ABSTRACT
This chapter draws on the parallels between the current educational reform movement and contemporary efforts to reform work. It aims to develop the integration model as a conceptual framework for analyzing school reform and its relationship to the changing economy and contemporaneous work reform efforts. The chapter describes the contemporary changes in the economy and in related innovations in the organization of work and shows that model to a discussion of educational equity, access, and the education of minorities. Over the past century, changes in the educational system have often been closely associated with changes in the economy. Institutional integration involves actual relationships between schools and employers. The chapter argues that the logic of economic developments implies a greater integration between education and work. Curricular integration implies a reduction in the differentiation between what is learned in school and on the job and between learning for work and learning for broader educational goals.
