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Abstract
As with Oakland, the teachers in the Hospitality School-to-Work Integrated
Studies (SWIS) Program were in the process of creating and implementing a
school-within-a-school. Unlike Oakland, the hospitality program is part of the
larger vision to implement school-to-work programs districtwide. In addition,
at the time of this case study, the program was just in its second year. While
on one hand it represent marvelous innovation, a lighthouse in its school, it
also portrays issues and dilemmas that are key to many programs around the
country in their earlier years of development. As teachers tell their tale of
the creation of AAI projects, they also convey the reality of transforming
vocational programs into broadly conceived multipurpose structures. Thus, in
addition to sharing their philosophy about projects and how to transform them
from within the jurisdiction of one teacher to a multidisciplinary team, they
also treat readers to an in-depth look at core dilemmas such as status issues
in vocational programs, team-building, grafting new ideas on to old reforms,
teacher resistance, and a lack of time and support.
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