This guide was developed in Alaska to help high school administrators and teachers determine why and how to grant equivalent credit graduation requirements for vocational courses. The guide is organized in four sections. The first section provides a rationale for the use of equivalent credits, explaining how they benefit students, teachers,…

Fifty-three secondary educators in six Alaskan school districts participated in a Carl Perkins grant project to integrate academic and vocational education and thinking skills. The first year of the project combined onsite and distance delivered instruction on the development of interdisciplinary units and integration models. An electronic college…

The Alaska Governor's Council reviewed audited reports submitted by local school districts and other reports supplied by the state Department of Education and held discussions with vocational education administrators across the state to determine what happened to vocational education during the 1980s and to make recommendations for the future. The…