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MDRC, 2019
The purpose of this Policy Impact Snapshot is to identify the major categories of career and technical education (CTE) currently available within our nation's secondary and postsecondary education systems and describe the existing research on whether these programs are achieving desired outcomes for students. This Policy Impact Snapshot describes…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Apprenticeships, Job Skills, Job Training
Finn, Peter; Shively, Michael; McDevitt, Jack; Lassiter, William; Rich, Tom – US Department of Justice, 2005
There has been growing interest in placing sworn law enforcement officers in schools as School Resource Officers (SROs) to improve school safety and improve relations between police officers and youth. The purpose of this National Assessment was to identify what program "models" have been implemented, how programs have been implemented, and what…
Descriptors: Police, Police School Relationship, Elementary Secondary Education, Recruitment
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. – 1992
The Commission on Vocational Education and Career Opportunities in the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) studied vocational education and career preparation activities in the DCPS and explored strategies for improving them. The study established that DCPS is failing to fulfill its career preparation mission. The problems of too many…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Career Guidance, Career Planning, Change Strategies
Bleyer, Dorothy R.; And Others – 1986
The explosive technological advances of recent years have created a need to incorporate technical education into curricula at all levels from elementary through and including higher education. This in turn has led to the necessity of articulation among the various levels of technical education, including articulation between postsecondary…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Articulation (Education), Change Strategies, Delivery Systems
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities. – 1995
This document records the proceedings of a Congressional hearing on the role of the federal government in education policy. Statements are provided by Richard Riley (Secretary of Education), Bret Schundler (Mayor, Jersey City, New Jersey), Tommy Thompson (Governor, Wisconsin), and Representatives, William L. Clay (Missouri), William F. Goodling…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Access to Information, Civil Rights, Decentralization
Abdel-Magid, Isam Mohammed; Elsadig, Elsadig Hassan – 2000
The impact of globalization on vocational-technical education (VTE) and human resource development (HRD) in Sudan was examined. Special attention was paid to the following issues: the purpose of education in the 21st century; learning for the workplace; national culture and technological advances; the globalization of education; education and…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Articulation (Education), Developing Nations, Economic Development