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Lys, Diana B. – RMLE Online: Research in Middle Level Education, 2009
The purpose of this study was to investigate the perceptions Latino eighth grade students have of school and schooling factors as they transition to high school and the factors that may influence their self-perceived likelihood of graduating from high school. Middle schools are poised to help Latino students prepare themselves for a smoother…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Middle School Students, Graduation, Acculturation
Graves, Bill – School Administrator, 1992
Flipping burgers, operating cash registers, and stocking shelves are unchallenging, dead-end jobs that hinder high school students' academic success. U.S. industry has been using advanced technology to dumb-down jobs. Efforts of states and school administrators to restrict teen labor are discussed. Sidebars present innovative state initiatives for…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Child Labor, Education Work Relationship, High Schools
Balser, Richard M.; Hornby, Helaine C. – 1989
The booklet describes the Maine Medical Center's Summer Youth Employment Training Program conducted in 1986, 1987, and 1988 providing disabled high school students with work experience under close supervision. The first section describes program benefits and the incorporation of the program within the Hospital Industries program which screens,…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, High Schools

Halpern, Andrew S. – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1993
This report, part of a 3-year follow-along study of 422 Oregon and Nevada students with disabilities who are transitioning from school to adult life, examines experiences of students who had worked on a job while still in school, methods of finding jobs, hours worked, and wages earned. Implications for policy development are outlined. (JDD)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Educational Policy, Followup Studies
Surich, Walter L. – 1990
A work study program was developed for five educable and trainable students in a high school transition class. A teacher's aide was trained as a job trainer at the workplace prior to program implementation; ongoing informal discussions at school with the program developer helped with problems that developed. The work study program developed…
Descriptors: Employment Potential, High Schools, Job Skills, Mild Mental Retardation
Levinson, Edward M. – 1998
This book focuses on transition--the facilitation of the postsecondary adjustment of students, particularly those with disabilities, to work, leisure, and independent functioning in the community. Chapter 1 reviews definitions of transition, highlights a transdisciplinary transition model, and reviews federal legislation to facilitate transition.…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Development, Career Education, Career Planning
Benz, Michael R.; Lindstrom, Lauren E. – 1997
Designed for practitioners, this book provides ideas and strategies for designing, developing, and implementing the Youth Transition Program (YTP) for students with disabilities and special needs in Oregon. Chapter 1 describes the following: background and need for collaborative school-to-work (STW) programs; STW program purposes and components,…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Career Choice, Career Education, Cooperative Planning
Department of Education, Washington, DC. – 1992
This pamphlet is a four-step blueprint for a school-to-work system for getting students ready for work. Step one proposes that every school-to-work system be guided by the following principles: (1) encourage participants to attain high academic standards; (2) encourage students to stay in school; (3) link classroom curriculum to work-site…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Career Planning
Evaluation and Training Inst., Los Angeles, CA. – 1991
This Vocational Education Resource Package (VERP) was developed to provide materials useful in replicating an exemplary vocational education program for special student populations in the California Community Colleges. This VERP provides information on Career Beginnings, an exemplary program for disadvantaged students, originally developed at…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Education, Career Guidance, Community Colleges