School-to-Careers is a new approach to learning in America's schools that links students, schools, and workplaces. Locally driven and community based, it is an effort to reform education that combines high-level academic achievement with a graduated understanding of the world of work. It is a way to prepare students for their ultimate entry into the workplace. This approach also encourages schools at the secondary level to develop school-to-career programs cooperatively - together with employers, unions, civic groups, and other public and private sector organizations