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Philadelphia Buiss Journal July 10 2010

Daley’s solution was Chicago LEADS (Leading Economic Advancement, Development, and Sustainability), a multiyear initiative to align the city’s work force development, education and economic development systems to more effectively meet the needs of businesses and residents for skilled jobs. From that effort emerged the Chicago Workforce Investment Council, which was created in 2009 to oversee the more than $300 million in public funding invested annually to support work force development.
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Chicago Reporter June 30 2010

Tyrone Washington is tired of not working. The trim 27-year-old with braids and a thick mustache has been looking for work ever since he got out of prison for what he believes is the fifth and final time in 2008.
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The Economist June 17 2010

SARAH ZANDER and Ashley Jacobsen are like many teenage girls. Sarah likes soccer. Ashley was captain of her school’s team of cheerleaders this year. They are also earning good money as nursing assistants at a retirement home. Sarah plans to become a registered nurse. Ashley may become a pharmacologist. Their futures look sunny. Yet both are products of what is arguably America’s most sneered-at high-school programme: vocational training.
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Chicago Sun-Times January 5, 2010

Shop class to be replaced with job-training programs. CPS Students will compete for vocational spots, focus on job training. Story Link.
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Chicago Tribune January 5, 2010

Vocational education upgrade: Chicago schools roll out 7-year makeover. Story Link
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