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Professional Development Incentives for Oregon's Early Childhood Education Workforce: A Randomized Study. REL 2021-111
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Pierson, Ashley; Cannon, Jill; Perera, Rachel; Mihaly, Kata; LeMahieu, Rebekah – Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest, 2021
Many states seek to increase the education levels of their early childhood education (ECE) workforce to improve the quality of care for children. Oregon encourages all ECE workforce members to sign up for a career lattice, a career pathway system that helps them determine goals related to increasing their education. The state also offers…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Preschool Teachers, Child Care, Disadvantaged Youth
The Effect of Career and Technical Education on Human Capital Accumulation: Causal Evidence from Massachusetts
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Shaun M. Dougherty – Education Finance and Policy, 2018
Earlier work demonstrates that career and technical education (CTE) can provide long-term financial benefits to participants, yet few have explored potential academic impacts, with none in the era of high-stakes accountability. This paper investigates the causal impact of participating in a specialized high school-based CTE delivery system on high…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Human Capital, Evidence, Outcomes of Education
Mentoring Approaches to Create a College-Going Culture for At-Risk Secondary Level Students
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Radcliffe, Richard; Bos, Beth – American Secondary Education, 2011
Based on NAEP data, many adolescents may not be adequately prepared for postsecondary education. This is a Year Five report from a seven-year longitudinal study of a student cohort starting in sixth grade year (n = 50). It uses a quasi-experimental design, and collects data from surveys, interviews, and reflective statements to evaluate mentoring…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Mentors, College Preparation, Goal Orientation
The Impact of Career Magnet High Schools: Experimental and Qualitative Evidence.
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Heebner, Amy L. – Journal of Vocational Education Research, 1995
Data were collected from 5,000 students, interviews with 70 students and 62 staff, survey of administrators in over 100 carer magnet programs, and comparison of students admitted by lottery and those not admitted. Lottery winners had better math scores; students with medium reading scores benefited from winning the lottery. Magnet students…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Career Development, Educational Benefits, High Schools
A Longitudinal Study of the Talent Search Program
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Brewer, Ernest W.; Landers, Jama McMahan – Journal of Career Development, 2005
This longitudinal study examined the impact of participation in the federally funded Talent Search program at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The Talent Search program provides career exploration and counseling services to low-income students with the potential to be first-generation college graduates. Postsecondary education enrollment…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Talent, Higher Education, Counseling Services
Moving Forward: College and Career Transitions of LAMP Graduates. Findings from the LAMP Longitudinal Study.
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MacAllum, Keith; Yoder, Karla; Kim, Scott; Bozick, Robert – 2002
A longitudinal study examined the college and career transitions of graduates of the Lansing Area Manufacturing Partnership (LAMP) program, which is a school-to-career (STC) program sponsored by the United Auto Workers, General Motors Corporation, and Michigan's Ingham County Intermediate School District. The progress of three cohorts of LAMP…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Career Choice, Career Development