High School Career Academies: A Pathway to Education Reform in Urban School Districts?

Authors

Nan L. Maxwell, California State University, HaywardFollow
Victor Rubin, University of California, BerkeleyFollow

Publication Date

1-1-2000

DOI

10.17848/9780880994163

Abstract

Maxwell and Rubin examine the capacity of career academies to address academic reform in terms of increased education and workplace skills. They accomplish this on two levels. First, they assess academies' development and implementation within an urban school district. Then they assess academies' potential to promote postsecondary success among academy students as compared to nonacademy students. Their findings will help educators and policymakers better understand the strengths and limitations of this method of reform.

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Contents

1. Introduction: Historical Continuity and Contemporary Strategies
2. Our Approach and Methods
3. Developing a Local School-to-Work Program Model
4. Understanding the Impact of the Career Academy
5. The Origins and Impacts of Differences among the Career Academies
6. Summary and Policy Conclusions
Epilogue: The Career Academies in 1999

Appendix I-A Description of National Databases: High School and Beyond, and the National Educational Longitudinal Survey

Appendix II-Post–High School Surveys

ISBN

9780880992145 (cloth) ; 9780880992138 (pbk.) ; 9780880994163 (ebook)

Subject Areas

EDUCATION; K-12 Education