The research being conducted results from the teacher shortage in the Appoquinimink School District, across the State of Delaware and across the United States. There is an alarming teacher shortage in the United States causing a crisis in many states and local school districts. Low enrollment in postsecondary teacher preparation programs, and even…

According to research, dual enrollment (DE) participation is associated with a range of positive college outcomes (such as GPA, credit accumulation, and persistence) for mainstream students, as well as those in career-technical education pathways and programs. In addition, lower achieving, lower income students may experience greater gains from …

Portland Community College has a firmly rooted career and technical education (CTE) partnership with its service area high schools. However, the partnership was continuing to operate as it had for many years. Given the rapid pace of change in the region's workforce, Oregon's secondary and postsecondary educational initiatives, and a shared…

Asserts that programs for the gifted/talented are virtually nonexistent in New Jersey's vocational schools, which serve a large portion of the state's high school population. Lists some of the efforts which will be needed to change this situation. (SJL)

Describes the vicissitudes experienced by a small rural high school agriculture program in northern Illinois in setting up an aquaculture system. (SK)

The records of the first manual-training high school in the world are still buried in the archives of Washington University, and yet this institution was of incalculable significance for the extension and influence of manual training. The scope of this bulletin from the beginning to the end consists of an extended historical comment on the…

The author describes how one teacher started a vocational agriculture program at a small high school and developed it into an agricultural institute featuring a money-making 11-acre farm. She discusses how he raised the necessary start-up funds and how the institute has helped unify the school. (CH)

THE PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT IS TO ASSIST EDUCATORS IN PLANNING AND DEVELOPING PILOT PROGRAMS FOR TRAINING WORKERS IN THE AGRICULTURAL OCCUPATIONS. IT INCLUDES (1) THE PHILOSOPHY AND CRITERIA FOR DEVELOPING PILOT PROGRAMS IN AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION, (2) A DESCRIPTION OF SUCH A PROGRAM AT REIDLAND HIGH SCHOOL, (3) A DISCUSSION OF LEGISLATION…

High school vocational agriculture teachers completed a closed-form questionnaire designed to determine their perceptions of the role of selected external factors and programmatic components in program planning. External factors receiving high ratings were teacher quality/retention and funding. Program components of perceived importance include…

The project has provided the basis for determining the vocational education curriculum and needed equipment to be incorporated into a new high school facility in Ohio County, West Virginia. The goal of the project was to develop expertise on the part of all involved in planning for the new school. This was accomplished by an indepth study of all…

The director of a California program that places disabled youth into private sector jobs discusses the features of the program, approaches for other areas in developing similar projects, and cites the program's cost and employment benefits. (CL)

Recent emphasis on employment for students labeled mentally retarded has presented new challenges for educators in the design and implementation of high school programs. Promising practices for facilitating the achievement of full employment for these students are suggested, and trends that will influence the manner in which services are provided…