Alan Weisberg

Weisberg
Alan Weisberg
Education Consultant, California Academic Partnership Program,
University of California, Berkeley

Alan Weisberg is an independent education consultant who advised for the California Academic Partnership Program in the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley. He was also a policy analyst for PACE. Weisberg has been a high school teacher, district administrator, policy analyst, an education consultant to private foundations, and a school board trustee.

updated 1988

Publications by Alan Weisberg
Remembering the "Forgotten Half"
In recent years, we have re­peatedly been forced to confront a troubling picture of declining knowledge and skills among the young people of the U.S., particularly those who do not attend college. These youths, who come increasingly from the poor…
Third-Year Results from Replications of the California Peninsula Academies
This paper reports 1987–88 results from an evaluation of 11 academy programs in California high schools. Academies are schools within schools, combining academic and vocational courses in a program designed to reduce dropout rates. The evaluation…
1987–88 Evaluation Report
This report presents findings from the third annual evaluation of the Partnership Academy Programs in California. These are high school-based, state-funded programs selected through a grants competition conducted by the state Department of Education…
Second-Year Results from Replications of the California Peninsula Academies
This paper reports results from the first two years of an effort in 10 high schools to replicate the California Peninsula Academies. The Academy model combines the core academic curriculum with technical instruction in a particular occupational…