Summer teacher internships that are employer-sponsored benefit the teachers, the employers, and the students. Most of the programs have concentrated on improving science and mathematics teaching. Educating employers and school districts about the benefits of participating in these programs is a complex and difficult task. (MD)

The work of the National Child Labor Committee is described, including its study of cooperative work experience and recommendations, and its advocacy of vocational education and cooperative work experience. Arguments for eliminating vocational education are listed and refuted. (CT)

A listing of the elements that helped make a strong career studies program at Linganore Junior-Senior High School, Frederick County, Maryland. (HD)

This information brief explains the Transition Service Integration Model, an approach to integrating service systems at the point of transition for youth with significant disabilities. It explains that the Transition Services Integration Model is designed to combine the resources of school and postschool systems in sharing the costs of a…

This guide to work-based learning and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is designed to serve employers, educators, agency placement staff, labor organizations, and persons involved in school-to-work initiatives by helping them to understand a variety of issues related to students in the workplace. The first part of the three-part guide covers…

Unable to afford a standard vocational education program, a small town Michigan school enlists local business firms to fill the gap. (Editor)

Students developed methods of self instruction in a school where teachers did little teaching; helping each other was forbidden by school rule, but provided students with their major means of learning. (JB)

Describes development and operation of work experience program for eighth graders, run by the school guidance department. (SP)

The New Horizons Project provides 300 Des Moines inter-city junior high school students, who possess skills but are not making satisfactory academic progress, with work-study, extra guidance, and individual attention in an effort to increase their chance of vocational, social, civic and academic success. (Author/JG)