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| Education and Urban Society | 7 |
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| Claus, John F. | 1 |
| Greene, Joshua | 1 |
| Hamilton, Stephen F. | 1 |
| Hilliard, Asa G., III | 1 |
| Holloway, Wilfred B. | 1 |
| Saks, Daniel H. | 1 |
| Smith, Ralph E. | 1 |
| Spencer, Margaret Beale | 1 |
| Swanson, Dena Philips | 1 |
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| Journal Articles | 7 |
| Opinion Papers | 3 |
| Information Analyses | 2 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 2 |
| Reports - General | 2 |
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Peer reviewedEducation and Urban Society, 1981
Discusses the role of schools in preparing youth, especially economically disadvantaged youth, for employment. Reviews the themes of the articles that follow in this special journal issue on educational policy for employment training. (JCD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Disadvantaged Youth, Education Work Relationship, Employment Opportunities
Peer reviewedGreene, Joshua – Education and Urban Society, 1981
Current federal youth employment programs have failed to meet the employment needs of disadvantaged youth. Programs should be revised to: (1) require all participants to receive remedial academic instruction on the high school level; and (2) train participants in at least one vocational skill for which there exists a local demand for youth…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Employment Problems, Employment Programs, Federal Programs
Peer reviewedHolloway, Wilfred B. – Education and Urban Society, 1981
Attributes the lack of success among youth employment/education programs over the past 50 years in part to inadequate evaluation of concept development, program implementation, and individual outcomes. Discusses objectives, implementation, and results of various private and government-supported youth employment and school to work plans. (JCD)
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Employment Programs, Evaluation Criteria, Federal Programs
Peer reviewedHilliard, Asa G., III – Education and Urban Society, 1984
Argues that if schools are to escape the function of perpetuating existing class and caste divisions, they must be guided by concepts of education as transformation rather than education as remediation. (CMG)
Descriptors: Change Agents, Economic Factors, Education Work Relationship, Educational Experience
Peer reviewedSaks, Daniel H.; Smith, Ralph E. – Education and Urban Society, 1981
This paper examines vintage (cohort), environmental, and structural problems associated with youth employment, and discusses strategies for improving job opportunities. Evaluates effects of the Elementary Secondary Education Act, Vocational Education Act, Youth Entitlement Demonstration, Supported Work Demonstration, and Job Corps. (JCD)
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Employment Opportunities, Employment Problems
Peer reviewedHamilton, Stephen F.; Claus, John F. – Education and Urban Society, 1981
Suggests that work training programs based on the concepts of democracy and entrepreneurship may facilitate improvements in employment opportunities for disadvantaged and minority youth. Attributes unemployment to deficiencies in the current economic and social structure, and discusses design and implementation problems in current employment…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Economic Factors, Employment Problems, Employment Programs
Peer reviewedSwanson, Dena Philips; Spencer, Margaret Beale – Education and Urban Society, 1991
Social and governmental policies have attempted to improve the lives of children in poverty, but negative outcomes continue for African-American youth. Policy and programs for youth must be sensitive to developmental processes, racial and ethnic affiliation, and the environmental structures that put students at risk. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Black Youth, Blacks, Disadvantaged Youth
