"School to Work Will Train, not Educate" by Phyllis Schlafly

Phyllis Schlafly, the author of "School to Work Will Train, Not Educate," believes that School to Work Programs, which are programs that basically institute apprenticeships in a particular field for students, track individuals into educationally inferior positions with low academic standards and dead-end, low-skill jobs. She argues that the School to Work Programs deny students the opportunity to receive an education that would let them choose their own occupation. Instead, she says, these programs force students in the ninth grade to make choices, limited and predetermined by school employees, concerning their vocational opportunities.…