Youth apprenticeship programs can give students access to valuable work-based learning experiences that provide insights into how their interest can connect to education and the workforce. Although these programs are often beneficial for participants, there is little data to show the programmatic landscape and impact. There are many challenges…

This report describes the establishment of and delivery of Illinois Career and Technical Education (CTE), the existing condition of Illinois CTE based on fiscal year 2022 data, and the future developments and recommendations for CTE in our state as required by Illinois School Code 105 ILCS 435/2e. Further, this report provides an update on police…

It has become increasingly difficult to succeed in the U.S. workforce with only a high school diploma. While 75% of the middle-class workforce had only a high school education in the 1970s, that percentage dropped to below 40% by 2007. An estimated two-thirds of all jobs in 2020 will require some postsecondary training, up from just a quarter of…

Given that work-based learning (WBL) can -- and should be -- a key driver of student career readiness in these efforts, it is essential that all states have a robust work-based learning continuum of experiences and exposure that spans K-16. WBL is an essential element of career and technical education (CTE), and ExcelinEd's CTE Playbook series…

An array of Florida laws which have affected the State's vocational programs are examined. Prevocational industrial arts programs, counselor education programs, and placement and followup services have been influenced in significant ways by the legislature's action. (Author/BP)

Thetime was ripe and the people were ready for the solution of this social and economic ill which appeared to be deeply rooted in the lack of an adequate vocational facility. (Author)

Discusses Illinois' activities and processes in developing a 5-year State plan as required by the Education Amendments of 1976. Focus is on vocational and technical education. (TA)

This Fifth Report of the National Advisory Council on Vocational Education examines those forces which have prevented the adoption of some of the recommendations of the previous four reports. In posing the question--Is anyone listening to the voices of the people?--the Council implores national educational policy makers to join in the full…

The Fifth Joint Meeting of the State and National Advisory Councils on Vocational Education, held in Washington, D.C., on November 12-13, 1971, was attended by representatives of 47 states, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, and Guam. This report summarizes the resolutions and discussions on areas of mutual concern and presents texts of…

The Sixth Joint Meeting of the State and National Advisory Councils on Vocational Education, held in Denver, Colorado, on May 5-6, 1972, was attended by representatives of 48 states, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, and Puerto Rico. Major concerns included evaluations, activities within the six school-based career education models,…

The article delineates the planning and funding of industrial arts programs at the local level as outlined in Part 102 of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations, which provides industrial arts programs with an opportunity to fulfill two of the three major goals of vocational education. (Author)

The objectives of the conference, determined by a Conference Steering Committee together with staff of the U.S. Office of Education, were: (1) to identify and promote effective methods and techniques for moving career education from a project status into an ongoing educational program status; (2) to determine and discuss major issues in the…

A vocational teacher, assessing the significance of the new federal legislation for Florida teachers, reviews techniques that can be applied to the decision-making process of vocational educators responsible for the allocation of dollars to various vocational programs. (JT)

The reexamination of the Vocational Education Amendment of 1968, due to expire in 1975, necessitates business educators reviewing their effectiveness in meeting student needs. The legislative support of prevocational, occupational, and vocational programs in business education depends upon the educators identifying program needs and goals and…