Allies in Education - A Profile of American Can Company/Martin Luther King, Jr. High School Partnership New York, New York

• NCJ Number: 124834
• Author(s): D Gruber
• Date Published: 1987
• Length: 27 pages
• Corporate Author: Public/Private Ventures
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

The American Can Company partnership with Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK) High School (New York) strives to enrich the school environment, motivate students toward increased involvement in school and related activities, and improve student perceptions of themselves and the largely unfamiliar corporate society around them.

Abstract

An equally important goal is to change the perceptions of American Can personnel regarding the public schools and to increase employee participation in schools and community affairs in general. Virtually all of MLK High School students are minorities and the vast majority are economically disadvantaged. Program services include a security guard training program, a nonpaying internship program, and a World of Work program in which students have a one-day introduction to business by visiting National Benefit Life Insurance. The American Can partnership model is one that is different from others in that its focus is not on the individual student, but rather on the school as a whole; not in improving quantifiable outcomes -- employment, education, attendance records -- but rather on changing attitudes in both school and corporation.