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Direct linkStipanovic, Natalie; Lewis, Morgan V.; Stringfield, Sam – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2012
This article provides a broad overview of the history of career-focused education in the United States and the reauthorization of the federal Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006. The Perkins act required that the recipients of its funding offer at least one program of study, and this reauthorization included four…
Descriptors: Tech Prep, Longitudinal Studies, Educational Change, Educational History
Download full textMobley, Catherine; Hammond, Cathy; Withington, Cairen; Stringfield, Sam; Stipanovic, Natalie; Sharp, Julia L.; Drew, Sam – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J1), 2012
Career-focused education offered through programs of study (POS), career pathways, and career and technical education (CTE) can provide students with opportunities to engage in career exploration and development, to establish career goals, to increase academic knowledge and skills, to test career preferences in applied settings, and to make links…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, State Legislation, Educational Change, Education Work Relationship
Stipanovic, Natalie; Shumer, Rob; Stringfield, Sam – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J1), 2012
American businesses and industries have long identified shortages in key career and technical areas--some of these areas require two- or four-year college degrees, whereas others simply require industry certifications. Career and technical education (CTE) has the potential to play a central role in filling these gaps. The current Carl D. Perkins…
Descriptors: Credentials, Vocational Education, Education Work Relationship, Formative Evaluation
Peer reviewedStringfield, Sam; Datnow, Amanda – Education and Urban Society, 1998
Presents an overview of the articles in this special issue and defines scaling up and externally developed school reform. Key elements for successful scaling up are highlighted. (MMU)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Design, Program Implementation
Peer reviewedStringfield, Sam; And Others – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 1997
This special issue provides diverse data sets on a school-improvement initiative in Memphis, Tennessee. The effort seems unusually promising because of top-down district support for eight separate site-based reform designs, planners' reliance on New American Schools and other familiar designs, long-term data-collection opportunities, accessible…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Design
