Testimony relative to the Vocational Education Improvement Act Amendments of 1967 as given in three committee sessions is presented in letters, and supplemental materials. Major prepared statements were by (1) Lee W. Ralston, (2) Margaret L. Crawford, (3) David Allen, William McCann, (5) Glen Guldberg, (6) Joseph H. Stephenson, (7) Ronald Regan,…

A DESCRIPTIVE REPORT OF THE CONDUCT OR STATUS OF CONCURRENT WORK-EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN EACH OF THE 50 STATES IS PRESENTED. DATA ARE REPORTED FOR TWO DISTINCT PROGRAMS--(1) COOPERATIVE EDUCATION, A PROGRAM IN WHICH THE STUDENTS WORK PART-TIME AND STUDY IN A FORMAL CLASSROOM SETTING PART-TIME, AND (2) WORK-STUDY, A PROGRAM IN WHICH STUDENTS IN…

To describe concurrent work-education programs in each of the 50 states, data were solicited from each state office by personal visit and from individual school districts by mailed questionnaire. Reports were made to the U.S. Office of Education by the states and reports made by individual school districts to state offices were utilized. Some…

Wartime conditions created a new interest in school-and-work programs for educators because the realities of employment were brought closer to the schools, and for those concerned with the protection of young workers because of the necessity for safeguarding the interests of these young people while on the job. School-and-work programs, under…

Hampton Institute has developed an educational technique in several lines which is of interest especially to those institutions that are still trying to find their way under difficulties and that for lack of vision as well as lack of support are unable to reach the high ideals of training which have resulted from the careful working out of the…