Background: Career-focused education programs in the United States increasingly
emphasize 21st century workplace readiness. These programs use project-based learning …

On-time high school graduation is an important topic in educational research, policy, and
practice. However, no comprehensive meta-analyses had been conducted on this topic. The …

Deep learning will be one of the key technologies to promote learning in the next five years.
With the rapid advancement of the information era, significant changes in students' learning …

Our nation needs a baseline understanding of the current landscape of high school skilled
trades education--and a road map of what could or should happen next--to build on the …

" The Education Debate dissects the essential issues that confront education policymakers
and practitioners today. In an era when controversies over the schools' role have become …

The purpose of this action research study was to develop an individual, social, and structural
understanding of what propels students' desire for academic success to address …

The economics of education is a burgeoning area of study, employing increasingly
sophisticated analytical tools to answer questions with high societal impact. Thus, the aim of …

The purpose of this ex post facto study was to compare the end of year GPAs of 8th grade
underachieving students who participated in Career and Technical Education programming …

Vocational education is formal education about work, and vocational programs of study
typically target a narrow subset of middle-income occupations. In this chapter, we trace …

Virtual education has been touted as a potential solution for reaching students who might be
considered lost to the traditional education system or who have reached their last …