College and career ready in the 21st century : making high school matter / James R. Stone III, Morgan V. Lewis.

Author/creator Stone, James R., 1948-
Other author Lewis, Morgan V., 1935-
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Teachers College Press, ©2012.
Descriptionviii, 215 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects

Contents Rhetoric and meaningful high school reform : The rhetoric ; More is not better, it may be worse ; A career-focused approach to making high school matter -- College and career ready for the 21st century : Defining college and career ready ; Signaling the labor market ; Academic skills needed to be college and career ready ; Multiple pathways, multiple ways of winning ; How other nations prepare their youth ; Career guidance: the missing link -- Student engagement: the necessary condition : High-stakes testing ; CTE and high school graduation ; International comparisons -- Developing the skills required in the workplace : The power of contextualized learning ; Why is integration so rare? ; School-level approaches to curriculum integration ; Theory-driven approaches to curriculum integration ; Core principles ; Two underutilized pedagogies -- Transitioning to successful adulthood : Previous efforts to link secondary CTE and postsecondary education ; Earning postsecondary credits while in high school ; Current research on programs of study -- Jobs and earnings: credentials matter : Middle-skill occupations ; The impact of CTE on earnings ; An alternative to the dropout track -- Building the system and delivering the curriculum : Building a career and college system ; Is this future possible? ; Delivering a career and college curriculum.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 181-204) and index.
LCCN 2011045683
ISBN9780807753231 (pbk.)
ISBN0807753238 (pbk.)
ISBN9780807753248
ISBN0807753246

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks LC1045 .S745 2012 ✔ Available Place Hold