Four-year panel survey data were used to examine the effects of well-being on school-to-work transition of Canadian youth. Such labor market problems as unemployment and underemployment had small, significant negative effects on self-esteem, depression, and powerlessness for high school graduates but not college graduates. Effects of education…

Examines career development and career behavior theories and results of practical observations of exemplary career preparation and transition programs. Describes programs that apply both theoretical and practical concepts to provision of transition services for special needs services. (SK)

Examination of best practices for training and school-to-work transition in Germany, Sweden, Japan, and Singapore revealed commonalities: national full-employment policies; commitment to high-skill, high-wage economy through investment in education and training; continual upgrading of worker skills; and diffusion of costs across the public and…

Discusses vocational training in France, particularly the widening gap between training and the labor market, the indecisiveness regarding educational strategies, and institutional links between training and employment. (JOW)

A technology education center can assist in implementing a school's tech prep or school-to-work initiative. A center is a place where teachers can work together to develop integrated curricula and meet with business representatives to seek their assistance and make them understand what schools are trying to accomplish. (JOW)

Argues that current school reform efforts are driven by workforce preparation concerns, limiting schools' ability to prepare students for participation in democratic citizenship. Links democracy and the construction of knowledge, proposing a "pedagogy of conversation" to move students beyond personal experience as a basis of knowledge through…

Looks at European education, training, and youth initiatives to meet the challenge of social and economic exclusion. Articles discuss unemployment, poor living conditions, and inadequate education and training; dropouts; maintaining skill levels; coordinated training programs; the role of schools; immigrant children; and youth policies. Lists the…

Discusses career opportunities in the restaurant, service, and retail business for recent college graduates as alternate routes to career success. Often, negative public perceptions of these occupations create unnecessary obstacles to potentially satisfying and long-lasting career options. (JPS)

The demand for improved postschool outcomes has shifted school reform strategy from incremental efforts to fundamental change. Collaboration is consistently identified as an effective approach for fostering communications and creating new systems. Social and vocational educators must become skilled collaborators to influence the course of change.…

The professional education community has historically ignored questions concerning schooling's social purpose. Urban life, dependent on skills and values acquired in the country, is not the ultimate human experience pushed by the American elite. Society pays heavily for educating students to flee the communities that nurtured them. (36 references)…

Describes young Dutch people's lives in terms of education and qualification, family building, leisure activities, and exposure to risk. Dutch society has experienced rapid social change in past 30 years; women's roles have changed dramatically during past decade. Expansion of educational participation to secure better labor-market chances has…

Five partnership academies (computers, finance, space, graphic arts, and visual arts/design) are spread among four Pasadena (California) high schools. Completers earn Certificates of Mastery, participate in paid internships with sponsoring industries, and receive up to one year of college credit toward an associate degree. (SK)

The recently released "Young People's Participation in Post-Compulsory Education and Training" document completes an education policy triad in Australia involving schooling, higher education, and further education. This paper examines the policy nexus between higher education and further education, exploring contradictions between…

A Virginia study confirmed the value of school-supervised on-the-job training experiences and identified critical quality control factors: related classroom instruction, individualized training plans, criteria for site and supervisor selection, written training agreements, frequent formal and informal evaluation, use of advisory groups, parental…

The federal proposal for Job Training 2000 is criticized for ignoring 30 years of job training programs. It would shift responsibility among existing programs but would not provide needed resources to train more workers. (SK)