Florida's College and Career Readiness Initiative (FCCRI) required schools to administer a community college placement test to 11th-grade students and enroll students who did not pass in a college readiness course. Christine Mokher, James Rosenbaum, Alexis Gable, Caitlin Ahearn, and Louis Jacobson surveyed teachers of the course and found that,…

Updated vocational agricultural programs and school-based enterprises can help rebuild rural economies. Advantages of vocational agricultural programs include leadership training, a problem-solving approach to the teaching of sciences and mathematics, and strong community support. School-based enterprises combine educational objectives and local…

Suggests that European apprenticeship programs are successful in preventing juvenile delinquency and promoting effective vocational education. (DW)

Vocational educators have fought an unfavorable image, union rejection, industrial pressures, biased credentialing standards, apprenticeship and money problems, and apathy throughout their history. Business and industry are calling for high school graduates with salable skills. Federal funding is shifting toward the vocational scene. (Author/JN)

With the new Perkins Act, the federal government has forged a powerful tool for restructuring schools. By integrating academic and vocational education, teaching all aspects of an industry, and creating links to community economic development, schools can truly become more inclusive and democratic institutions. Includes six references. (MLH)