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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.
List of contents
IntroductionSchool-to-Work in Schools: An Overview by William J. Stull
Summary of Chapters by Mark Rohland
The Economic ContextThe 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 MovementHas 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 ProgramsDeveloping 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-WorkIs 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
About the author
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.
