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Rosenbaum, James E. – 2001
This book discusses problems facing U.S. high school graduates who do not continue their education, noting that many cannot find jobs, and those who do are often stuck in low-wage, dead-end positions. At the same time, employers complain that high school graduates lack the necessary skills for today's workplace. The book looks at new studies of…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Foreign Countries, High School Graduates, High Schools
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Kariya, Takehiko; Rosenbaum, James E. – American Journal of Education, 1999
Presents case studies and multivariate analyses that show that prefectures in Japan with the most egalitarian detracking reforms had the most flight from public to private schools and the emergence of the most within-school grouping. Discusses implications for the design of tracking policies. (Author/SLD)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Case Studies, Educational Change