Pamela Emanoil

In the following viewpoint, Pamela Emanoil maintains that school-to-work programs have been effective in helping high school students choose and achieve career goals. These programs put students to work in part-time occupational apprenticeships, providing them with specific skills and helping them find a career path, according to the author. Emanoil describes a successful demonstration project that became the framework for the federal government's school-to-work program. Emanoil is a journalist and writer for the Media and Technology Services Department of Cornell University.

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Linking the Classroom with Work

That opportunity was an apprenticeship program that began as a four-year demonstration project in Broome County, New York, in 1990. It was initiated by Stephen Hamilton, professor of human development [at Cornell University], and Mary Agnes Hamilton, senior research associate...