Building Better Bridges to Life after High School: Experimental Evidence on Contemporary Career Academies

Description:

This working paper from the National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research examines the profile of students entering career academies in the Wake County Public School System. The study estimates the causal effects of career academies on a range of educational outcomes.

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Link:

https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED572934

Source:

National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER)

Author(s):

Steven W. Hemelt, Matthew A. Lenard, Colleen G. Paeplow

Publication Date:

January 2017

Resource Type:

Report/Working Paper

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Building Better Bridges to Life after High School: Experimental Evidence on Contemporary Career Academies

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