| American high school graduates are unprepared for | | | | expected of them in college and work, according to |
| the work world or college, according to a recent | | | | Achieve Inc.'s 2005 survey, Rising to the Challenge: |
| survey, and at least one education association says a | | | | Are High School Graduates Prepared for College and |
| shift in high school programs, challenging curriculum and | | | | Work? A Study of Recent High School Graduates, |
| continued focus on a federal vocational education, | | | | College Instructors and Employers. |
| training designed to advance individuals' general | | | | Fewer than 25 percent of graduates feel they were |
| proficiency, especially in relation to their present or | | | | significantly challenged in high school, the survey says. |
| future occupations. The term does not normally include | | | | The term does not normally include training for the |
| training for the professions development. | | | | professions development The model of the American |
| Prior to the Industrial Revolution, the apprenticeship | | | | high school no longer needs to exist." School is still built |
| system and the home were the principal sources of | | | | on the agrarian society in terms of the school year, |
| vocational education. grant are some solutions. | | | | generally, from late August through June, and it is still |
| Two in five recent high school graduates say there | | | | four years long. But Carr says some children can |
| are gaps between the education they received in high | | | | graduate in three years while some need five years. |
| school and the skills, abilities and work habits that are | | | | |