What do the advocates of school vouchers believe?

A CLOSER LOOK AT WORKFORCE ORGANIZATIONS

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Purpose

This activity provides you the opportunity to analyze the components of critical and digital literacy regarding the increased demands for students and the workforce.

Instructions

For this activity, you are going to explore the components of workforce organizations.

Complete the following five steps in order, using the spaces provided in this document. You will submit your completed A Closer Look At Workforce Organizations document to the A Closer Look At Workforce Organizations Dropbox folder in the course.

Step One

First, go to the Florida Department of Education’s list of District Technical Center Directors and websites at http://data.fldoe.org/workforce/contacts/default.cfm?action=showList&ListID=7

Choose three different schools from three different counties, and examine their websites using the guidelines/questions in Step Two.

Step Two

Analyze the three different technical centers that you chose in Step One by responding to the following questions in the spaces provided.

	What is the first technical center that you chose?
	In what county is this technical center located?
	What is the targeted population of the technical center? (To whom are they marketing?)
	What programs does the technical center offer?
	What are the benefits of attending this technical center?

	What is the second technical center that you chose?
	In what county is this technical center located?
	What is the targeted population of the technical center? (To whom are they marketing?)
	What programs does the technical center offer?
	What are the benefits of attending this technical center?

	What is the third technical center that you chose?
	In what county is this technical center located?
	What is the targeted population of the technical center? (To whom are they marketing?)
	What programs does the technical center offer?
	What are the benefits of attending this technical center?

Step Three

Take a closer look at two different educational options as discussed in your textbook on pages 349-350.

Take some time to learn more about the options of school vouchers and charter schools by using the online resource below. You may wish to do your own additional research.

There are different ideas on both sides regarding the benefits and drawbacks for these topics.

In Step Four, you will use what you’ve learned to answer questions.

Resource	URL
National Conference of State Legislatures	http://www.ncsl.org/research/education/voucher-law-comparison.aspx

Step Four

Using what you learned about school vouchers and charter schools in Step Three, respond to the following questions in the spaces provided below.

What do the advocates of school vouchers believe?
What do the opponents of school vouchers believe?
What do you believe regarding school vouchers?
What is the connection between school vouchers and public policy?

What do the advocates of charter schools believe?
What do the opponents of charter schools believe?
What do you believe regarding charter schools?
What is the connection between charter schools and public policy?

Step Five

Upload your completed A Closer Look At Workforce Organizations document to the A Closer Look At Workforce OrganizationsDropbox folder in the course.