Practical Issues Hamper School-to-Work Applicants

By Andrew Trotter

Washington

The departments of Education and Labor last week handed out $58 million in grants to 10 states under the School-to-Work Opportunities Act of 1994.

The new grants bring to 37 the number of states that have received the federal seed money. The program is designed to help states build programs that better prepare students for college and careers. The latest recipients are California, Connecticut, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, Rhode...

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Correction: 
Clarification: Studies of state school-to-work programs prepared by Jobs for the Future were intended to give feedback. They were not connected to recent federal grants to states that were the subject of this story.

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