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 …showed first 75 words of 930 total…

…showed last 75 words of 930 total…mark here with her argument. There are advantages and disadvantages to every mode of learning, but Schlafly overstates the disadvantages of the School to Work programs without offering a proper perspective of the benefits they have to offer. They in fact do propel the students to an earlier preparedness in their desired occupation and give these students an opportunity they may not otherwise have. These advantages should be enough to keep these programs in effect.