Limited research exists on rural student academic aspirations from a counseling perspective. Much of the existing research focuses on the high school years and their implications for college. This study explores the relationship between place attachment, academic self-efficacy, and academic aspirations in rural elementary students. The sample…

In order to create a greater abundance of effective and affordable pathways for low-income learners, the Institute for Educational Leadership (IEL) created Minds That Move Us (MTMU). MTMU challenges the bright minds of communities around the country to design innovative education and training models that create social equity and economic mobility…

This article extends the literature on teachers' career paths by attending to the experiences of educators when they were students in secondary classrooms. Grounded in the perspective that biography is central to teaching, we investigate undergraduate pre-service teachers' educational experiences, views on teaching and learning, and professional…

Across the country, school psychologists are pushing for a role beyond the traditional refer-test-place model and "gatekeeper" of special education. The broad skill set of school psychologists, including knowledge of curriculum, instruction, data analysis, and intervention, can produce positive results for all students throughout the…

The system for delivering career development information to the school personnel and 3,500 students in grades 9-12 in the North Hills schools outside Pittsburgh is described. Objectives of the career resource center were to make available career information, assist in its utilization, and provide professional help to students in their career…

This cooperative developmental workshop for teachers, counselors, and administrators was intended to build an understanding of and commitment to career education by working in small groups to develop career education units for demonstration to the group as a whole. Lectures, discussion sessions, demonstrations, and work-team sessions focused on…

This document reports the proceedings of a five-day workshop for guidance leadership personnel--including local directors of guidance and pupil personnel services, career education coordinators, state department of education specialists and counselor educators--in Pennsylvania. The focus of the Institute was on the relationships between career…

The planning and implementation of the Comprehensive Career Education Model for grades K-14 (a 3-year project in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is described. (The project's five major objectives were (1) to increase self-awareness of pupils by providing insight into their skills, potentials, and abilities which relate to the world of work, (2) to…

The System of Planned Activities in Career Education (SPACE) project was undertaken (1) to create a meaningful, cooperative effort between the area vocational technical school and the sending schools for the purpose of expanding career education to meet the needs of all children and (2) to establish a system to serve as a model for implementing…