talent to opportunity. In doing so, States will expand access to high-quality career pathways, increase labor force participation, and support skills-based hiring.
Under the Challenge, the Department will provide up to 10 semi-finalists and finalists with tailored technical assistance as they refine and implement their development plans. In addition, they will be eligible to receive a portion of the $15 million prize pool.
6) The U.S. Dept. of Ed’s partner for CTO, Kaptivate:
https://kaptivategroup.com/ (based in VA)
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https://kaptivategroup.com/
7) In 2024, The Kaptivate/US Dept of Ed had another challenge for CTE (Career Tech Education aka workforce readiness):
https://kaptivategroup.com/
8) The US Dept of Ed’s WIOA (Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act) 2026-27 mandated actions for states:
https://www.ed.gov/sites/ed/
(*Note: using NC as an example, the state is 2nd in the nation for ‘preparing globally ready citizens’, especially for a workforce. The 2025 CTE report will reveal the numbers, but the NC Dept of Public Instruction’s announcement treats the news as the biggest and best ‘award’ of all time for our students.
Report link: https://www.dpi.nc.gov/
NC DPI announcement: https://content.
9) Every year, Congress passes a resolution in support of Feb. as CTE Month:
https://www.congress.gov/
10) Just a few of the ‘workforce readiness’ bills from US Congress (see:
12) The attachment is the 2015 Agreement between the International Labor Organization and UNESCO:
(Don’t lose the fact that the WIOA was passed into US federal law in 2014 and embedded in the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2015)