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Apprenticeships have long been popular in Europe, but workforce-oriented high school training is nearly as common in U.S. schools.(1)____ One reason is that such programs sound dangerously similar to track-sorting students by ability level, a practice repeatedly rejected in U.S. culture, by which the dominant philosophy is that all students should have opportunity to meet their full potential.(2)____(3)____
If high schools were to advise students that some education beyond high school is not necessary for everyone, "there's little bit of a concern that... we're saying a lesser goal is OK for the populations of students who have been historically least well-served by high education," says Jane Wellman, executive director of Delta Project, which studies higher education spending.(4)____(5)____
In recent years, male college-going and completion rates have raised concerns. But those least well-serving historically are low-income and underrepresented m4iority students, who are less likely than their peels to pursue two- and four-year degrees, and most at risk of not completing college if they do enroll.(6)____(7)____(8)____
Some evidence suggest, though, that students already are being held to different standards.(9)____ A recent national survey of high school teachers by ACT Inc., the educational testing company, found 71% agreed " completely" or "a great deal" that high school graduates need the same set of skills and knowledge if they plan to go to college or enter the workforce, yet 42% said teachers reduce academic expectations for students they perceive as not being
college-bound.(10)____
