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McCrone, Tami; Hopwood, Vicky; Wade, Pauline; White, Richard – National Foundation for Educational Research, 2015
Study Programmes were introduced in 2013 so that every post-16 provider could offer their learners coherent study programmes with breadth and depth, enabling learners to progress successfully to employment, apprenticeships, or higher education. Study programmes should include: at least one substantial qualification; English and mathematics for…
Descriptors: Barriers, Delivery Systems, Educational Principles, Work Experience
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McPartland, James; Balfanz, Robert; Jordan, Will; Legters, Nettie – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 1998
A case study of a large nonselective urban high school in Baltimore (Maryland) describes the design and implementation of a comprehensive package of school reforms, the Talent Development Model with Career Academies. Qualitative and quantitative evidence is provided on significant improvements in school climate, student attendance, promotion…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Career Academies, Case Studies
Stevens, Carla J.; And Others – 1996
The Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) Career Academy was initiated at Worthing High School (WHS) in the Houston (Texas) Independent School District at the beginning of the 1994-95 school year. The career-oriented program operated as a "school-within-a-school" program and was designed to meet the needs of students at risk of…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Biotechnology, Career Academies
Martinez, Martha I.; And Others – 1996
This document examines the first year of Jobs for the Future's Benchmark Communities Initiative (BCI), a 5-year effort to achieve the following: large-scale systemic restructuring of K-16 educational systems; involvement of significant numbers of employers in work and learning partnerships; and development of the infrastructure necessary to…
Descriptors: Career Academies, Career Education, Change Strategies, Cooperative Planning