A work-study coordinator for educable mentally retarded secondary students discusses pre-vocational training, public relations, the role of work-study coordinators, working with other agencies, employers' expectations, and savings to taxpayers when retarded persons are employed. (CL)

FOUR ARTICLES ARE PRESENTED. THE FIRST, "A RENEWED EFFORT TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF DROPOUT," BY MONICA BAYLEY, DISCUSSES PROGRAMS IN SEVERAL CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE FOUR IN NEW YORK ARE STEP, CO-OP PROGRAM, OPERATION RETURN, AND HIGHER HORIZONS. IMPROVEMENT OF THE SCHOOL PROGRAMS IS BEING UNDERTAKEN IN COLUMBUS, OHIO, CHICAGO,…

To study existing school-supervised work education programs, to describe different organizational patterns, to identify constraints on program expansion, and to examine incentives to increase employer participation, representative programs were suggested upon request by Chief State School Officers, Directors of Secondary Vocational Education,…

Two carefully planned programs operating within traditional classroom frameworks, have been unusually successful. The first, developed in Stoughton, Massachusetts, a lower middle-class community in the Boston area, uses a field-based approach. The second, initiated in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, an upper middle-class suburb of Philadelphia, employs a…

Article outlines a comprehensive educational program for the out-of-school youth to be built around the existing educational facilities and agencies in India. (GB)

Students, through part-time work and/or work-study experiences offer a service to their communities. (CA)

Discusses the points that need attention if education for all American children is to be improved. (JB)

Describes the College of the Mainland's "Learn and Earn" program, an educational retraining program through which jobless students learn new skills while they work on campus in jobs related to their current skills. Shows that the program benefits the school, while supplying tuition and living expenses to students. (DMM)

Voices concerns about the way the cooperative education program is being handled in Canada. Outlines the history of the program and discusses methods for implementation. (JOW)

Considerably broader in scope than the usual cooperative education project, the Community Learning Program at a Florissant, Missouri, high school exposes students to the widest possible range of skills and professions in the area. (Author/MLF)

Describes the work-study program at Berea College in Kentucky and its benefits. (JOW)

This study explores working students' college experiences using the grounded theory approach. Focus groups were conducted to allow working students to elaborate on their college experiences, clarifying issues not easily addressed through surveys. Two theoretical propositions are offered to describe how working students are constantly searching for…