Newsletter of the Business Education Resource Consortium Volume 5 Fall , 1999

IN THIS ISSUE Standards Aid in Restructuring for Student Success. . . 2 California Career Pathways Consortia Fall Regional Workshops . . . 3 National Center for Research in Vocational Education Publications and other Publications. . . .3 Coming Events. . . . 4 Business Education Revises Standards . . . . 5 Virtual Enterprises . . . . 6

Americans Support School Improvement A survey conducted by National Public Radio/Kaiser Family Foundation/Kennedy School of Government, released on September 7, 1999 shows that there is strong support by both parents and non-parents for Making students meet adequate academic standards to be promoted/graduate. Those surveyed believe that education is a top national issue rating in the first three problems along with crime (number 1) and drugs. The results of this survey are based on a nationwide telephone interviews with 1,422 adults. You can read and/or take the survey by visiting National Public Radio's website at: http://www.npr.org/ Business Education Demonstration Sites Five high schools were selected this year to host visitors from throughout the State: Arroyo Grande Chaffey Fresno Montclair Chaffey Sites are selected through a competitive process. Exemplary sites who are implementing a Business Career Path are chosen to participate. A Demonstration site provides technical assistance via products, on-site visitation, and assessment data to visiting individuals and groups. REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS: If you are a high school in California with an exemplary Business Education Department and interested in becoming a demonstration site, we would like to hear from you. Please e-mail Kay Orrell for an application: korrell@telis.org

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