Describes Delaware's plan to ensure that every high school graduate leaving its public schools will get and keep a job after graduation through Jobs for Delaware Graduates, Inc., a nonprofit public service corporation of government, education, business, and community leaders. (JOW)

Describes the design and implementation of the microcomputer network that will soon link every vocational center and comprehensive high school in West Virginia. The author discusses the advantages of networking, what equipment is used, instructional emphases, how various programs use the network, teacher training, and learner outcomes. (CT)

The PREPS (Program of Research and Evaluation for Public Schools) consortium in Mississippi is described. The article discusses the consortium's purpose, the role of university researchers, what kind of research is conducted, function of the PREPS staff, PREPS membership, the kinds of problems that PREPS addresses, and suggestions for developing…

Describes several alternative education programs in Boston and New York City for inner-city youth which provide positive work experiences at various job sites as well as academic credit. Emphasizes the importance of private industry involvement and support in project and individual successes. (MF)

Describes a Wisconsin model for evaluating secondary vocational education programs. The model steps include a self-evaluation, a team site visit, and an implementation phase. (CT)

The 10 winners of the 1984 Secretary of Education's Awards for Outstanding Vocational Education Programs are listed. The article also describes the selection process, criteria used to select the awardees, and components of outstanding programs. Three winners of past years also are described. (CT)

This first in a series highlighting Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act of 1977 (YEDPA) programs describes a guidance and placement program in Williamson County, Tennessee, to ease students' transition from school to work through career counseling, job training at Yates Vocational Center, job placement, and community liaison services.…

Describes the concept and development of "magnet" high schools in Dallas, Texas, as part of their compliance with the desegration court order and also to provide specialized and intensified career training. Each magnet school includes job-oriented instruction in an occupational cluster, planned with business and industry input. (MF)

Pittsburgh Public Schools' student placement coordinator describes their program to help secondary students and school leavers with cooperative, part-time, and later full-time job placement, using behavior modification and cooperative education. Includes program organization, use of paraprofessionals, funding, and the importance of employer…

Part of the desegration plan for the Detroit Public Schools included the construction under federal court order of five area vocational schools, the first to open in January 1980. Describes steps in program planning, initial lack of public support for vocational education, and growing community support for the concept. (MF)

Describes strategies implemented in New York City to make vocational education available to more students: (1) creating vocational programs in comprehensive and academic high schools and (2) expanding and diversifying programs and facilities in vocational high schools. Several alternative programs among the schools provide for sharing limited…

Summarizes results from several surveys of students, parents, graduates, teachers, employers, and the public in six states on the quality of vocational education programs, public image, responsiveness of vocational education to student and business community needs, and the extent of articulation between persons and institutions. (MF)

Describes a teacher exchange program which enables vocational educators to switch jobs with Kodak employees for weeks at a time to give both Kodak and the school district a better grasp of how to prepare students for industry. (CT)

Presents five examples of successful computer oriented programs in high schools, a community college, and a state program. They focus on computer literacy, agricultural education, benefits to students and teachers, state delivery systems, and TICCIT (Time-Shared, Interactive, Computer-Controlled, Information Television). (CT)

To improve cooperative programs by selecting qualified students, Manchester High School in Chesterfield County, Virginia, uses teamwork in the form of a screening committee consisting of the principal, assistant principals, program coordinators, and guidance counselors to review student applications, examine student records, and interview the…