Study: career-based teaching leads to more motivated students
The James Irvine Foundation released an interactive infographic on Linked Learning on July 22, 2013.
Students who attend a high school where study plans are based on preparing for a specific career are more likely to graduate and continue on to postsecondary schools than their public school counterparts are, according to a recent study by UCLA's Institute for Democracy, Education and Access.
That's especially significant, because the schools that the were studied enrolled a higher than average percentage of students who are at risk of not graduating.
The teaching method is called Linked Learning. It teaches academics through career-based training. Participating schools focus on a career area such as healthcare, engineering or visual arts. Students take clusters of courses and participate in
