Compares and describes school leavers in Ontario, Canada, and Somerset, England. Notes functional illiteracy is common among school leavers. Decides that the best approach is a concentrated effort on reading in grades three and four. Describes such a program to be instituted in York, Ontario, in September, 1984. (BRR)

Describes the Store Front School project, a program of cooperative education aimed at rekindling students' interest in school and helping them earn their diplomas. The school conducts classes in an office in a shopping mall where the students work. (ABB)

Interviews Mark Udall, executive director of Colorado Outward Bound School, on the topics of work history, mentors, life experience, and the advantages and disadvantages of working for an organization like Outward Bound. Includes suggestions for those interested in developing an administrative career in experiential education (JHZ)

This article provides an initial look at the matches and mismatches between expectations held for vocational education programs and empirically observed outcomes. Three types of claims for vocational education were compared with recent research. The article concludes with recommendations for improving the alignment between expectations and…

Examines why joint ventures are formed and discusses a number of factors related to the success of such interaction. Focus is on four factors: goal compatibility, boundary-spanning structures and processes, locus of need satisfaction, and organizational incentives. (CT)

A survey of British secondary school headteachers was conducted to build a picture of current practice linking schools and industry and its purpose in secondary schools, of the reflections of schools on that practice, and of the problems and needs encountered in this area of work. (CT)

Ratings of needed skills were compared for groups of parents and teachers of elementary and secondary moderately disabled pupils and employers involved and not involved in work experience programs. Parent, teacher, and employer perceptions of specific skills which should be the school's responsibility were generally consistent. (CL)

Discusses the problem of recruitment of Spanish-speaking Americans to the library profession from an historical perspective; offers reasons for recruiting failures; and notes the roles of the individual librarian, the library school, federal government, and library associations in solving problems. Twenty-one references are cited. (EJS)

Explains the methodology used to correlate the scores of dropout-prone students on a measurement of vocational maturity with their scores and work-effectiveness rating scale. Notes that vocational maturity, decision making abilities, and career information are significantly related to work effectiveness. (SB)

The 1969-1971 National Longitudinal Surveys data on young men were used to study the employed worker's choice among employed search, unemployed search, and not searching for a new job. The principal results are that current wages, seniority, collective bargaining coverage, employment outside construction, and employment by government are each…

A number of successful school-business partnerships are highlighted. These include "Adopt-A-School" programs (designed to meet specific goals), comprehensive partnerships, and other institutions such as the US government, the New York Alliance for the Public Schools, and the Trilateral Council for Quality Education in Boston. (TE)

Identification of the types of supervised occupational experience (SOE) obtained by Iowa vocational agriculture students. A research project conducted at Iowa State University. (HD)

A description of how a vocational agriculture teacher expanded his field of knowledge through a University of Arizona summer internship program with the National Forest Service. (HD)

A description and interim evaluation of an experimental accelerated master's degree program is presented. The program is designed for students whose undergraduate preparation, work experience, and performance on a qualifying examination suggest that they can benefit from a curriculum that builds directly upon their previous educational and work…

Describes a student-run restaurant which is part of a comprehensive 2-year program in food service. (TA)