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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Alfeld, Corinne; Stone, James R., III; Aragon, Steven R.; Hansen, David M.; Zirkle, Christopher; Connors, James; Spindler, Matt; Romine, Rebecca Swinburne; Woo, Hui-Jeong – National Research Center for Career and Technical Education, 2007
In addition to hands-on learning in classrooms and work-related activities such as co-op, many CTE programs offer a career-focused student organization, known as a Career and Technical Student Organization, or CTSO. CTSOs have been touted as developing such characteristics as leadership and employability skills in students; however, there is…
Descriptors: Technical Education, Career Education, Student Organizations, Student Motivation
Aragon, Steven R.; Woo, Hui-Jeong; Marvel, Matthew R. – National Research Center for Career and Technical Education, 2004
The utilization of skill standards in the curriculum development process has become an increasingly prominent aspect of the reform movement in career and technical education over the past 10 years. Standards are seen as a way to achieve better accountability within Career and Technical Education (CTE) systems, and improve their quality as well as…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Technical Education, Educational Change, Curriculum Development