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K-12 Education and the Workforce |
Workers with education beyond high school and with preparation for managerial, professional, or technical jobs will prosper in the new economy, but high school dropouts and many who end their training with high school will fall behind. Unfortunately, nearly half of American youth are in the latter category, often because they fail to see the relevance of traditional classroom education to their economic future.
The national school-to-career movement recently has sought to bridge this gap between learning and work. Employers and schools are trying to bring greater purposefulness, higher aspirations, and increased motivation to young people, while giving employers new options for meeting their future work force needs. Unlike older forms of vocational education, school-to-career programs have the potential to raise the academic achievement of all participating students, which has been an underlying goal of the larger education reform movement for the past fifteen years.
What's NewReports Wednesday, January 14, 1998 The Employer's Role in Linking School and Work 1998
This report examines what employers and schools can do to strengthen the connection between school and the job market.
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