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Download full textBrown, Bettina Lankard – 2000
A literature review explored the differences between the high school diploma and GED (General Educational Development) credentials and the value of receiving one in comparison to the other. The study found that GED recipients and high school seniors who take the five tests constituting the GED score similarly, but that test achievement does not…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Dropout Research, Dropouts, Educational Attainment
Brown, Bettina Lankard – 2003
Career and technical education (CTE) can benefit students directly by providing earning advantages before and after graduation. It can benefit them indirectly by increasing engagement, retention, and persistence and by directing them to postsecondary education and pursuit of lifelong learning. CTE programs motivate students to get involved in…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Cooperative Learning, Disabilities, Disadvantaged
Schweinhart, Lawrence J. – 1994
This digest reviews various longitudinal studies that examined the long-term effects of programs that served young children living in poverty and at risk of school failure. Concerning program effects on school performance, all studies that collected data on children's intellectual performance found that their program groups had better intellectual…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, At Risk Persons, Crime, Educational Benefits
Wonacott, Michael E. – 2000
Perhaps the most enduring belief about vocational education (VE) is that it is only for the noncollege bound, potential dropouts, or other special needs students. In reality, 80% of high school students take at least one occupationally specific vocational course, and one in eight academic students actually takes more vocational courses than…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment, Educational Attitudes
Brown, Bettina Lankard – 1999
Many studies have verified that education beyond high school results in higher earnings. The highest earnings benefits depend upon certification or degree achievement. Not obtaining a degree results in some penalty: individuals who have some college credit but no degree earn less than associate degree holders. Professional and vocational…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Degrees (Academic), Education Work Relationship, Educational Benefits
Fitzgerald, Louise F. – 1985
An enormous body of literature illuminates various facets of the relationship between education and employment. Views of the proper role of education have ranged from cultural transmission to societal transformation and individual development, to the current belief that it prepares for transition to adulthood, i.e., the movement from school to…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Black Employment, Education Work Relationship, Educational Benefits
