Is high school career and technical education obsolete?

Phi Delta Kappan

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 128-134

  Gray, Kenneth ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 7644224723     PISSN: 00317217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003172170408600209     Document Type: Review

References (18)

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2. 1998 High School Transcript Study Tabulations Report (Washington, D.C.: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, NCES 2001-498, 2001).
3. Kenneth Gray, "Vocationalism Revisited: The Role of Business and Industry in the Transformation of the Schools," Journal of Vocational Education Research, vol. 13, no. 4, 1989, pp. 1-15.
4. Kenneth Gray, The Role of Career and Technical Education in the American High School (Washington D.C.: Office of Vocational and Adult Education, U.S. Department of Education, April 2002).
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16. Plank, op. cit.
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