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Giving Students the Business
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Taking their lead from the School-to-Work Opportunities Act, schools across the country are implementing reforms aimed at more closely aligning education with the needs of business and industry. The typical restructured curriculum calls for more students to learn at actual workplaces.
Now for the reality check: For 15 percent of American youth to be provided an apprenticeship, 20 percent of all U.S. employers would have to offer at least one slot, according to the 1994 report, School-Based Enterprise: Productive Learning in American High Schools.
It is not difficult to find examples of employers willing to participate in or contribute to the education of students. But at …
