Phasing out ineffective programs may free up resources for more effective alternatives and improve student outcomes. This review of the literature on the de-implementation process in schools includes a practical guide that can be used to ensure students receive the most effective services available. This framework can be applied to illustrate how…

Some education programs' early positive effects disappear over time. Other programs have unanticipated positive long-term effects. Foundations warn of the dangers of putting too much weight on in-program effects, which, they say, often fade after a program ends. This Issue Focus tackles the topic of post-program effects in postsecondary education.…

Forty years after its opening, Americans must reconsider the efficacy of a federal, Cabinet-level Department of Education. Rescinding agency status, eliminating duplicative, ineffective, and inappropriate programs, and re-organizing remaining programs under a restored Office of Education within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services…

School-university partnerships not only take time and care to establish and develop but also need sensitivity and acknowledgement of work accomplished if the partnership disbands. What are the repercussions of ending the partnership abruptly with little advance notice? This article examines this question by looking at the school participants'…

Little is known about the payoffs to apprenticeship training in the German speaking countries for the participants. OLS estimates suggest that the returns are similar to those of other types of schooling. However, there is a lot of heterogeneity in the types of apprenticeships offered, and institutional descriptions suggest that there might be an…

Prepared by the South Carolina Technical Education System in compliance with state policies on program review, this 1993-94 annual report presents findings on diploma program productivity in terms of enrollment, number of graduates, the percent of graduates placed in related jobs or continuing their studies full-time, and the continuation or…

Prepared by the South Carolina Technical Education System in compliance with state policies on program review, this 1994-95 annual report presents findings on diploma program productivity in terms of enrollment, number of graduates, the percent of graduates placed in related jobs or continuing their studies full-time, and the continuation or…

Federal funding from the School to Work Opportunities Act (STOWA) has ended. There is no doubt that state policy to advance activities started under STOWA will be a major factor in the sustainability of School to Work. Already some states have taken the initiative for bringing higher standards to education by offering incentives for businesses to…