The school-to-work movement : origins and destinations / edited by William J. Stull and Nicholas M. Sanders.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stull, William J.

Sanders, Nicholas M., 1939-

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

School-to-work transition--Congresses.

School-to-work transition.

Career education--Congresses.

Career education.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xi, 295 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2003.

Contents:

1. School-to-Work in Schools: An Overview / William J. Stull 3

II. The Economic Context 35

3. The Youth Labor Market in the 1990s / Michael A. Leeds, Elizabeth Wheaton 37

4. Education and Training in an Era of Creative Destruction / Leonard I. Nakamura 49

5. Old Economy or New Economy? The Educational Implications / William C. Dunkelberg 67

III. The School-to-Work Movement 77

6. Has School-to-Work Worked? / Alan M. Hershey 79

7. School-to-Work Governance / Bari Anhalt Erlichson 101

8. School-to-Work: The Wisconsin Experience / Mark C. Schug, Richard D. Western 113

9. A Melding of International Perspectives / Robert Zemsky 135

IV. Issues, Obstacles, and Opportunities in School-to-Work Programs 149

10. Developing Work-Based Learning Pedagogies / David Thornton Moore, Katherine L. Hughes 151

11. The Impact of School-to-Work Programs on Minority Youth / Francisco L. Rivera-Batiz 169

12. The Impacts of School-Business Partnerships on the Early Labor-Market Success of Students / John H. Bishop, Ferran Mane 189

13. High Schools' Role in College and Workforce Preparation: Do College-for-All Policies Make High School Irrelevant? / James E. Rosenbaum 203

V. The Future of School-to-Work 219

14. Is the School-to-Work Movement on the Right Track? / Robert I. Lerman 221

15. Career Academies and High-School Reform before, during, and after the School-to-Work Movement / David Stern 239

16. What's Next for School-to-Career? An Assessment of Progress and Prospects / Richard Kazis, Hilary Pennington 263.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

0275970167

OCLC:

50348130