The School-to-Work Opportunities Act: An Opportunity To Serve All Students. Women's Educational Equity Act Publishing Center Digest.

This digest consists of two brief articles. The lead article, "The School-to-Work Opportunities Act: An Opportunity To Serve All Students" (Mary Wiberg) tells how the STW Act differs from vocational education by expanding the traditional programs and reflecting the constructivist model of education reform and how STW meets the needs of all students. These challenges to serving all students as well as recommendations are discussed: a steep learning curve for those new to the STW concept; lack of widespread public awareness and understanding about the intent of STW systems; lack of advocacy group involvement in the planning process; major focus on the secondary school level in the development of school-to-work systems; and perceived lack of resources to truly serve all students. The second article, "Models for Serving All Students" (Jenny L. Erwin) describes three models that can provide a framework for serving all students in the STW system: teen parents' flower business at Estrella Mountain High School, Laveen, Arizona; dropout prevention through the Buddy Contract Program in the Sevier County schools, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee; and Annual Voc-Fest in Flagstaff, Arizona. Contact information is provided. Elements in these STW programs that make them successful in serving all students are listed. In the digest, information is presented on 12 STW and equity resources. Addresses of additional resource organizations are provided. (YLB)