Career Education: Alive and Well?

Overview & Synopsis

A questionnaire, developed in cooperation with the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) Task Force for Career Education and representatives of several State education agencies, brought together "base-line" information which serves as the basis for the paper. Data given reflects returns from 41 States and territories, a 75 percent sampling, and shows that two-thirds of the respondents indicated higher than midpoint priority for career education. Other topics covered in the report include: (1) action taken by State education agencies to support career education, (2) legislation related to career education, (3) activities of the CCSSO, (4) activities of the U. S. Office of Education, and (5) individual State efforts. Although not intended as an in-depth study, the paper concludes that career education is growing nationally. (MW)