This report, the second installment in Advance CTE's "Connecting the Classroom to Careers," series, explores an issue that is often a stumbling block for K-12 work-based learning--ensuring these experiences are safe and legal for students. This report features New Jersey, Kentucky and California and their approaches to dismantling…

Defines "mentor," addresses the mentoring process as it relates to school-to-work, and addresses issues concerning mentoring including selecting and recruiting mentors, mentor duties, characteristics, training efforts, and incentives. (JOW)

The federal legislation that provided states with seed money to create school-to-work initiatives is scheduled to cease in 2001 and it is unlikely that Congress will provide any more funding. The business community can make a difference as to whether school-to-work survives. (JOW)

Looks at 16 innovative school-to-work programs that link high school with work-based learning and what educators and employers accomplished, the barriers they encountered, and advice they would give to those starting school-to-work programs. (JOW)

Discusses the School-to-Work Opportunities Act and whether it has delivered on its promise to prepare all students for furthering learning and high-skill careers. Concludes that programs lack consistency, there is little solid information, and businesses are still hesitant to participate. (JOW)

Discusses the potential impact of the School-to-Work program, which would involve a series of national assessments administered in fourth, eighth, and eleventh grade to determine students' career majors (based on predicted labor-market needs of the local workforce development area). This equals loss of parental and local control. The new economy…

School-to-work legislation calls for local partnerships to develop curriculum that integrates academic and vocational courses and links school-based and work-based learning. In at least 37 states, individualized state and local partnership systems exist. Contains 11 references and cites a program that brings teachers into the workplace. (MLF)

This guide provides an overview of the School-to-Work Opportunities Act of 1994 to help familiarize legislators with the law and its implementation and to give them information to answer questions from their constituents about the act. The following information is presented: (1) the goals of the act; (2) how school-to-work initiatives work; (3)…

Presents three options on a critical issue, transition from school to work: career education, school-to-work opportunities system, and school-to-employment system. Suggests that the information is essential to begin a dialogue on developing a framework and process to establish a successful school-to-employment system. (JOW)

Examines findings from a two-year national study of work-based learning programs in community colleges. Indicates that community colleges, when provided with the requisite opportunity, resources, and support, can deliver valuable work-based learning experiences to students. Describes the School-to-Work Opportunities Act of 1994. (17 citations)…

The School to Work Opportunities Act is a comprehensive approach to work-based learning through integrating academic and vocational education, integrating school- and work-based learning, and linking secondary and postsecondary education. The most critical challenge is finding enough employers to provide workplace experiences for students. (SK)

This booklet looks at a specific part of the diversity of students in school-to-work (STW) programs--gender in a multicultural context--to help educators, private industry, parents, and policy makers incorporate equity into their STW programs. After a brief overview of STW, the booklet outlines the School-to-Work Opportunities Act, explains the…

A forum focused on ways to implement the School-to-Work Opportunities Act, which requires work-based learning, school-based learning, and activities which connect the two. Participants described the act as follows: (1) a great step forward and based upon enduring principles, (2) a collaborative career education system supported by…

These six fact sheets are designed to communicate strategies for serving all youth, especially youth with disabilities, in school to work programs: (1) "Overview of the School-to-Work Opportunities Act" briefly describes this 1994 federal law and the three components of school-to-work programs: school-based learning, work-based learning,…

This report examines local school-to-work partnerships in Pennsylvania and summarizes the lessons that can be learned from them. It includes information on how local partnerships work, functions of local school-to-work partnerships, and partnership activities such as establishing educator in the workplace opportunities, making business…