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Career Academies - (Jossey-Bass Social and Behavioral Science Series) by David Stern & Marilyn Raby & Charles Dayton (Hardcover)

Career Academies - (Jossey-Bass Social and Behavioral Science Series) by  David Stern & Marilyn Raby & Charles Dayton (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Provides step-by-step guidance for setting up career academies. Offers advice on staffing, budgeting, student selection, parent involvement, and how to build effective school-business partnerships<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>Career Academies explains the unique design and functioning of the career academy--a vigorous school-within-a-school that focuses on career preparation--and shows how it goes beyond traditional vocational programs to integrate academic and vocational curriculum, raise student ambitions, increase career options, and provide a meaningful learning context for both potential dropouts and college-bound youth.This book provides step-by-step guidance for setting up career academies. It offers advice on handling staffing, budgeting, student selection, and parent involvement. It explains how to build effective school-business partnerships by using employers as curriculum advisers, speakers, field trip hosts, and student job supervisors.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>DAVID STERN is professor of education at the University of California, Berkeley.

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