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Alliance for Excellent Education, 2019
At a time when innovation and flexibility have been lauded and prioritized in federal education policy, the passage of the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (Perkins V) presents a unique opportunity for state education and workforce leaders to explore innovative ways to transform postsecondary outcomes for…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Vocational Education, College Readiness
Schwass, Constance M. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Accreditation in higher education institutions continues to be regarded as the seal of collegiate quality even while questions have been raised about its effectiveness and what the process accepts as evidence of improved student learning. As a result, many regional accrediting agencies are requiring higher education institutions to implement…
Descriptors: Evidence, Technical Institutes, Improvement Programs, Program Effectiveness
Rockey, Marci – Office of Community College Research and Leadership, 2016
Rend Lake College (RLC) has participated in several Pathways to Results (PTR) projects over the last five years. The PTR model has been an essential tool to drive evidence-based changes throughout the College. In 2015, RLC used the PTR Model to evaluate institutional processes related to the Perkins Career and Technical Education (CTE) Student…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Transfer Students, School Holding Power, Program Implementation
Reese, Susan – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J3), 2012
Americans live in a great nation, one in which every child is entitled to an education that will help that child reach success. But the debate has raged for years about whether the nation's education system is fulfilling the promise of not just an education, but an education of the highest caliber. Whenever the issue of school reform is addressed,…
Descriptors: Media Literacy, Vocational Education, Educational Improvement, School Restructuring
Gorton, Carolyn – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J3), 2012
Career and technical education (CTE) in Charlotte County, Florida, has a new identity thanks to the creativity and marketing by the K-12 CTE teachers who decided to make a difference. When one walks into any of the elementary or middle school STEM labs, or high school Career and Professional Education (CAPE) Academies, he/she sees a packed house…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Change Strategies, Educational Change
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Hill, Kimberly A. – Educational Leadership, 2012
The author, principal at North Point High School of Science, Technology and Industry in Charles County, Maryland, describes how the school merges traditional academic classes with cutting-edge career and technical education courses to prepare students for the real world. Realizing that its traditional "vo-tech" model was undersubscribed…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Science Course Improvement Projects, Educational Improvement, Improvement Programs
Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2014
This is the latest in a series of case studies highlighting best practices High Schools That Work (HSTW) network schools and districts are implementing to prepare students better for further studies and careers. Fort Mill High School is in Fort Mill, South Carolina, an outlying suburb of Charlotte, North Carolina. Fort Mill links high quality…
Descriptors: Case Studies, School Culture, High School Students, Best Practices
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van der Bijl, Andre; Ebrahim, Adele – Industry and Higher Education, 2012
Since 1994 South African further education and training (FET) has undergone significant and fundamental changes. These changes include the transfer of colleges between state departments, curriculum revision, forced mergers and a shift in the student population. As a result of the growing interest in, and funding of, vocationally aligned education,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Adult Education, Foreign Countries, Content Analysis
Conrad, Michelle; Watkins, Larae; Wittmaier, Nathan – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J1), 2011
The first days, weeks and months of the school year can be a daunting time for new teachers and school counselors, especially those coming to teaching or school counseling from industry or other fields. So what can be done to support these teachers and school counselors, and how can educators help them start making connections within their new…
Descriptors: School Counseling, School Counselors, Vocational Education, Teacher Education Programs
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Høst, Håkon; Seland, Idunn; Skålholt, Asgeir – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2015
Could the labour market gender balance be improved by introducing new types of apprenticeship-trained workers? This article investigates what happened in the wake of the Norwegian VET programme for health and social care, a new approach introduced via the 1994 educational reform. By upgrading this traditionally female-dominated area of education,…
Descriptors: Gender Issues, Health Services, Social Services, Apprenticeships
Bush, Melodye – Education Commission of the States (NJ1), 2009
States have been working to increase the rigor and effectiveness of career and technical education to both meet the needs of their students and to address the workforce needs of the state and the nation. This StateNote, while not exhaustive, highlights efforts in the states that appear to be "ahead of the curve" in state policy…
Descriptors: State Legislation, Vocational Education, Best Practices, State Programs
Young, John W.; Cline, Frederick; King, Teresa C.; Jackson, Avis D.; Timberlake, Allison – Educational Testing Service, 2011
Interest in setting high educational standards is at the forefront of many school reform programs in the United States. States' pursuit of high standards can be advanced through implementation of programs such as High Schools That Work ("HSTW"), which emphasizes high expectations and rigorous academics for all students, including Career…
Descriptors: High Schools, Program Descriptions, Vocational Education, Literature Reviews
Harter, Christi – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J1), 2011
In order to improve the quality of technology instruction, the Career and Technical Education (CTE) Business Department in the Spokane Public School district has aligned its Computer Applications (CA) course to the district's ninth-grade Springboard (Language Arts) curriculum, Algebra I curriculum, and the Culminating Project (senior project)…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, State Standards, Educational Change, Vocational Education
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Paryono – International Journal of Training Research, 2011
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) report (2007) highlights that labour productivity, education and migration play important roles in shaping competitiveness, growth and development in Southeast Asia. The statistics also reveal interesting aspects of labour mobility. Thirteen and a half million migrants originate from countries in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Labor Force Development, Job Training, Job Skills
Jones, Jack – American Education, 1971
A program to train Negroes and Mexican Americans to become members ofthe well-paying truck driving industry is having successful results. (CK)
Descriptors: Improvement Programs, Minority Groups, Vocational Education
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