TY - BOOK ED - National Center on Education and the Economy (U.S.). TI - Tough choices or tough times: the report of the New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce SN - 9780787995980 (pbk.) AV - HD5715.2 .N32 2007 U1 - 331.25/920973 22 PY - 2007/// CY - San Francisco PB - John Wiley & Sons KW - Occupational training KW - United States KW - Labor supply KW - Effect of technological innovations on KW - High technology and education KW - Competition, International KW - Educational change N1 - "NCEE, National Center on Education and the Economy."; Includes bibliographical references; Executive summary -- Preface -- Prologue -- The nature of the challenge now -- The scenario: The recommendations as they might look from the vantage point of an observer in 2021 -- Comments -- Background papers: Estimates of the additional expense and savings associated with the Commission's proposed reforms in elementary and secondary education; Teachers and teaching policy; Early childhood education; The adult workforce -- Appendixes: The study; Trustees of the National Center on Education and the Economy; Biographies of members of the Commission; Commission staff and associates UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip074/2006036204.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0741/2006036204-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0741/2006036204-b.html ER -