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The Careers Project: Survey of Representatives of Business and Industry in California. CRB 09-003
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de Cos, Patricia L. – California Research Bureau, 2009
The Careers Project is a study of the preparation all students in public middle and high schools receive to explore career options and the relationship between that preparation and California's state and regional economies. The California Research Bureau (CRB) undertook this research at the request of a bipartisan group of members of the…
Descriptors: Economic Research, Education Work Relationship, Job Skills, Career Education
The Reinventing Education Initiative from an Evaluation Perspective: The Role of Innovative Technology Partnerships in Addessing Significant Challenges to Education Improvement. CCT Research Summary
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Center for Children & Technology, 2004
"During the past 20 years, the skills required to succeed in the economy have changed radically, but the skills taught in most schools have changed very little. As a result of the growing mismatch between the skills of most graduates and the skills required by high-wage employers, a U.S. high school diploma is no longer a ticket to the U.S.…
Descriptors: Job Skills, Academic Achievement, Education Work Relationship, Partnerships in Education
Business Response to Education in America. A Study Conducted among the Largest U.S. Companies.
Lieberman Research, Inc. – 1989
The study examines how senior executives in America's largest corporations feel about the public education system and what they are doing or considering doing to help overcome the system's problems. Questionnaires were mailed to the Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of the Fortune 500 industrial companies and the Fortune 500 service companies. The…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, Business, Comparative Education