Overview

The School-to-Work movement came together as a major national force for educational reform in the late 1980s and reached its peak in 1994 with the passage of the School-to-Work Opportunities Act. Throughout the 1990s, the movement had a substantial record of creativity and accomplishment. Among other things, it hastened the spread of career development activities for all students, strengthened ties between schools and local employers, and supported the creation of many innovative work-based education programs. By the end of the decade, however, the influence of the movement had begun to decline as other reform movements came to dominate the national educational landscape. The book documents the successes and failures of the STW movement during this dramatic decade and assesses the movement's prospects for the future. The book's chapters are written by the nation's top scholars in the STW field and focus on all aspects of the STW movement. Among the topics covered are STW implementation and participation, career academies, education and employment effects of STW participation, the role of STW programming in the new economy, the college for all movement, and STW pedagogy.

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Author:   William J. Stull ,  Nicholas M. Sanders ,  Nicholas M. Sanders
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.652kg
ISBN:  

9780275970161

ISBN 10:   0275970167
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   30 June 2003
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Introduction School-to-Work in Schools: An Overview by William J. Stull Summary of Chapters by Mark Rohland The Economic Context The Youth Labor Market in the 1990s by Michael A. Leeds and Elizabeth Wheaton Education and Training in an Era of Creative Destruction by Leonard I. Nakamura Old Economy or New Economy? The Educational Implications by William C. Dunkelberg The School-to-Work Movement Has School-to-Work Worked? by Alan M. Hershey School-to-Work Governance by Bari Anhalt Erlichson School-to-Work: The Wisconsin Experience by Mark C. Schug and Richard D. Western A Melding of International Perspectives by Robert Zemsky Issues, Obstacles, and Opportunities in School-to-Work Programs Developing Work-Based Learning Pedagogies by David Thornton Moore and Katherine L. Hughes The Impact of School-to-Work Programs on Minority Youth by Francisco L. Rivera-Batiz The Impacts of School-to-Business Partnerships on the Early Labor-Market Success of Students by John H. Bishop and Ferran Mane High Schools' Role in College and Workforce Preparation: Do College-for-All Policies Make High School Irrelevant? by James E. Rosenbaum The Future of School-to-Work Is the School-to-Work Movement on the Right Track? by Robert I. Lerman Career Academies and High-School Reform before, during, and after the School-to-Work Movement by David Stern What's Next for School-to-Career? An Assessment of Progress and Prospects by Richard Kazis and Hilary Pennington Index

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WILLIAM J. STULL is Professor and Chair, Economics Department, and Senior Research Associate, Mid-Atlantic Laboratory for Student Success, Temple University. NICHOLAS M. SANDERS is a research analyst for quality assurance and evaluation at the Mid-Atlantic Laboratory for Student Success at Temple University.

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