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Briefs

09/21/2007
Exemplary CTE Districts and Programs with Gary Hoachlander, Executive Director, ConnectEd: The California Center for College and Career, Michael Hanlon, Founder, Health Careers Academy at Palmdale High School, California, Michael Owens, Associate Secretary, Adult Education and Workforce Development, Delaware Department of Education, Patrick Savini, Superintendent, Sussex Technical School District, Delaware (Forum Brief)
07/20/2007
The Role of Career and Technical Education in High School Reform: Linking Secondary and Postsecondary Education through CTE with Dr. Laurel Adler, Superintendent, East San Gabriel Regional Occupational Program, West Codiva, CA and Mark Whitlock, CEO, Central Education Center, Coweta County, GA (Forum Brief and webcast)
06/22/2007
The Role of Career and Technical Education in High School Reform: State Efforts to Integrate CTE with Rigorous Standards with Patrick Ainsworth, Assistant Superintendent for Secondary, Postsecondary & Adult Education, California Department of Education, Kathy Oliver, Assistant State Superintendent, Maryland Department of Education, and Alex Harris, Senior Policy Analyst, National Governors Association (Forum Brief and webcast)
05/10/2007
The Role of Career and Technical Education in High School Reform: Career and Technical Education Responding to Industry Needs with Phyllis Eisen, Vice President, The Manufacturing Institute and Executive Director, The Center for Workforce Success, Duane Crum, California State Director, Project Lead the Way (Forum Brief and webcast)
01/26/2007
Results from A National Study of Mathematics in Career and Technical Education with Jim Stone, Prinicpal Researcher, University of Minnesota, Joe Fullerton, Program Development Specialist, Lenape Technical School, Ford City, PA, and Jeff Linko, Teacher, Lenape Technical School, Ford City, PA. (Forum)
09/22/2006
Citizen Schools: Putting Students on a Pathway to Academic and Social Success with Eric Schwarz, President and Co-Founder of Citizen Schools, Lara Fabiano, Senior Researcher, Policy Studies Associates, and Chris Harris, Campus Director, Citizen Schools, McKinley Middle School, New Brunswick, New Jersey (Forum brief)
09/08/2006
Dropout Reconnection as a Local Economic Development Strategy with Andrew O. Moore, Senior Consultant, National League of Cities, Deborah Feldman, Administrator, Montgomery County, Ohio, and Karen Sitnick, Director, Mayor’s Office of Employment Development, Baltimore, Maryland. (Forum brief)
05/19/2006
Career and Technical Education's Role in High School Reform with the Association for Career and Technical Education (Forum brief)
12/1/2004
Career Academy National Standards of Practice, Conducted in conjunction with The Career Academy Support Network, National Academy Foundation, National Career Academy Coalition and the National High School Alliance. With presentations by John Ferrandino, President, National Academy Foundation, Charles Dayton, Coordinator, Career Academy Support Network, Betsy Brand, Director, American Youth Policy Forum, Susan Sclafani, Counselor to the Secretary and Assistant Secretary, Office of Vocational and Adult Education, U.S. Department of Education, Emily DeRocco, Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Andy Chaves, Director, Youth Programs, Workforce Effectiveness and Diversity, Marriott International, Inc., Ed Rudzinski, General Manager, Washington Wardman Park Marriott Hotel, Connie Majka, President, National Career Academy Coalition and Travis Brown, Principal, Beaumont High School, St. Louis, MO Public Schools, moderated by Naomi Housman, the Director of the National High School Alliance. (Forum Brief)
10/3/2003
Improving Labor Market Prospects for Youth: Evidence from Career Academies. This forum featured evidence of how Career academies provide students with interpersonal support, link academic curriculum with career-related courses, and foster career awareness through school partnerships with employers. (Forum Brief)
01/21/2000
Do Career Academies Work? with James Kemple and Jason Snipes, Manpower Development Research Corporation. (Forum Brief)

Trip Reports

10/18/2007-
10/19/2007
State Policy Trip to Miami, Florida, October 18-19, 2007: Career Pathways and K-12 Education. Highlights from this trip include meeting with Rudy Crew, Superintendent of Miami-Dade Country Public Schools, as well as other policy and education experts at the state and local levels. In addition, we visited Miami Edison Senior High School, MacArthur South Senior High School, and Robert Morgan Educational Center. (Trip Report)
12/3/2001
Eleanor Roosevelt High School, Greenbelt, MD, New American High School Academy Leadership.
3/22/2001 -
3/23/2001
High School Reform and Workforce Development in Baltimore, Maryland, with visits to Patterson High School (Talent Development) and Lake Clifton/Eastern High School (career academies), Civic Works and meetings with representatives of the Mayor’s office to learn about efforts to link education reform with school-to-work and Workforce Investment Act youth council activities.
10/26/2000 -
10/27/2000
New American High Schools and Reform Strategies in Houston, with visits to New American High School Michael DeBakey High School, Project GRAD and other sites.
6/1/2000 -
6/2/2000
New American High Schools, a visit to Saunders Trades and Technical High School, Yonkers, NY and Marine Academy of Science and Technology, Sandy Hook, NJ.
1/29/1999
Bergen County Technical Schools' Career Academies, Hackensack, NJ
5/15/1997
Youth Transitions: High School Reform and Programs Serving Out-of-School Youth in New York City (for education foundation officers), with visits to La Guardia Middle College High School, International High School, High School of Economics and Finance, Vocational Foundation, Youth Communications, and the Young Adult Learning Academy (Co-sponsored with Jobs for the Future and Council for Basic Education).
11/16/1995 -
11/17/1995
School-to-Work Transition and Education Reform under the Kentucky Education Reform Act, Louisville, KY