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Smyth, John; McInerney, Peter – Journal of Educational Administration and History, 2012
This paper examines the complex constellation of conditions that turn many young people into "exiles" from schooling. From the vantage point of young people, the paper traces out a profile of the conditions that need to be brought into existence for these young people to find a way back into learning. The paper argues that current…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Environment, Quality of Life, Neoliberalism
Price, Hugh B. – Brookings Institution, 2007
This working paper examines the approaches, wisdom, and experience generated by the ChalleNGe program, as well as the vast storehouse of knowledge and research, models and systems possessed by the military services that are potentially applicable to educating and developing youngsters who are at greatest risk of academic failure, economic…
Descriptors: Military Service, High Risk Students, Military Schools, Military Training
Myers, George E. – United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1915
This manuscript was prepared after the author spent a year in Germany studying the problems of vocational education with special reference to the application of German methods in American schools. The author discusses in a clear and concise manner four interesting and important problems in vocational education in Germany, about which there is need…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Foreign Countries, Demography, Industrial Education
Jones, Arthur J. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1907
The term "continuation school," while commonly used in England for some time has not been generally employed in this country and may need some further explanation. As use in this bulletin, it refers to any type of school which offers to people while they are at work opportunity for further education and training. It thus presupposes…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Needs, Agencies