Case Study: Career Pathways in Rural Kansas Redesign Schools

Autor/in	Herbst, Audrey
Titel	Case Study: Career Pathways in Rural Kansas Redesign Schools
Quelle	In: Educational Considerations, 46 (2020) 2, Artikel 12 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0146-9282
Schlagwörter	Case Studies; Competition; Social Mobility; Rural Schools; Secondary School Students; Skill Development; 21st Century Skills; Labor Force Development; Barriers; Vocational Education; Postsecondary Education; School Restructuring; State Aid; Principals; Assistant Principals; Superintendents; Administrator Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes; Career Exploration; Institutional Characteristics; Kansas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Wettkampf; Soziale Mobilität; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Sekundarschüler; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Arbeitskräftebestand; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Schulreformplan; Schulumwandlung; Principal; Schulleiter; Principals; Stellvertretende Schulleitung; Schulrat; Lehrerverhalten; Berufserkundung
Abstract	A country's productivity and economic competitiveness rely upon education, specifically postsecondary training which is fundamental to students' upward mobility in a thriving and progressive economic culture (Haunshek & Woessmann, 2012; Bailey et al., 2015). In order to maintain the economic stability of the United States for future generations to come, job qualifications will require that at least 71% of careers in the 21st century be accompanied by a vocational certificate or licensure, associate's degree, or bachelor's degree by the year 2020 (Lindsay et al., 2016). Despite several years of state and national efforts, the United States is not producing enough adults with the prescribed postsecondary credentials to meet the national workforce requirements (Bidwell, 2015). The purpose of this study was to provide purposeful insight into what approaches rural secondary schools in Kansas utilize to prepare their students for postsecondary programs aimed at skill development for a 21st century workforce. This study found there are challenges associated with attributes of a rural community that are still to be overcome. However, there are still things that can be impacted, and one of them is increasing postsecondary credential attainment rates with innovative school redesign practices. Career and Technical Education (CTE) must become a national priority in secondary and postsecondary education to ensure the United States will continue to compete on a global scale in the 21st century and beyond. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Kansas State University, College of Education. Available from: New Prairie Press. Kansas State University Libraries, 1117 Mid-Campus Drive North, Manhattan, KS 66506. Tel: 785-532-7444; e-mail: nppress@ksu.edu; Web site: http://newprairiepress.org/edconsiderations/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2022/1/01