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Tables of Contents for Employer Roles in Linking School and Work
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Objectives of the Committee For Economic Development
v
Foreword
vi
Overview
1
1
Major Themes
2
6
The Challenges Ahead
8
5
Summary of the Case Studies
13
6
Boston: Making Work-Based Learning a Core Component of Systemic Reform
19
19
Background: Boston and its Schools
19
1
Boston Employers and School-to-Career Initiatives
20
6
Current Employer Involvement: Issues and Assessment
26
5
Moving Toward Scale and Quality
31
3
Key Lessons
34
2
Acknowledgments
36
1
Interviews
37
1
Fort Worth: Leading with Applied Learning
38
18
Background
39
1
Initiating Employer Involvement with the Schools
40
2
From Analysis to School Improvement
42
9
Main Themes and Characteristics of the Fort Worth Approach
51
2
The Challenges Ahead
53
2
Interviews
55
1
Louisville: Building from Vocational Education Reform
56
16
The Context
57
1
Driving Change: Educational Equity and Economic Development
58
3
Employer Involvement in Linking School and Work
61
6
Looking Ahead: Strengths and Challenges
67
4
Interviews
71
1
Philadelphia: Integrating School-to-Career with the ``Children Achieving'' Agenda
72
17
Background
72
2
Philadelphia's Ambitious School Reform Agenda
74
3
The Employer Role
77
4
Employer Reactions to Work-Based Learning
81
3
The Prognosis for Reform
84
4
Interviews
88
1
Endnotes
89
5
About The Contributors
94
1
Funders
95