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This paper draws on research upon occupational transitions because they allow us to address youth and the curriculum better than considering education and employment separately, because they entail a broader sense and refers to life experience. The data and the examples we will use when discussing curricular reforms are those of secondary education in Spain in the past three decades. We will also consider current debates about this level of education which has shown crucial for young people as well as for the political meanings and roles expected from secondary education. This cannot be done without considering the wider context of neoliberal as well as neoconservative reforms of both labour market and education systems. Aside from such reforms and ideological debates, there is no doubt that an increasing amount of young people shows dissaffection towards secondary school and none of the recent reforms in Spain has proved able to counteract it. We need to question about alternative educational paths to enter adult life, to follow the course of transitions when the educational system is not any longer the unique reference it used to be. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]