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Peer reviewedElliott, Marc N.; Hanser, Lawrence M.; Gilroy, Curtis L. – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2002
Examined career academy student outcomes for 18 cohorts of entering students enrolled in 8 urban schools nationwide, analyzing attendance, grades, and graduation status. Compared to what would have been expected of the same students in the same schools' general academic programs, career academy students had higher first-year grade point averages,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance Patterns, Career Academies, Grade Point Average
Elliott, Marc N.; Hanser, Lawrence M.; Gilroy, Curtis L. – 2001
In 1992, the U.S. Departments of Defense and Education jointly created a new high school program aimed at encouraging at-risk youth to remain in school until graduation. The program, which is a marriage of the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) and the comprehensive high school reform initiative known as career academies, was called…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Education, Attendance, Career Academies
Download full textHanser, Lawrence M.; Robyn, Abby E. – 2000
In 1992, the U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. Department of Education jointly developed the Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (JROTC) Career Academy model, which provides a framework for implementation of an innovative vocational education program designed to keep dropout-prone students in school. The program, which combines military…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Career Academies, Career Education, Case Studies
