Can Combining Academic and Career-Technical Education Improve High School Outcomes in California?

Children and Youth;Education and Literacy

Can Combining Academic and Career-Technical Education Improve High School Outcomes in California?

Assesses strategies for improving high school graduation rates by combining college preparatory coursework with career-technical education, and discusses results and practical challenges. Includes profiles of career academies with combined curricula.

August 1970

Geographic Focus: North America / United States (Western) / California

Can Combining Academic and Career-Technical Education Improve High School Outcomes in California?

Children and Youth;Education and Literacy

Can Combining Academic and Career-Technical Education Improve High School Outcomes in California?

Assesses strategies for improving high school graduation rates by combining college preparatory coursework with career-technical education, and discusses results and practical challenges. Includes profiles of career academies with combined curricula.

August 1970

Geographic Focus: North America / United States (Western) / California

Changing the Kindergarten Cutoff Date: Effects on California Students and Schools

Children and Youth;Education and Literacy;Government Reform

Changing the Kindergarten Cutoff Date: Effects on California Students and Schools

Summarizes a review of research on how raising the kindergarten entry age affects elementary- and middle-school test scores; achievement gaps between subgroups; grade retention, high school graduation, and college enrollment rates; and wages as adults.

August 1970

Geographic Focus: North America / United States (Western) / California

Can Combining Academic and Career-Technical Education Improve High School Outcomes in California?

Children and Youth;Education and Literacy

Can Combining Academic and Career-Technical Education Improve High School Outcomes in California?

Assesses strategies for improving high school graduation rates by combining college preparatory coursework with career-technical education, and discusses results and practical challenges. Includes profiles of career academies with combined curricula.

August 1970

Geographic Focus: North America / United States (Western) / California

Promoting Student Success in Community Colleges by Increasing Support Services

Education and Literacy

Promoting Student Success in Community Colleges by Increasing Support Services

Recommends state policies to improve community college students' retention and completion rates through enhanced tutoring, counseling, and other supports, as well as alternative instructional models that allow working adults to learn in flexible formats.

August 1970

Geographic Focus: North America / United States (Midwestern) / Illinois;North America / United States (Southwestern) / Texas;North America / United States (Western) / California;North America / United States (Midwestern) / Ohio;North America / United States (Western) / Colorado;North America / United States (Northwestern) / Washington

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