The descriptive guide to career education in Arizona elementary and secondary schools briefly covers each of the following topics: the relationship between career education and the three R's, highlights of a summative evaluation of two career education projects in southern Arizona, community involvement in career education, career education's eight elements, six often asked questions, and the role of vocational education within career education. To illustrate the concept it give brief descriptions of 12 career education projects: work experience, minicourses, community resource utilization, resource services, career clubs, hands-on activities, futuring, key teacher role, brother-sister programs, bilingual programs, stamp collecting, and a career mobile center. It also includes an excerpt from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's publication "Career Education." (JR)