Career Academies: Partnerships for Reconstructing American High Schools

Career Academies explains the unique design and functioning of the career academy—a vigorous school-within-a-school that focuses on career preparation—and shows how it goes beyond traditional vocational programs to integrate academic and vocational curriculum, raise student ambitions, increase career options, and provide a meaningful learning context for both potential dropouts and college-bound youth.This book provides step-by-step guidance for setting up career academies. It offers advice on handling staffing, budgeting, student selection, and parent involvement. It explains how to build effective school-business partnerships by using employers as curriculum advisers, speakers, field trip hosts, and student job supervisors.

Provides step-by-step guidance for setting up career academies. Offers advice on staffing, budgeting, student selection, parent involvement, and how to build effective school-business partnerships

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For policy makers, administrators, and teachers, the authors explain the design and functioning of the career academy--a school-within-a- school that focuses on career preparation--and show how it integrates academic and vocational curriculum, raises student ambitions, increases career options, and provides a meaningful learning context for both potential dropouts and the college bound. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

DAVID STERN is professor of education at the University of California, Berkeley.