Students at the Oakland Health and Bioscience Academy in Oakland, California learn all aspects of the health care industry. Their knowledge of health care includes planning, management, finance, technical and production skills, technology, labor issues, community issues, safety, and environmental issues. They gain this broad understanding through a variety of learning experiences and teaching techniques. Interactive career explorations and a 200-hour hospital internship in the 11th and 12th grades expose them to the business, administrative, and clinical departments of a health care facility. Students also create work-based learning portfolios, which include reflective journal entries and works samples keyed to health career standards.
Projects offer an opportunity to explore different aspects of health care and their relationship.
More than 135,000 employers have been involved in these efforts. A centerpiece of President Clinton's G.I. Bill for America's Workers has been our proposal to fundamentally reform the current federal job-training system. We have proposed consolidating at least 70 separate job training programs, replacing them with an integrated system that minimizes red tape and maximizes individual choice in each local community. For adults with basic literacy skills or for adults who do not have the literacy skills to succeed in the workplace as citizens or as parents, we will revamp the Adult Education Act so it can better meet adult learners' needs and be more accountable for program results.